Lonely Planet Costa Rica |  | Author: Rob Rachowiecki
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 568
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Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0864423667
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.286045
EAN: 9780864423665
ASIN: 0864423667
Publication Date: July 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Many Costa Rica guides provide hotel, restaurant, and arrival information, but Lonely Planet's stands out from the pack. Written by Rob Rachowiecki, an award-winning travel writer and naturalist, this guide delves into Costa Rica's flora, fauna, and nature reserves like no other. Rachowiecki's Costa Rica includes a 36-page color wildlife guide, contacts, and details on outdoor activities from kayaking to scuba diving, and bird watching to surfing. There are 54 maps of cities, towns, regions, and parks, plus a comprehensive e-mail and Web site directory, and scads of eating and accommodations options, from budget to upscale. With its rainforests, wildlife, volcanoes, and beaches, Costa Rica is among the most beautiful destinations, and Rachowiecki's guide prepares you to explore and enjoy.
Product Description
Written by award-winning travel writer and naturalist Rob Rachowiecki, this bestselling guidebook to beautiful Costa Rica covers flora, fauna and nature reserves. Includes a 32-page color wildlife section, 43 maps, and a Spanish language section.
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 very comprehensive book! September 21, 1999
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
i went to langage school in alajuela, costa rica for 8 weeks and needed a good guide book. i have used/reviewed other guide books for other trips (frommers, etc) and found that this book is far better. this book is for everybody, but is realy good for budget travelers. this book includes maps of ALL the towns (small towns too!) that you want to viset! (other books dont have this!) It also lists all the information you could ever need in not only major areas, but small areas as well. negitives: sometimes its hard to find specific info without looking for a few min. (its there, just a little hard to find). And i wish a new version would come out more often. (i had no problem using my 3 year old copy though) over all this book is great and you only need to buy it and no other guide book.
This was the bible of Costa Rica guide books December 8, 1998
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book of course cannot cover everything but it was as good as it can get for what I had expected. I travel often and have used many types of guides. For this particular trip I had resources of 3 guidebooks total, this one by far was the favorite. While traveling I ran into various other people with the same book and the same opinion that the book was so useful, informative and very objective. I highly recommend it, and highly recommend when you return from the trip, take the time out to give feedback to the authors to help improve and broaden the perspectives of what can be seen in Costa Rica. Your experiences matter, so share them.
This book was named the "bible" by us and agreed by all. June 26, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book gave you the general knowledge of a village or town before you even entered the country. WE were able to plot out our course for the Paciffic side while on the beach of the caribean. It lists great places to visit, and a very comprehensive list for each area on where to stay. Every tourist from countries all over the world had this book, and loved it. It has maps of all the different places, so if you travel by bus, you have an idea of where in the village you're are getting off at. Even more omportantly where to go for a good nights rest, where to eat, and even if there are banks or grocery stores around. All the necessities of travel.
THE ONLY BOOK YOU WILL NEED! November 3, 1999
Sherry Danzig (hilton, ny United States)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Costa Rica is a beautiful and friendly country and this book and a map were my only tools in traveling with my family. Wonderful source of information in which we used to travel from SanJose to Arenal to the Pacific Coast to the wonderful rainforest of Monterverde.....Enjoy!
By far the BEST costa rica handbook. March 29, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Went to costa rica for the first time last summer (Im going again this summer :) I had this book, the Costa Rica handbook by Moon publ, and The fodors handbook. After the first day I never looked at the others. This book has everything you need to know and it is all accurate and up to date.
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