Frommer's Argentina & Chile (Frommer's Complete) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Haas Mroue, Kristina Schreck, Michael Luongo
Publisher: Frommer's
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 375901
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 508
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0764584391
Dewey Decimal Number: 918.20464
EAN: 9780764584398
ASIN: 0764584391
Publication Date: June 24, 2005
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Product Description
Buenos Aires had 3 million foreign visitors in 2003, 50 percent more than in 2002; the Chilean National Tourism Service reports a 17 percent increase in foreign tourists over last year.
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 Enjoy getting lost and vague reviews? Then this book is for you! October 16, 2007
Ugh! Where to begin? I went on a three week tour of Santiago & Buenos Aires with a friend of mine last month. I brought this book and he brought Lonely Planet's and let's just say my book ended up slowing us down as we lugged it around in out daybags. To start, this book only has ONE map each for Santiago and BA. And that map isn't even in great detail. Where as LP's book had a much larger general map of Santiago followed by many more zoomed in maps of each burrow.
But you might be thinking to yourself, "So what, I'm a good navigator, I don't need a stinking map!" Well then good day to you, fine sir! But do you need suggestions and reviews on local sightseeing stops? Oh! So sorry! Because this book doesn't have any of those! I should clarify, they actually do have some suggestions and recommendations, but they tend to be along the lines of "Go here, it's fun" and that's it. No real info on what you'll do once you get there, no honest review as to whether it's good or not. Just a location, phone number, and a sentence or two saying "This is a local 'whatever' and it's a popular tourist spot." Gee, THANKS FROMMER'S! I felt like I was reading a Yellow Pages, not a travel guide.
Even the restaurant suggestions were sub-par compared to their LP counterparts. I'd never used either travel guides before this trip, but I learned my lesson during this last trip and will never be buying one of Frommer's Travel books in the future. If you enjoy stress-free vacations and not wasting money, then I suggest you live by the same motto.
 Not a great help for cheap travel August 14, 2007
Frommer's covers well information about expensive hotels and restaurants. It is not very helpful if you are looking for cheap travel lodging and meals.
 Lots of general information March 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book contains lots of general information and provides a thorough overview of Argentian. The Buenos Aires description and maps should be helpful when there. Tips and Side Trips are really informative and helpful.
Need Price Updates January 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is a good book with useful information to plan the trip. However, double check prices published in this book (need update) when you are in Argentina or Chile.
Updating Frommer's January 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The guide must be updated for 2 restaurants I searched for (in a choice of only 5 options had been closed.
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