Frommer's Mexico 2007

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Main Author:	Baird, David
Other Authors:	Bairstow, Lynne
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2006.
Subjects:	Mexico > Guidebooks.
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Table of Contents:

List of maps
What's new in Mexico / David Baird, Lynne Bairstow
[ch.] 1. The best of Mexico / David Baird, Lynne Bairstow
1. The best beach vacations
2. The best cultural experiences
3. The best archaeological sites
4. The best active vacations
5. The best of natural Mexico
6. The best places to get away from it all
7. The best art, architecture & museums
8. The best shopping
9. The best luxury hotels
10. The best unique inns
11. The best inexpensive inns
12. The best spa resorts
13. The best Mexican food & drink
[ch.] 2. Planning your trip to Mexico / David Baird, Lynne Bairstow
1. The regions in brief
2. Visitor information
Destination Mexico : red alert checklist
3. Entry requirements & customs
4. Money
5. When to go
Mexico calendar of events
6. Travel insurance
7. Health & safety
Treating & avoiding digestive trouble
8. Specialized travel resources
9. Planning your trip online
Frommers.com : the complete travel resource
10. The 21st-century traveler
Online traveler's toolbox
11. Getting there
Luxury bus service from the Mexico City airport
Getting through the airport
12. Packages for the independent traveler
13. The active traveler
14. Getting around Mexico
15. Tips on accommodations
16. Tips on dining
17. Recommended books & films
Fast facts : Mexico
[ch.] 3. Suggested Mexico itineraries / David Baird
1. Central Mexico's pre-Columbian treasures in a week
2. Mexico's best shopping in a week
3. The best of Western Mexico in a week
4. Los Cabos to Copper Canyon
5. La Ruta Maya in 2 weeks
[ch.] 4. Mexico City / Lynne Bairstow
1. Orientation
Important taxi safety precautions in Mexico City
The neighborhoods in brief
2. Getting around
Fast facts : Mexico City
3. Where to stay
4. Where to dine
¡Café, por favor!
5. Exploring Mexico City
6. Organized tours
7. Shopping
8. Mexico City after dark
9. A side trip to the pyramids of San Juan Teotihuacán
[ch.] 5. Silver, spas & spiritual centers : from Taxco to Tepoztlán / Lynne Bairstow
1. Taxco : cobblestones & silver
Spanish & art classes in Taxco
2. Ixtapan de la Sal : a thermal spa town
3. Valle de Bravo & Avándaro : Mexico's Switzerland
4. Cuernavaca : land of eternal spring
Fast facts : Cuernavaca
5. Tepoztlán
[ch.] 6. San Miguel de Allende & the colonial silver cities / David Baird
1. San Miguel de Allende
Fast facts : San Miguel de Allende
Learning at the source : going to school in San Miguel
2. Guanajuato
Fact facts : Guanajuato
The Redolent Mexican cantina
3. Santiago de Querétaro
Fast facts : Querétaro
Shopping for opals
4. Zacatecas
Fast facts : Zacatecas
5. San Luis Potosí
Fast facts : San Luis Potosí
[ch.] 7. Michoacán / David Baird
1. Morelia
Fast facts : Morelia
Michoacán's monarch migrations
2. Pátzcuaro
Fast facts : Pátzcuaro
3. Uruapan : handicrafts & volcanoes
[ch.] 8. Guadalajara / David Baird
1. Orientation
The neighborhoods in brief
2. Getting around
Fast facts : Guadalajara
3. Where to stay
4. Where to dine
5. Exploring Guadalajara
6. Shopping
7. Guadalajara after dark
Tequila : the name says it all
[ch.] 9. Puerto Vallarta & the Central Pacific Coast / Lynne Bairstow
