Frommer's(r) Costa Rica 2003

Rating:
Summary: A Good Guide But Not the Best
Review: I have read all of the guidebooks about Costa Rica while living in the country. Frommer's is well written and is filled with useful tips for the first-time traveller. However, Moon's Costa Rica Handbook contains at least twice the information.

Rating:
Summary: Very Helpful Guidebook
Review: My family and I travelled to Costa Rica and took this book with us. I found it to be a wealth of information, especially when it came to choosing a hotel. I also enjoyed reading about the areas of the country we didn't get to visit on this trip. I especially found the selections labelled "kids" helpful when planning a vacation with my young children.

Rating:
Summary: Very Helpful Guidebook
Review: My family and I travelled to Costa Rica and took this book with us. I found it to be a wealth of information, especially when it came to choosing a hotel. I also enjoyed reading about the areas of the country we didn't get to visit on this trip. I especially found the selections labelled "kids" helpful when planning a vacation with my young children.

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Summary: Frommer's is better than Adventure Guide to Costa Rica(4th)
Review: This book is much better than the Adventure Guide to Costa Rica (4th Edition). I ordered them both and Frommer's contains much more detail, is in a friendlier format, and is just more professionally done. You certainly don't need both and Frommer's is the way to go. The one frustrating thing about both these books is that they always assume your (sub)trips start in San Jose! Since most tourists travel around CR, it would be nice to take the vantage point of different locales to better understand transportation options, travel times, and tours. But this holds true for websites I've found on CR as well, so I can't fault the authors.

Rating:
Summary: Frommer's is better than Adventure Guide to Costa Rica(4th)
Review: This book is much better than the Adventure Guide to Costa Rica (4th Edition). I ordered them both and Frommer's contains much more detail, is in a friendlier format, and is just more professionally done. You certainly don't need both and Frommer's is the way to go. The one frustrating thing about both these books is that they always assume your (sub)trips start in San Jose! Since most tourists travel around CR, it would be nice to take the vantage point of different locales to better understand transportation options, travel times, amd tours. But this holds true for websites I've found on CR as well, so I can't fault the authors.

Rating:
Summary: An O.K. read
Review: This was a well written book but i found the lonely planet to be much more detailed. This book is exellent for the upper class traveler, but left the budget travellers without many options.
This book told me a lot of things about places to viset and even though i prefer lonely planet i would still recomend it.