Southwest USA 5

by Becca Blond, Lisa Dunford, Andrea Schulte-Peevers

Experience the Southwest USA
Gaze up at the Grand Canyon while floating down the mightly Colorado
Chat with Santa Fe locals over spicy green chile and margaritas
Spot ghosts of the Old West on the trail of Butch Cassidy
In This Guide
Expanded edition covers the best of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Las Vegas and Nevada
The ultimate road-trip guide - more scenic drives, Route 66 details and dinosaur detours throughout
Special Native American and Southwest with Kids chapters, plus pet-friendly listings in every state
Insightful local interviews, including Carolyn Jessop's account of escaping polygamy

Genres: Travel, United States

568 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Florence · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great guide for exploring the beautiful southwestern USA. Included in its 568 pages are some stories, fast facts, maps, guides to activities such as hiking, biking, sleeping and eating. There is listed information on all national and state parks, as well as "roads less traveled". If you are exploring these states, you can't leave home without it.

[Nyx · Rating 2 out of 5]

9th edition.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first lonely planet in the Regional Guide, the other ones I used were for country or city, I don't know if it is because of this, or because it is the first one I used in America, but I did not find in it as much information as I usually do. A lot of cities didn't have maps, or only partial ones, and a lot of places were not easy to find on the state maps. In the other LP books I've used I really liked to have an idea of the time it takes to travel from one place to another, which was rarely mentionned in this one. Not so much suggestions for restaurants or lodging, plus, I went to an hostel that was a Top Choice in the guide, and oh god, I wouldn't recommand it except if you are very short on money, which, according to me, was almost the only positive point of the place !
It wasn't a bad guide, just less useful and detailed than the few other LP country guide I used.
I don't know if the Rough Guide for this region is better...

[Carianne Carleo-Evangelist · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tried to use this for recent southwest road trip but the Kindle Unlimited/digital versions of the Lonely Planet are so poorly designed that they're unusable. The navigation doesn't work and there's no continuity leaving pieces unfinished.