Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands (Country Guide) |  | Authors: Lucy Burningham, Aimee Dowl, Michael Grosberg, Regis St. Louis
Publisher: Lonely Planet
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Edition: 8
Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1741048281
Dewey Decimal Number: 918
EAN: 9781741048285
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Publication Date: August 1, 2009
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Product Description
Nobody knows Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands like Lonely Planet. Our 8th edition gives you the tools you need to create your own adventure, whether you want to browse colorful handicrafts at Otavalo's Saturday market, climb active Volcan Cotopaxi, swim with the Galapagos penguins or relax in chilled-out Vilcabamba.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
Dedicated Outdoors chapter: hiking, biking, surfing and kayaking
Insightful, respectful coverage of Ecuador's rich indigenous cultures
Green Index identifies sustainable options
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 The book almost every backpacker carries in 2010 June 9, 2010
Joseph N. Scudder
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just returned yesterday from a month in Peru and Ecuador. This new edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Ecuador is the one more backpackers carried than any other guide. Even though it is a new edition, many backpackers had used their book so much it looked like it had been used for a couple of years.
It is a thin volume. That is good and bad. It is good for weight, but is light on food and housing options in some of the smaller towns. There are many gems not in this guide that may be even better values.
I am a college professor who usually goes for the moderately priced housing options. This guide is good for that. This guide along with Trip Adviser will help you plan a great journey at a reasonable cost.
The usual LP quality. July 21, 2010
Joseph Morris (Berkeley, California)
I just spent three weeks in the Galapagos and then biking around central Ecuador, and LP was impressive as usual. Other than one restaurant in Quito that I felt was a somewhat misdescribed, I cannot think of anything else that was inaccurate, and most days I was looking up at least one business in it. Unlike previous LP guides I have used, there are now "our picks" that highlight unique or remarkable restaurants/lodgings; these were awarded judiciously and sparingly, which hopefully remains the case.
The maps are where LP really shines -- I often wish I could just get a set of just the maps without the book, as they are the most useful part (and it is a pain to have to whip out the whole book to check the map). They have well-selected map sets, giving good coverage of both cities and regions. The beginning of the book also has pretty good trip-planning guides that slice up Ecucador regionally and thematically . . . didn't really notice it was in the book until the last week I was there, but seems like it would have been useful if I had seen it earlier. The main weak point I noticed is that the Spanish phrase section is fairly thin, so if you're planning on brushing up on your Spanish, don't count on this to be much help.
Love it! May 16, 2010
Julie Fox (SF, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like Lonely Planet guides. In fact, I have a huge shelf of them. This latest edition continues to meet expectations! A true winner over the more recently published Footprint guide (you can read my review there, but basically, they are now selling ad space in their guide like the more commercial brands).
Indispensible travel guide June 26, 2010
S. Crawford
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Downloaded the Kindle version of this book a week before leaving for Ecuador and read it cover to cover before arriving in Quito. It was absolutely indispensible! We used it to guide our choices on Hostels, restaurants, the best modes of transportation and how and where to arrange for them, which coastal cities to visit and skip and must-see attractions. It was right on the money with it's hostel recommendations (although some of the quoted prices had changed, but that's to be expected) and the places we visited all lived up to their Lonely Planet reputation. My friends on this trip all agreed that this guide helped us get the most value and enjoyment out of our trip to coastal Ecuador, Quito and Guayaquil.
Great reference book April 26, 2010
focus22 (Steamboat Springs, CO)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
You can't go wrong with Lonely Planet Guidebooks. This is the 3rd. Ecuador title I have purchased. Needed to keep updated.
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