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Lonely Planet Puerto Rico
Lonely Planet's Puerto Rico is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for popular and lesser-known experiences. Follow Old San Juan's labyrinthine laneways, laze on the sand at Playa Flamenco, or kayak into the bioluminescent bay at Vieques; all with your trusted travel companion.
Inside Lonely Planet's Puerto Rico Travel Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's best experiences and where to have them Itineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interests
Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics Eating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to try Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travelers, LGBTQIA+ travelers, family travelers and accessible travel Color maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Covers San Juan, El Yunque, Luquillo, Fajardo, Culebra, Vieques, Ponce, Arroyo, Guayama, Pozuelo, Rincon, Mayaguez, Manati, Arecibo, Dorado, Caguas, Bosque Estatal de Carite and more
About Lonely Lonely Planet, a Red Ventures Company, is the world's number one travel guidebook brand. Providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973, Lonely Planet reaches hundreds of millions of travelers each year online and in print and helps them unlock amazing experiences. Visit us at lonelyplanet.com and join our community of followers on Facebook (facebook.com/lonelyplanet), Twitter (@lonelyplanet), Instagram (instagram.com/lonelyplanet), and TikTok (@lonelyplanet). 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)
Inside Lonely Planet's Puerto Rico Travel Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's best experiences and where to have them Itineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interests
Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics Eating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to try Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travelers, LGBTQIA+ travelers, family travelers and accessible travel Color maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Covers San Juan, El Yunque, Luquillo, Fajardo, Culebra, Vieques, Ponce, Arroyo, Guayama, Pozuelo, Rincon, Mayaguez, Manati, Arecibo, Dorado, Caguas, Bosque Estatal de Carite and more
About Lonely Lonely Planet, a Red Ventures Company, is the world's number one travel guidebook brand. Providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973, Lonely Planet reaches hundreds of millions of travelers each year online and in print and helps them unlock amazing experiences. Visit us at lonelyplanet.com and join our community of followers on Facebook (facebook.com/lonelyplanet), Twitter (@lonelyplanet), Instagram (instagram.com/lonelyplanet), and TikTok (@lonelyplanet). 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)
288 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2011
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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August 8, 2014
Downloaded the e-edition from Lonely Planet's website and was not disappointed. Decided on this trip on a whim and really had no idea what to expect or what I'm about to get myself into, but this guide did a lot to alleviate any misgivings I had and definitely helped me to narrow down what I want to do and how much I want to spend. The books is neatly divided so you can search for only the activities that interest you and there are zoned/regional maps that help you identify the best areas for particular activities. Nearly every eventuality is accounted for and there are several sample itineraries for the lazy that are sorted by length of stay. The book starts off with a top 20 must see/do that's perfect for forming an outline of what to do. Will let you know how accurate it is once I get there, but the work feels solid and it feels more like an insider's guide than a tourist's guidebook.
January 5, 2020
I read this book to prepare for vacation trip to Puerto Rico. This is in LP's standard format with following sections.
1. Plan your trip
2. On the road
3. Understand
4. Survival Guide
I read section 1, 3 and 4 to get myself familiarized with Puerto Rico's general overview, history, places to visit and so forth. I did skip section 2 for now as it is too detailed and perhaps will be useful once we are actually there for vacation.
Section 1 (Plan your Trip) introduces Puerto Rico to readers and also reminds about Hurrican Irma and Maria which had a substantial impact there. It talks about PR's top 17 experiences including old San Juan and the glorious beaches. It then recommends few itineraies as well as recommends outdoors and travelling with children.
Section 2 (On the Road) is the detailed part where it divides PR into 7 regions and then go in detail on all of them (this is the part I skipped, although this is the meat of the book).
Section 3 (Understand PR) is the part I spent most time reading which explains current political issues as well as history of the region including indigenous people of Taino and colonization by Spain. This section then goes along talking about life, music, arts and landscapes there.
Section 4 (Survival Guide) is the data driven part including directory, transportation and language details, I glanced through this section and took mental notes for the trip we are planning.
Overall a good read for someone like me who had no idea about Puerto Rico and now understands basic about the region.
1. Plan your trip
2. On the road
3. Understand
4. Survival Guide
I read section 1, 3 and 4 to get myself familiarized with Puerto Rico's general overview, history, places to visit and so forth. I did skip section 2 for now as it is too detailed and perhaps will be useful once we are actually there for vacation.
Section 1 (Plan your Trip) introduces Puerto Rico to readers and also reminds about Hurrican Irma and Maria which had a substantial impact there. It talks about PR's top 17 experiences including old San Juan and the glorious beaches. It then recommends few itineraies as well as recommends outdoors and travelling with children.
Section 2 (On the Road) is the detailed part where it divides PR into 7 regions and then go in detail on all of them (this is the part I skipped, although this is the meat of the book).
Section 3 (Understand PR) is the part I spent most time reading which explains current political issues as well as history of the region including indigenous people of Taino and colonization by Spain. This section then goes along talking about life, music, arts and landscapes there.
Section 4 (Survival Guide) is the data driven part including directory, transportation and language details, I glanced through this section and took mental notes for the trip we are planning.
Overall a good read for someone like me who had no idea about Puerto Rico and now understands basic about the region.
January 15, 2022
Read this in one go , skipping pages, whilst on board a plane to San Juan having not prepared an itinerary for my holiday - I became fascinated by the history part and ended up booking onto a Taino archeological tour and this was the best part of my trip!
February 11, 2020
Good for information on El Yunque rainforest, but most of the information on hotels and restaurants is out of date, given that this was published in 2017, before Hurricane Maria.
March 11, 2024
Good info to prepare for a trip.
January 19, 2020
L’édition n’est plus assez récente pour tenir compte de la réalité sur le terrain.
December 31, 2014
no table of contents in kindle edition
While the content is helpful and recent, the inability to navigate in any useful way renders the kindle edition almost useless. There is no table of contents or chapters so you must search or randomly advance to find content.
The paper edition, which I bought after discovering this, is much more useful as a result.
While the content is helpful and recent, the inability to navigate in any useful way renders the kindle edition almost useless. There is no table of contents or chapters so you must search or randomly advance to find content.
The paper edition, which I bought after discovering this, is much more useful as a result.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews