Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island

by Lonely Planet, Jeff Davis, Brigitte Barta

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Museum-hop in Barrio Bellas Artes, kayak down the calm Rio Serrano, or marvel at the strikingly enigmatic moai of Easter Island; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Chile and Easter Island and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island Travel Guide:



Color maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests

Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including customs, history, literature, cinema, politics, landscapes, wildlife, and wine

Over 54 local maps

Useful features - including Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), Chile Outdoors, and Travel with Children

Coverage of Santiago, Vina del Mar, Rapa Nui, Arica, Anakena Beach, Northern Patagonia, Southern Patagonia, Chiloe, Sur Chico, Norte Grande, Norte Chico, Middle Chile, Tierra del Fuego, and more
eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices)



Zoom-in maps and images bring it all up close and in greater detail

Downloadable PDF and offline maps let you stay offline to avoid roaming and data charges

Seamlessly flip between pages

Easily navigate and jump effortlessly between maps and reviews

Speedy search capabilities get you to what you need and want to see

Use bookmarks to help you shoot back to key pages in a flash

Visit the websites of our recommendations by touching embedded links

Adding notes with the tap of a finger offers a way to personalize your guidebook experience

Inbuilt dictionary to translate unfamiliar languages and decode site-specific local terms
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island,our most comprehensive guide to Chile and Easter Island, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less traveled.

Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's South America on a Shoestring guide for a comprehensive look at all the continent has to offer. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Carolyn McCarthy, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Bridget Gleeson, Anja Mutic, and Kevin Raub.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveler community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travelers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

Audio CD

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

OUR STORY
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.

Reviews

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great planning trips for Chile!

[Ferio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voy a repetir lo que he dicho en otras guías, porque la reflexión es la misma y la estructura también:

Las guías de viaje de este estilo ya solo tienen sentido en el siglo XXI por la conveniencia de tener casi toda la información necesaria en un único sitio porque, por lo demás, carecen de la fluidez y la velocidad de actualización (particularmente en lo hostelero) que nos pueden ofrecer nuestro portal favorito de hoteles o TripAdvisor. Evidentemente, el modelo está cambiando y, por muy actualizada que esté una guía, las ciudades son conjuntos que evolucionan cada día más rápidamente y lo que ayer molaba puede que hoy no: la única forma de saberlo es a través de Internet.

Pero a mí me gustan mucho las guías Lonely Planet porque te dejan bien claro cuáles son las cosas que no debes perderte a nivel cultural en cada sitio y, siendo cosas que muchas veces tienen siglos, es difícil que su importancia cambie de un día para otro; también me gusta mucho que te dicen en qué atracciones compensa comprar la entrada previamente para evitar horas de cola, los trasfondos artístico-históricos de todas y cada una de ellas, sus horarios y precios... De otra manera, es muy complicado que todo estos datos se ofrezcan en una única página.

También hay que tener en cuenta que una guía de estas características no se lee de cabo a rabo como un libro cualquiera, sino que se usa para organizar un viaje pero no para aprendértelo y, llegado el momento de estar allí, leer con mucho más detenimiento las descripciones de cada lugar. Lo bueno que tienen estas es que también tienen un acercamiento histórico y artístico completo de cada región que sirve como introducción a todas las especificidades que se desarrollan. ¡Es material valioso!

Supongo que, con el paso del tiempo, este tipo de guías desaparecerán completamente en beneficio de páginas web que ofrecerán lo mismo a través de GPS, incluyendo audioguías y otra serie de cosas muy beneficiosas. El progreso es imparable pero, mientras tanto, cada vez que salgo de viaje me llevo mi Lonely Planet, que tampoco está de más.

[W.S. Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thorough, easy to read and flip through

As always, Lonely Planet puts out a great travel book. So easy to read, and very easy to flip through chapters and topics.

[Aryon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Test

[Lamadia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was great for both trip planning and during the trip itself.

[LA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very helpful book, for a hellish trip.

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can trust Lonely Planet for useful information about the countries and cities to which I will travel. The information does seem to be lacking about the port areas for cruisers. I would like information about distances from the ports and the best ways to go to the recommended sites from there (walk?, public transportation?, or taxi?)

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful tips and info, and great at getting you an orientation to the city. But details on restaurants, transport and museum apparently gets out of date really quickly, so I'll be sure to use the most recent version of any travel guide I use in the future.

[Charles Levenstein · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish the print were larger -- especially on the maps.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Planning this vacation is thrilling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Jerry Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

#Desiderio

[Mojca · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 - 4½ stars

[Kristína Chrenková · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeden z najlepších sprievodcov, akých som kedy čítala.