Product Description

Our authors know the Dominican Republic inside out.? From the best fortresses and cathedrals in Santa Domingo to the best beaches on the island, our authors offer candid reviews that will help you decide what's best for your itinerary and budget.

You'll get complete and up-to-date coverage of hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, as well as advice about?the best attractions and outdoor activities.

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Product Details

Publisher	Frommers
ISBN	0470473983
Features	ISBN13: 9780470473986 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Format	Paperback
Author	Darwin Porter
EAN	9780470473986
Label	Frommers
Edition	4
Dewey Decimal Number	917
Studio	Frommers
Number Of Pages	216
Title	Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic
Publication Date	2009-11-02
Manufacturer	Frommers

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Customer Reviews

Information is too sparse and often not helpful

Review by SW Highlander, 2009-07-02

I know it's a "portable" edition, but the only part my wife and I found helpful and adequate was the hotel section -- which you need before will be carrying it around anyway. The hotel section in Punta Cana and Santo Domingo were accurate and useful.

In Santo Domingo, its walking map of the Zona Colonial was badly off. Points of interest were on different blocks than indicated, the map was not to scale from one block to another (on the same map), and not to scale to the distance guide on the map. In the narrative sections, restaurants and Points of Interest were often not described adequately to find the place without asking people along the way.

We tried one of the book's top restaurants and found it laughably lacking: waitstaff that couldn't identify an oyster or cook the tableside flambe, a room that was devoid of any patrons on a Friday night, and old decor from a 1970's era hotel.

For nightclubs, it failed to mention that it's number one choice of clubs doesn't get going until 11 ("takes off at 9pm" was what the book said). Combined with a hotel concierge who led us astray, we had to sit around for over an hour as the early birds.

Overall, it's the worst Frommer's I've ever used.

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Dominican Republic

Review by Elizabeth Wright, 2009-06-12

This book contained almost all the information I needed. However, it gave the impression that U.S. - Punta Cana flights were few when actually AA has several regularly scheduled flights to and from Miami each day. The book also was light on what immunizations are advisable for travel there.

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Very Little Useful Information

Review by Chris Luallen, 2007-06-30

I know this a "portable guide" to the Dominican Republic, but still it is extremely bare bones and basic. It includes a decent section on Santo Domingo but absolutely nothing on Santiago - the country's second largest city. The rest of this thin volume includes only a couple of short sections on the DR's tourist areas - the North Coast, Punta Cana and Boca Chica. To someone attempting to explore anywhere else in the DR this book is virtually useless. Even for my brief one week trip to Puerto Plata I found nothing in this guide that I had not already discovered on the Internet.

I am usually a fan of Frommer's guidebooks. But this one just doesn't cut it.

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Good guide, but ...

Review by Anonymous, 2004-03-12

The Frommer's Dominican Republic guide is a good guide for anyone making a quick trip to the DR. The book does overexaggerates on the crime issue. Crime in the DR is relatively low, maybe even lower than in the USA. Other than that, the book is excellent.

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