Insight Guides Puerto Rico

by Insight Guides

Book Overview

Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812349499
• ISBN13: 9789812349491
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Insight Guide -Puerto Rico

Having looked at several guidebooks to Puerto Rico, this one is superior. Up-to-date information and nice photos.

Good Book

Told me what I needed to know for being in Paris for only 2 days.

beautifull book about puerto rico.

i just love this book, it tell you all about the island it's history, the people, and the food. you can even learn how to speak spanish, there's a section in back of the book that teaches you even how to order food in spanish.

The guide I recommend for my travel course to P.R.

I was a professor at the Univ. of Puerto Rico during the 1980s, and return occasionally for scientific work. I also teach a Tropical Biology course every other year that includes spring break in Puerto Rico. I've read about eight guides to Puerto Rico and nearby islands, and I think this is the best in terms of accurately reviewing history, culture, and some of the biology and geology. The photographs are extraordinary, and really capture the island in all its facets. This Guide also gives the best information about each town's history and points of interest. It probably devotes the least space to casinos and cruise ship information, but I see that as a strength. I want my students to develop some understanding of the history and culture of Puerto Rico, even though it's a biology class, and I have found the first couple chapters of the Insight Guide do a better job than any of the drier academic sources out there. If you want to buy a guide to Puerto Rico for your own enrichment, this is the one to get.

Pictorial Tour of the Island of Enchantment

Known for their numerous photographs, researched facts, and great coverage of historical and cultural items, the "Insight Guides" series has covered almost every nation on earth with wonderfully. Their "Insight Guide to Puerto Rico" was especially much more fascinating to me since they covered a lot of things and places I did not know about my homeland.Beautifully binded, full of colorful photographs and drawings, and informative, this guide allowed me to explore more towns, sites, and places that are usually off the beaten track for a normal tourist. Their coverage of Puerto Rico's satellite islands: Vieques, Culebra, and Mona, was very interesting, and I was happy to see Mona in photographs, because it is rarely captured in photographs.The chapters on Old San Juan, Ponce, and the Karst Country were also all informative and refreshing, making my trip much more entertaining. From the island's plethora of important rum distilleries (world's biggest producer of rum) to a brief discussion on local dialect, the editorial staff at "Insight Guides" did an excellent job of representing this beautiful Caribbean island in all its' splendor.If you are looking for the best travel guides to Puerto Rico, this book and "Lonely Planet's Guide to Puerto Rico" are the two best travel books to this island. Don't forget to pick them up before your next visit to the island.