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The Rough Guide to Florida is the ultimate travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions Florida has to offer. Discover the dynamic regions of Florida from the countless theme parks of Disney World, EPCOT, Universal Studios and SeaWorld, to the canals and beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Art deco sites of South Beach and Florida's expanding Downtown region. Packed with practical advice on what to see and do in Florida this guide provides reliable, up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels in Florida, recommended restaurants and bars in Florida with detailed coverage on a full range of attractions; from day trips to Dry Tortugas Islands to discovering the historic Stranahan House. You'll find expert tips on exploring Florida's amazing fishing and boating activities, golf and adventure sports, Florida's sensational art galleries and museums, all within walking distance of each other, including the Kennedy Space Centre, as well as cultural attractions, shopping and entertainment for all budgets. Navigate all corners of Florida with the clearest maps of any guide.
Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Florida.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is my third edition of this book and bought this time for more up-to-date information on a forthcoming trip to the sunshine state. I always buy the Rough Guides and like the way the information is set out in a logical and easy to follow way. Overall information on the country followed by sections on each area that work from place to place as you might travel around that area. Each town is then split down into accommodation, attractions, eating & drinking always with a selection of places to suit all budgets.
As the Rough Guides are aimed at independent travellers some of their comments on the more commercial aspects of Florida can be a bit harsh, but that shouldn't put you off visiting them.
No matter where I travel I always have the Rough Guide with me.
As the Rough Guides are aimed at independent travellers some of their comments on the more commercial aspects of Florida can be a bit harsh, but that shouldn't put you off visiting them.
No matter where I travel I always have the Rough Guide with me.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Years ago I used the buy the Rough Guides to get an insight into a country's less well known spots, something off the beaten path.
Whilst there are still elements of that in this book, large chunks of it concentrated on Disney, Universal and other top tourist sites.
If you're going to Florida you may well want to visit these areas, but then this is not the book I'd choose for those anyway, as there are countless other books that describe the theme parks in the most minute detail and give tips on how to get rides before the queues build up, for example.
This book fails to fully cover the tourist places (not that I'd expect it to) but neither does it cover in the depth I've come to expect those unknown gems that tourists looking for non-Disney entertainment hope to find.
And so this book falls between two stools and has forced me into time-intensive research on the 'net, something I'd hoped to have avoided.
Incidentally, its major competitive book - Lonely Planet - which I bought at the same time has identical failings. It seems a cheap cop-out to stuff a Rough Guide book with several pages of major, well-known theme parks.
Come on guys, there's so much more to Florida than Orlando, and so much more than theme parks!
Whilst there are still elements of that in this book, large chunks of it concentrated on Disney, Universal and other top tourist sites.
If you're going to Florida you may well want to visit these areas, but then this is not the book I'd choose for those anyway, as there are countless other books that describe the theme parks in the most minute detail and give tips on how to get rides before the queues build up, for example.
This book fails to fully cover the tourist places (not that I'd expect it to) but neither does it cover in the depth I've come to expect those unknown gems that tourists looking for non-Disney entertainment hope to find.
And so this book falls between two stools and has forced me into time-intensive research on the 'net, something I'd hoped to have avoided.
Incidentally, its major competitive book - Lonely Planet - which I bought at the same time has identical failings. It seems a cheap cop-out to stuff a Rough Guide book with several pages of major, well-known theme parks.
Come on guys, there's so much more to Florida than Orlando, and so much more than theme parks!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In preparation for visiting Florida (but definitely not spending time with Donald Duck and his cartoon companions or queueing for white-knuckle rides) I bought both the Rough Guide and the Lonely Planet Guide. It's hard to split them. Much is similar in both, and each has its good and bad points. I have a fixation about the quality of indexes in books and Lonely Planet definitely has the edge here. Anyway, if you're spending all that money on your holiday, the cost of an extra book or two is hardly here nor there.
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A down to earth travel guide
Travelling around Florida we relied on travel guides for accommodation and food recommendations. I found this book to have their food and accommodation sections buried and dotted... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lindy Loos
mainstream
I bought this guide looking for information I could'nt find online but all the infos in this guidebook are more or less common sence and directed towards mainstream travelers. Read more
Published 14 months ago by subsebo
Good detailed read
I have bought this book in anticipation of travelling to Florida this year. This will enable me to make the right decisions about our family holiday.
Published on 2 May 2010 by Mr. Michael P. Tuttiett
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I wanted to use just one travel book to plan my holiday in Florida in 2010. The Rough Guide has fitted the bill very well. Read more
Published on 30 April 2010 by Mr. S. C. Warburton
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