St. Lucia (St Lucia (Passport Books)) |  | Author: Don Philpott
Publisher: Passport Books
Category: Book
Buy Used: $72.65
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3154177
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 159
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0844249270
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.2984304
EAN: 9780844249278
ASIN: 0844249270
Publication Date: March 1996
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Book Description
One of many titles in the Landmark Visitors Guide series, a revamp and update of the highly respected Visitors Guides, acknowledged as among the most reliable and useful guides for sightseers. With full color maps and photos throughout, the new Landmark Visitors Guides are highly detailed, giving you the information you need to get the most from your trip. They serve as a useful reference tool before you leave home, and are the perfect travel companion while on the road. Area-by-area tours highlight in-town sights and attractions, including art galleries, museums, historic buildings and churches. They also lead you out into the Caribbean countryside, with recommended stops en route. Colorful call-out boxes reveal tidbits of the area's local culture, interesting sidelights on how the landscape has been shaped and other details sorely lacking in competing guidebooks. The comprehensive "Fact File" in back provides opening times, fees and contact information for all places mentioned in the text. Index.
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 No good. March 25, 2008
This book was disappointing. It spends almost all its pages charting a theoretical trip from the capital down to the south and precious few pages describing and recommending restaurants, sights, activities, and lodgings. For all of the important things a traveler who might not stay at an all-inclusive resort wants to know, information is scant. For instance, "Best Beach: Anse la Raye." Why? How is it different than the others? If I'm visiting the Caribbean for the beaches, I want to know more. Most of the time, the author seems content simply to describe what's on the island rather than make any judgements or recommendations about what's there. Are the Daimond falls worth seeing, the Pitons worth climbing, the snorkel trips worth taking, the pricey resorts and hotels and restaurants worth visiting? If so, which ones are the best for those with limited time and money? The book is absolutely no help on this. It offers a few sentences on each place, but doesn't help you filter out the best options. Many of the sights and accomodations on St. Lucia have helpful websites, but the book contains no web addresses. There are also a few fallacies, such as "taxies are cheap and plentiful", which is incorrect on both counts. Rather than use this book, call the tourist board in St. Lucia. They were the best source we found in our time there.
 Good for visit, but not for travel planning February 24, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book seems like it will be very helpful once you reach your destination, but is not a good resource for helping you book your trip. The lodging options were very limited & there were no e-mail addresses or websites, only phone numbers. I don't know about you, but I would prefer to not deluge my phone bill with international calls.
 St Lucia Guide August 30, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is one of the best travel handbooks we have read. It gives a broad, concise and user friendly guide to the Island of Saint Lucia. As parents who have a family that has moved there we needed to know about the Island, it's good points, it's attractions, how to get there and a number of other questions.
These have all been answered and we look forward to our Christmas in the West Indies.
Excellent Book! July 31, 2005
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thank you for sending me the book! It was in great condition and will make planning my wedding and honeymoon in St. Lucia much easier!
 General Guide May 13, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This guide has a nice collection of pictures (as compared to The Rough Guide to St Lucia), but feels much more general and outdated. If you don't need pictures, I would go for The Rough Guide! (I am still waiting to receive one more guide for St Lucia). I am heading to the Coconut Bay Resort for my Honeymoon in June.
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