Cancun, Cozumel & the Riviera Maya Alive!

by Bruce Conord and June Conord

Cancun is blessed with over 240 days of sunshine per year. Its glorious white beaches are picture-perfect. Isla Mujeres, a tiny offshore island like others found in the Caribbean, shares the same... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588435989
• ISBN13: 9781588435989
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ)
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Now in a significantly updated and revised fourth edition

Now in a significantly updated and revised fourth edition, "Cancum Cozumel & The Riviera Maya " by the husband and wife team of Bruce and June Conord is a handy, pocket-sized, 306-page, illustrated travel guide that is part of the superbly produced 'Alive!' series from Hunter Publishing. An impressive and thoroughly 'user friendly' compendium of practical travel tips, "Cancum Cozumel & The Riviera Maya" offers invaluable information on hotels for every budget; local, casual and fine dining cafes and restaurants; town and regional maps; suggested day trips; as well as nature and eco-tours recommendations. Fully indexed and replete with 'insider info' by travel writers who have actually 'been there and done that', "Cancum Cozumel & The Riviera Maya" is an indispensable and very strongly recommended guide to getting the most out of traveling to Cancum Cozumel and the 'Riviera May' country whether for vacation or for business, as a weekend getaway or an extended recreational holiday.

Plan Your Trip With This Book

CANCUN, COZUMEL, AND THE RIVIERA MAYA ALIVE! from Hunter Publishing Travel Guides, is a wonderfully readable, in-depth guide to everything you could ever want to know about this glorious Gulf Coast area of Mexico's "hitch-hiker thumb." Bruce and June Conord, who have traveled the world, chose this location for all their free time to relax, and their enthusiasm makes readers eager to go there also. The guide is organized in an easy to follow way, arranged by geography and popularity. Their own evaluations of hotels, restaurants, and attractions are listed up-front. I was particularly impressed that they flatly refuse to mention those places which have raped the environment. The tips and warnings in the book are worth the reading for any Mexican traveler, gleaned from their years of experience. History, conversion charts, temperature and climate guides, and shopping hints are all readably presented and easy to grasp at a glance. We recommend this book for anyone dreaming of the sun and surf! Plan your trip with it.

A must have guide!!!

If you read only one guide book this summer this should be the one!!! Unlike one of the other reviewers I found this book to be a great source of information. As I fumbled around the Yucatan this was a fantastic wealth of information. Yes it seems like the authors know people as you read the book, only making it more believable that they continue to visit the same establishments and "practice what they preach". To the unhappy traveler I offer a sympathetic ear and like all reviews take his / her opinion with a grain of salt! I prefer mine with tequila ... but others seem to have them in their tears. Have fun and enjoy!!!!

Gets right to the point

"We had a wonderful vacation using this guide book. Unlike another one that starts with "F," the Alive! guide is not full of upfront stuff that nobody reads.It gets right to the point in telling what hotels have to offer, the best places to eat (it arranges them by cuisine and gives sample dishes) and devotes manypages to shopping - in the malls as well as downtown. We got some good bargains as a result." Reader, East Coast USA

Most in-depth, intelligent and helpful guide to Cancun

What a joy after reading some of the other guides to Cancun! This book covers almost everything, and is obviously written by someone with an intimate familiarity with the region. It offers helpful hints on each page, rather than just pointing out lists of places to visit (although it does this also). The Mexican to U.S. clothing size conversion chart is particularly helpful. The book dedicates 12 pages to shopping in Cancun, a topic restricted to 3/4 page in the other guidebook I purchased at the same time (and sent back). The coverage of places to stay, places to eat, and what to do is very objective and frank, unlike some of the guides which seem to be produced by the local chamber of commerce. As a lover of travel (and travel guides), I can't say enough about this one - it's as good a guide to a city as I have read.