The Rough Guide To Mexico - 6th Edition

by John Fisher

The Rough Guide to Mexico is the most comprehensive guide available and an essential companion to anyone visiting this country, whether on a package tour, backpacking or on a prolonged business trip. This fully-updated and revised 6th edition includes hundreds of incisive accounts of the sights, providing fresh takes on the well-established attractions and uncovering lesser-known gems. Detailed practical advice is given on activities in every corner of this vibrant nation from the beaches to the bustling cities to the ancient Mayan temples. The guide also includes significant historical and cultural information to give the reader a well-rounded understanding of Mexico, past and present.

Genres: Travel

912 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2016

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Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid guide especially in the history, politics and culture sections for giving plenty of context. City guides are structured well to highlight lesser known attractions next to the must-sees you can find online. Some of the transport suggestions were sadly lacking. Food recommendations are a disappointment - very few mexican eateries highlighted.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A guide is a guide is a guide - whatever. It will tell you all of the great places that everyone else has gone. Good to have on hand, bad to rely on. Learn your language and start to ask the locals. They'll really know the good stuff.

[Tom Glaser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Major omission: The 2019 (eleventh) edition does not mention Puebla’s International Museum of the Baroque (Museo Internacional del Barroco), a world class museum that opened in February 2016. This suggests that updates to the guide are far from timely or complete.

[Madeleine]

Pretty much everything I know about Mexico and the Mayan civilization is sadly contained within this volume.

[Patrick Bridegam · Rating 4 out of 5]

decent guidebook, angela didnt like it as much