1. Puerto Vallarta
Fast facts : Puerto Vallarta
A Huichol art primer : shopping tips
2. Mazatlán
Fast facts : Mazatlán
Mazatlán's carnaval : a weeklong party
3. Costa Alegre : Puerto Vallarta to Barra de Navidad
4. Manzanillo
Fast facts : Manzanillo
[ch.] 10. Acapulco & the Southern Pacific Coast / Lynne Bairstow
1. Acapulco
Fast facts : Acapulco
2. Northward to Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa
Fast facts : Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa
3. Puerto Escondido
Fast facts : Puerto Escondido
Ecotours & other adventurous explorations
4. Bahías de Huatulco
Fast facts : Bahías de Huatulco
[ch.] 11. The Southernmost states : Oaxaca & Chiapas / David Baird
1. Oaxaca City
Fast facts : Oaxaca
Oaxacan street food
Shopping splendor : Oaxaca's market villages
2. Villahermosa
3. Palenque
4. San Cristóbal de las Casas
The Zapatista movement & Chiapas
Fast facts : San Cristóbal de las Casas
[ch.] 12. Veracruz & Puebla : on the heels of Cortez / David Baird
1. Veracruz City
Fast facts : Veracruz
2. Exploring North of Veracruz : ruins, more ruins & a great museum
3. Colonial Puebla
Fast facts : Puebla
Cinco de Mayo & the battle of Puebla
[ch.] 13. Cancún / Lynne Bairstow
1. Orientation
The best Websites for Cancún
Fast facts : Cancún
2. Where to stay
3. Where to dine
4. Beaches, watersports & boat tours
5. Outdoor activities & attractions
6. Shopping
7. Cancún after dark
[ch.] 14. Isla Mujeres & Cozumel / David Baird, Lynne Bairstow
1. Isla Mujeres
The best Websites for Isla Mujeres & Cozumel
Fast facts : Isla Mujeres
2. Cozumel
An all-inclusive vacation in Cozumel
Fast facts : Cozumel
[ch.] 15. The Caribbean Cost : the Riviera Maya, including Playa del Carmen & the Cost Maya / David Baird
1. Playa del Carmen
Fast facts : Playa del Carmen
Choosing an all-inclusive in the Riviera Maya
2. North of Playa del Carmen
3. South of Playa del Carmen
4. Tulum, Punta Allen & Sian Ka'an
5. Cobá ruins
The Sian Ka'an Biosphere reserve
6. Majahual, Xcalak & the Chinchorro Reef
7. Lago Bacalar
8. Chetumal
9. Side trips to Maya ruins from Chetumal
[ch.] 16. Mérida, Chichén Itzá & the Maya interior / David Baird
The best Websites for Mérida, Chichén Itzá & the Maya interior
1. Mérida : gateway to the Maya heartland
Festivals & special events in Mérida
Fast facts : Mérida
Of haciendas & hotels
2. The ruins of Uxmal
3. Campeche
Fast facts : Campeche
4. The ruins of Chichén Itzá
5. Valladolid
[ch.] 17. The Copper Canyon / David Baird
1. The Copper Canyon train & stops along the way
Choosing a package or tour operator
2. Los Mochis : the Western terminus
3. Chihuahua : the Eastern terminus
Fast facts : Chihuahua
[ch.] 18. Los Cabos & Baja California / Lynne Bairstow
1. Los Cabos : resorts, watersports & golf
Fast facts : San José del Cabo
Fast facts : Cabo San Lucas
Surf & sleep
2. Todos Santos : a creative oasis
3. La Paz : peaceful port town
Fast facts : La Paz
4. Mid-Baja : Loreto, Mulegé & Santa Rosalía
Whale-watching in Baja
5. Tijuana & Rosarito Beach
First crush : the Annual Harvest Festival
A Northern Baja spa sanctuary
Surfing, Northern Baja style
6. Ensenada : port of call
Appendix A. Mexico in depth / David Baird
1. The land & its people
2. A look at the past
Appendix B. Useful terms & phrases.

Frommer's Mexico 2007

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