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NEW Lonely Planet Mexico
A new edition of Lonely Planet Mexico will be released soon. Amazon is accepting pre-orders.
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Lonely Planet Mexico
Paperback • 1,028 pages • 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.6 inches • Published: 5 Sept 2004
The descriptions of the sights in this guide is not as good as in Michelin. However, the Lonely Planet guide is packed with useful information not found in Michelin and some not in any other guide. Hotels and restaurants are covered from budget to top end choices. The transportation options are in more detail than in other books. Looking for the location of a pharmacy, a laundromat or a place to study Spanish? You find them and more here.
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Michelin Green Guide Mexico Guatemala and Belize
Paperback • 375 pages • 9.4 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches • Published: 11 Dec 2000
If you are not sure what you'd like to see in Mexico, this may be the guide for you. The Michelin Green Guides do not cover hotels and restaurants, but they cover the sights more clearly than any other guide, rating them from no to three stars. While you may disagree with some ratings, they give you an idea of what sights are usually consider the most important. The color maps are excellent.
Note: Amazon is not currently selling the guide new. It is only available used at ridiculous prices. The book does not seem to be available online anywhere. Perhaps the publisher is planning to release an updated edition.
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Blue Guide: Mexico
Paperback • 948 pages • 7.5 x 4.8 x 1.6 inches • Published: November 1996
The book has more detailed information than any other English language guide. The book packs the information in using small print, sometimes very small. Almost every location with something of artisitic or historic importance is covered, including some remote villages and ruins. Without the 34 page index, it would be difficult to locate the information needed. The book is especially thorough covering archeological sights.
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Eyewitness Travel Guides: Mexico
Hardcover • 384 pages • 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches • Published: September 2003
The Eyewitness Travel Guides are among the most colorful, perhaps by only surpassed the Knopf Guides. My favorite feature is the use of three-dimensional maps with drawings of the buildings and plazas. This is a good choice to sit and look at while dreaming about traveling in Mexico. Unfortunately, unlike the other books listed here, you cannot look inside on the Amazon webpage.
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The People’s Guide to Mexico
Paperback • 600 pages • 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches • Published: August 2002
This book is a category of its own. This is by far the most entertaining of the guides to Mexico. If you are looking for descriptions of sights, hotels and restaurants, this isn’t the book you want. But if you want an enjoyable, humorous, well-written personal account with advice on understanding Mexico, this is it. For more than 30 years people have turned to this book to get a feeling for Mexico.
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Mexico: A Higher Vision
Hardcover • 192 pages • 0.8 x 10.8 x 12.5 inches • Published: January 1996
A Higher Vision refers to the aerial photos that fill this volume. There are a variety of locations including resort areas, cities, villages, mountains, and deserts. The Look Inside feature at Amazon includes the amazing photo of Aguas Azules in Chiapas. If you like this sort of thing, you may also enjoy the Satellite Views available on this web site.
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