Read Online Lonely Planet Cuba Travel Guide by Lonely Planet 20111021 Lonely Planet John Lee Brendan Sainsbury Ryan Ver Berkmoes Books
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Read Online Lonely Planet Cuba Travel Guide by Lonely Planet 20111021 Lonely Planet John Lee Brendan Sainsbury Ryan Ver Berkmoes Books
"I don't think the writers actual went to Cuba nor visited the restaurants they recommend. The recommendations are some of the worst restaurants around, and though since this book is written as an encyclopedia that has all information about the area so it includes the best restaurants, but it skims over them quickly without properly outlining that they are the places to go. I don't want a book that list every restaurant, accommodation, and site in the area, that's practically a glorified phone book, and that is exactly how this book is written. This is NOT a guide book."
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Lonely Planet Cuba Travel Guide by Lonely Planet 20111021 Lonely Planet John Lee Brendan Sainsbury Ryan Ver Berkmoes Books Reviews
- Lonely Planet's Cuba Travel Guide was wonderful. The two guys who wrote this guide and their adventurous Cuban driver were outstanding. There were two books about Cuba that were invaluable to me in traveling and trying to understand a little about this fascinating country. One was Julia Zweig's book, "What everyone should know about Cuba" and Lonely Planet. Two examples Lonely Planet's description of Cuba as "A Prince in Tattered Clothing" couldn't have been more accurate. But what I found both amusing and impressive was the accurate detail about this quickly changing country. There is a hotel in Cienfuegos that Lonely Planet mentioned that had tennis courts but no fence to stop the balls from rolling away as far as their momentum would take them. We went to the hotel and saw the two tennis courts which had no fences to stop the tennis balls exactly as described in Lonely Planet. What a useful guide. ¡¡¡Gracias a Lonely Planet!!! Pat Vance - big fan of Lonely Planet
- This was our go-to guide while we were in Cuba. Apparently it was everyone else's favorite guidebook too, as we saw it often on our trip. Covers a lot of areas, lots of information... Note that the restaurants in Havana that they recommend are likely going to be booked if you don't get an early reservation. Seems like every tourist goes to those restaurants. We didn't use their accommodations recommendations, it was nicer to stay in Casa Particulares and enjoy the company of the locals with home cooked meals instead of the super-slow service at government-run restaurants.
- It is hard to write a guide to Cuba as things change daily if not more often. This guide was fairly useful in providing good background information for the areas I visited (Havana, Matanzas and Pinar del Rio). However, a number of items were missing. I could not find important sites I visited (for example, the Grand Synagogue in Havana, some popular paladars in Havana, hand-made book workshop and old pharmacy museum in Matanzas, Orchid Gardens in Pinar del Rio) I found the table of contents and index useless - I would look things up, they would not be listed, but then carefully pouring over the book, I would occasionally find the item I was searching. Also, the restaurant reviews were not on target. Many glowing reviews were not backed up by reality (and in Cuba, you have to have low expectations for food, but still, the reviews should be more honest). I also suspect many hotel reviews are not on target. Our hotel got a good review which it deserved, but we visited another hotel that the book gave a decent review to and found out it was cockroach infested and moldy from flooding. So, I would caution, be careful to double check hotel and food reviews on Trip Advisor.
- We visited Havana on an overnight cruise. Lots of good information and the map is particularly useful. This was very helpful for a short stay. We visited Havana on an overnight cruise. Lots of good information and the map is particularly useful. This was very helpful for a short stay. More useful in book form than .
- I am getting ready for my upcoming trip to Cuba. I purchased recently the "Puerto Rico" book from the same publishing company and really liked it. Lonely Planet Cuba was another awesome source of information. I love the recommendations, the maps and the great advises. I will be able to enjoy my trip better with all that good information! Muchas gracias!!
- Great guide in deed.
Keep in mind the Cuba timming everything is slower in Cuba.
The restaurant suggestions are amaising. For the restaureants hightly recomended here I would go there in the morning or the day before and book a table. Otherwise there is no way to get in. Also those restaurants are usually places to find other tourists (you can spot them from the lonely planet books on their tables). Some find this to subsract from the experience. I find it a great way to meet other people and make traveling companions.
One last point is the varadero diving spots. In the book it says that the diving is free and if one needs an instructor they can pay for it. When we arrived (May 2016) they told us that we need to pay 15 CUC per person for instructor and grear. It took a great deal of convinsing and pointing to the book to make it 5 per person for the instructor (since we had our own gear). They also insisted that it was like this for years, so we pointed to the publishing date of the book that was 6 months prior and finally they accepted our offer. - I had hoped to have info on how to travel to Cuba from the US... But this seems to be a UK version of traveling to Cuba which doesn't have any info on how to travel there from the US. Other than that, I think it is a good book...
- I don't think the writers actual went to Cuba nor visited the restaurants they recommend. The recommendations are some of the worst restaurants around, and though since this book is written as an encyclopedia that has all information about the area so it includes the best restaurants, but it skims over them quickly without properly outlining that they are the places to go. I don't want a book that list every restaurant, accommodation, and site in the area, that's practically a glorified phone book, and that is exactly how this book is written. This is NOT a guide book.
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