Synopses & Reviews
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommers, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommers. Your guide to a world of travel experience.
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- Outspoken opinions on whats worth your time and whats not.
- Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
- Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
- The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.
- With insider tips on where to find Mexicos best beaches and most charming small towns.
Synopsis
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Mexico features gorgeous full-color photos of the white-sand beaches, mysterious ruins, and colorful market towns that await you. Our authors have lived in and written about Mexico for years, so they're able to provide valuable insights and advice. They'll steer you away from the touristy and the inauthentic, and show you the real heart of Mexico. Let them take you to exciting cities, charming colonial towns, lovely beach resorts, ancient ruins, traditional Maya villages, and natural wonders, from the Copper Canyon to the whale migration off Baja.
You'll travel Mexico like a pro with our candid advice and handy Spanish-language glossary. Also included are accurate regional and town maps (including site plans of the major ruins), up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, a free color fold-out map, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!
About the Author
David Baird is a writer, editor, and translator based in Austin, Texas. He spent part of his childhood in Morelia, Mexico, and later lived for 2 years among the Mazatec Indians in Oaxaca, while he was doing graduate fieldwork.
Lynne Bairstow is a writer specializing in travel and the Internet, who has lived in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, at least part time for the past 10 years. She now lives there year-round, and was assisted in her research for this book by Claudia Velo.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.
What's New in Mexico.
1. The Best of Mexico.
2. Planning Your Trip to Mexico.
3. Mexico City.
4. Silver, Spas & Spiritual Centers: From Taxco to Tepoztlán.
5. San Miguel de Allende & the Colonial Silver Cities.
6. Michoacán.
7. Guadalajara.
8. Puerto Vallarta & the Central Pacific Coast.
9. Acapulco & the Southern Pacific Coast.
10. The Southernmost States: Oaxaca & Chiapas.
11. Veracruz & Puebla: On the Heels of Cortez.
12. Cancún.
13. Isla Mujeres & Cozumel.
14. The Riviera Maya.
15. Mérida, Chichén-Itzá & the Maya Interior.
16. The Copper Canyon.
17. Los Cabos & Baja California.
Appendix A: Mexico in Depth.
Appendix B: Useful Terms & Phrases.
Index.