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Nobody knows Ecuador & 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 volcano Cotopaxi, Galapagos penguins swim With The Golden chilled-out relaxation in Vilcabamba. Lonely Planet guides are Written by Experts Who Get to the Heart of Every destination THEY VISITED. 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 chapter Outdoors: hiking, biking, surfing and kayaking Insightful, Respectful coverage of Ecuador's rich indigenous culture Green Index identified Sustainable options CommentsRussell Townson says... You can't go wrong with Lonely Planet Guidebooks. This is the 3rd. Ecuador title I have purchased. Needed to keep updated. Posted on May 15, 2011 Twanda Mceniry says... 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. Posted on May 15, 2011 Boyd Fundis says... I spent two months in Ecuador (including about a month in Cuenca) with this guidebook and was overall pretty satisfied with it. In general, the hotel recommendations were good, and there was good information about interesting things to see and do. Even places that aren't super touristy, I was generally impressed with its coverage. It failed to note several interesting festivals that I attended, so I think that coverage of events could probably be improved. On the whole a solid four stars. Posted on May 19, 2011 Teresita Nunamaker says... 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. Posted on May 19, 2011 Zina Zabrocki says... I have not travelled to Ecuador yet but this book seems thorough in what I've read. Posted on May 19, 2011 Ivory Kunka says... 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. Posted on May 22, 2011 Tosha Kaltenhauser says... My problem with this particular LP is that it felt like many of the hostels recommended or written up were only done so because the writer had a personal stake in the hostel. It could have also better warned of the danger areas nearby to the walking tour in Quito as I was mugged at 4:30 in the afternoon only a short distance from the directed path. However, like other LP's it has nice maps of cities and does a good job of orienting the reader when entering a new city. Posted on May 23, 2011 Reid Hayburn says... 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). Posted on May 25, 2011 Leave a Comment |
