Lonely Planet Miami & the Keys

by Kim Grant

-- covers Miami, the Keys, the Everglades and Fort Lauderdale
-- where to find the finest food and drink, from sipping mojitos in Little Havana to enjoying a cheeseburger in Paradise
-- full-colour section on Miami's Art Deco architecture
-- extensive coverage of the hottest hightlife

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

Reviews

[SN the Viking · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good book, nice layout.
4 stars

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I felt like I really learned quite a bit about the region in addition to getting some recommendations on stuff to do while there.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great way to narrow down the magnitude of options for dining and lodging that the internet presents. Also a good way to get a lay of the land and discern the type of experiences that best suit our family.

[Paul Devall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful tool to have available.

[laura graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for planning a trip and really interesting history section

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t claim to have read this one cover-to-cover but it deserves credit for a successfully enjoyable adventure in South Beach and the Keys.

[Jim Bowen · Rating 4 out of 5]

To my mind, there are two types of travel guide. One is very directy, inasmuch as it says this is good, visit here, this isn't, you can skip that. The other is more gossipy.... it tries to give you a flavour of a place, without trying to overly tell you what to do, leaving it to you to decide what to do.

Lonely Planet guide fall, I feel, more into the first category. They are thoroughly researched, extremely complete in their coverage, and provide many good ideas. they can be a bit clinical, but if you want to get a good understanding of a place before, and after, you arrive, coupled with a wide range of suggested activities, this is the book for you.

[Steve · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought the Kindle version of this, in an effort to minimize contents of our luggage. Unfortunately, it is all by unnavigable, and I found the battle to find my bookmarks irritating. We saw almost everything we set out to see during our holiday excursion of South Florida, but I never consulted this e-book after the first couple of days. Instead, I went straight to the web, which proved quicker, and more illuminating. Conclusion: next time we require a travel book, I will purchase a paper, which does has the merits of instant accessibility to random pages.

[Ernie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tons of info here and it stands up well to a little aging. This has played a key role in making two year-apart Miami trips amazingly fun.

[Michelle Bizzell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting information about Miami and the Keys, a good way to fuel my excitement.