Insight Guide Chile

by Insight Guides

Book Overview

An overview of the geography, history, people, and social life and customs of the South American nation of Chile, the longest country in the world. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395774586
• ISBN13: 9780395774588
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Terry In Iowa

I was looking for a very broad and detailed over view of the country before we traveled there. The photos were really great. I would recommend.

good good chile reference

good but not truly useful reference for chilewish there was a more comprehensive listing of hotels and restaurants but i guess thats where the lonlely planet books excel. this book has excellent photos and is a very easy read and i would make it of of three travlel book to this country i would take with me

From an ex-Lonely Planet reader

What's the first thing you want to know about a country? Why do I want to visit. For answering this question Insight guides do an excellent job. Interesting descriptions complemented by pictures get you interested in Chile and what the country has to offer. Comparably Lonely planet guides are like a phone book. There is more information in them - often out of date - but little effort or detail is put in about the features of the country itself. My only problem with Insight is that its informational section is lacking. My suggestion is read insight, determine where and when you want to visit and then seek out up to date information on hotels, etc. from another source.

Insight Guide to Chile

An excellent, and informative guide, providing more than just typical "tourist" info. This volume also covered the history of the region as well as aspects of culture and daily life covering the range of regions in the country. I found the volume extremely helpful and am planning a trip to the area in the near future.

Deep historical review, quality pictures, helpful

Quality handbook that includes nice historical depth, perspective and quality images. The review of the Pinochet regime, however, unfortunately comes off as stock socialist perspective. I lived through this period as an ex-pat in Chile and the author's bias is clearly evident.