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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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DJT
on April 28, 2013
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I've traveled all over the world, and years ago I considered Lonely Planet the very best for those traveling "off the beaten path." I'm sorry to say that this book is the worst LP book I've ever read. The information it gives is no better than reading a web site: no personalized details, no invaluable advice, no descriptions that would help you choose one hotel over another, one attraction over another, etc.
I'm going to Chile and Easter Island in three weeks and I've gotten very little helpful information from this guide. For example: I want to know the best way to see Easter Island... car, horse, foot, bike, or motorbike. This book simply states that these are the ways to explore Easter Island, but doesn't recommend which might be better for whomever for whatever reasons. The most it does is to say that if you rent a bike, be prepared for some steep hills and twisty roads. Another example: I want to take buses from Santiago to a couple of different places. The book just gives a confusing list of bus stations and the bus companies, with some examples of where they go, but makes no recommendations on which is best to use. This is information I can get from a brochure. I was also trying to find out a way to get a less expensive fare to Easter Island. In the old days, I could count on an LP guide to tell me the best and absolutely cheapest way to travel. This book just lists LAN with its web site info. I found better advice going to the LP forums. I also found better hotel info on Booking.com.
In my opinion, the value of a good travel guide is personal recommendations from people who have traveled to the place, particularly those traveling off the beaten path. In the old days, LP guides gave really great advice, personalized recommendations, on the best places to stay, out-of-the-way places to eat and visit. This is the first LP book I've bought in about 15 years. I hope they're all not like this now.
I'm going to Chile and Easter Island in three weeks and I've gotten very little helpful information from this guide. For example: I want to know the best way to see Easter Island... car, horse, foot, bike, or motorbike. This book simply states that these are the ways to explore Easter Island, but doesn't recommend which might be better for whomever for whatever reasons. The most it does is to say that if you rent a bike, be prepared for some steep hills and twisty roads. Another example: I want to take buses from Santiago to a couple of different places. The book just gives a confusing list of bus stations and the bus companies, with some examples of where they go, but makes no recommendations on which is best to use. This is information I can get from a brochure. I was also trying to find out a way to get a less expensive fare to Easter Island. In the old days, I could count on an LP guide to tell me the best and absolutely cheapest way to travel. This book just lists LAN with its web site info. I found better advice going to the LP forums. I also found better hotel info on Booking.com.
In my opinion, the value of a good travel guide is personal recommendations from people who have traveled to the place, particularly those traveling off the beaten path. In the old days, LP guides gave really great advice, personalized recommendations, on the best places to stay, out-of-the-way places to eat and visit. This is the first LP book I've bought in about 15 years. I hope they're all not like this now.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Marisol Acuña
on February 20, 2013
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I'm Chilean and bought the book as I was travelling to the south where I've never been before. The book is very useful but it still misses a lot of information. It is good how it narrates things that happened and not only what you can find right now. Some things are outdated as it is not really an updated 2012 edition, but rather a reprint. So food and hostel prices might be different as well as buses and boats fares and schedules.
I traveled with another guide that you can buy in almost any Copec gas station and this lonely planet seemed to be a good companion, as it focuses more on hostels and food. But if you prefer to know more about what there is to visit, the Copec Chiletur guide is a better option for the same price.
I traveled with another guide that you can buy in almost any Copec gas station and this lonely planet seemed to be a good companion, as it focuses more on hostels and food. But if you prefer to know more about what there is to visit, the Copec Chiletur guide is a better option for the same price.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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AV in FL
on December 27, 2012
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I have been to Chile before and bought the book looking for an updated version for a forthcoming trip. The version of the book is pure fluff. They primarily focus on hostels and cheap food. This book makes Chilean food seem inferior to Peruvian food. Obviously, the authors did not go to any of the many fine and inexpensive restaurants I have gone to that serve excellent and imaginative cuisine. The author who wrote the section on the south dedicated one paragraph to the second largest metropolitan area in the country, Concepcion. I felt that the entire section on the south was very lacking. Don't bother with this book or the new Rough Guide or Frommer's. You can get the same minimal information online for free.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Julie W. Snyder
on January 17, 2014
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We are presently in Chile for a month long driving tour starting on the coast west of Santiago all the way to the southern tip to Punta Arenas. We have three guide books:
The DK EYEWITNESS GUIDE FOR CHILE & EASTER ISLAND,
the MOON BOOK ON CHILE & EASTER ISLAND and the
LONELY PLANET COUNTRY GUIDE TO CHILE & EASTER ISLAND
We also purchased a detailed laminated map of Chile from Amazon and a GPS of Chile before we arrived. Once here we got a VERY detailed road map by COPEC (Mobil) of Chile. These COPEC maps are available for sections of Chile (North, South etc) at the COPEC stations in major towns.
The DK EYEWITNESS guide was good for the initial planning of our trip. Then we used the MOON & LONELY PLANET guides for details. Not all of the towns are listed in all three books so we always check all three for an attraction.
Some of the reviewers panned the LP book, but we have found detailed maps of smaller cities that weren't available in the other guides and our B&B's didn't have maps. Let's face it, not everything you want or need is going to be in one book. It makes sense to have more than one reference.
The DK EYEWITNESS GUIDE FOR CHILE & EASTER ISLAND,
the MOON BOOK ON CHILE & EASTER ISLAND and the
LONELY PLANET COUNTRY GUIDE TO CHILE & EASTER ISLAND
We also purchased a detailed laminated map of Chile from Amazon and a GPS of Chile before we arrived. Once here we got a VERY detailed road map by COPEC (Mobil) of Chile. These COPEC maps are available for sections of Chile (North, South etc) at the COPEC stations in major towns.
The DK EYEWITNESS guide was good for the initial planning of our trip. Then we used the MOON & LONELY PLANET guides for details. Not all of the towns are listed in all three books so we always check all three for an attraction.
Some of the reviewers panned the LP book, but we have found detailed maps of smaller cities that weren't available in the other guides and our B&B's didn't have maps. Let's face it, not everything you want or need is going to be in one book. It makes sense to have more than one reference.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Jill Batty
on June 30, 2013
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Maybe I just dont know how to use it but when I am trying to plan and with a book I would flick through, the fact that there are no page nos I cant always get back to the section I wanted. I cant go forwards and backwards easily from accomodation to map and back for instance. So I bookmark them but then the page is labelled with the top words and the section is half way down the page and you wouldnt ever find it by the way it is labelled in the bookmark! I needed an index or better list of contents and some good way of knowing where I am so I can find it again easily. And maybe I need lessons on bookmarks? Can you write your own title for the bookmark? But will be lighter to carry around altho wont be getting my ipad out on the streets of Valparaiso to look at the info!
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