Yucatan & Mayan Mexico

nice book loaded with info that i needed for my trip to the yucatan. received it in a timely fashion and in good condition for a former library book.

I have just returned from a two week driving vacation that visited 23 Mayan ruins and several museums and cities between Cancun and San Cristobal de Las Casas. I used it for hotel reservations as well as Mayan site and city visits and found it to be excellent, much better than the Moon guide or the Kelly guides to ruins. It let me down only once, in Cuidad de Carmen, where it had no map of the city, and its hotel recommendations were incomplete and misleading. Otherwise it was accurate and up to date. I recommend it highly to travelers who want comfort but not luxury, and who like to travel fast and intensively.

I'll add my voice to the chorus of praise, with one very small caveat. Comprehensive, in-depth, great historical background to put everything in perspective. We traveled with this and the Lonely Planet, but eventually just left the Lonely Planet in the car at all the sites, as Nick covered things so much better. But this is starting to get a bit out of date - published in 2002, so much of the info is now 4 years old. While there was more practical information (restuarants, hotels, etc.) here than I expected, it's worth the few extra bucks to get another, more updated guidebook as well.

My boss lent me a copy of the British (Cadogan) edition, which he'd purchased in Merida, just before we left on vacation and I couldn't thank him enough when I got back. Not only are the lodging, dining, shopping, travel and sightseeing recommendations incredibly useful and on the mark, but there's a meaty and fascinating history up front to put everything in context. If you take one book with you to this region, this is the one.

We used your your book to travel from Merida to Chitchen Itza to Tulum and Cancun in 9 days. We would have never made it without this book. We travelled using public transportation and all the schedules on the book were quite accurate. It gave us enough details on every place we visited but left out enough to still make the trip a great adventure. Please write one on the Philippines. I can't find one like your book.