Nicholas Gill - Frommers South America

Frommer's South America 5th Edition

by Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Nicholas Gill, Eliot Greenspan, Charlie OMalley, Christie Pashby, Jisel Perilla, & Neil Edward Schlecht

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List of Maps

Argentina

Buenos Aires

The Iguaz Falls Region

Mendoza

Argentina & Chiles Lake Districts

San Carlos de Bariloche

Southern Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego

Bolivia

La Paz

Copacabana

Isla del Sol

Sucre

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro at a Glance

Rios Centro

South of Centro

Rios Beaches

So Paulo

Brasilia

Salvador

Pelourinho

Old Recife

Olinda

Manaus

The Pantanal

Foz do Iguau

Chile

Downtown Santiago

Providencia & Las Condes

Valparaso

The Desert North

Punta Arenas

Colombia

Bogot

Medelln

Cartagena

Ecuador

Quito

Cuenca

Guayaquil

The Galpagos Islands

Paraguay

Asuncin

Peru

Downtown Lima

Miraflores

Cusco

Machu Picchu

Arequipa

Iquitos

Uruguay

Montevideo

Venezuela

Caracas

Isla de Margarita

Mrida

Note About Maps

This guide contains dozens of maps of varying sizes and complexity. If you find it hard to read a map on your device, use the zoom function to enlarge. You can also download and/or printout PDFs of all of the maps in this guide. Go to www.frommers.com/go/ebookmaps and click on the title of your guide.

About the Authors

A native of California, Shawn Blore has lived and worked in a half dozen countries and traveled in at least 50 more (but whos counting?). Long a resident of Vancouver, Shawn has for the past few years made his home in Rio de Janeiro. He is an award-winning magazine writer and the author of Vancouver: Secrets of the City and co-author of Frommers Brazil and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.

Alexandra de Vries made her first journey to Brazil at the ripe old age of 1 month. (Alas, few of her food reviews from that trip survive.) In the years since, Alexandra has returned many times to travel, explore, and live in this amazing country. Alexandra co-writes Frommers Brazil and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro about her all-time favorite place to visit.

Writer and photographer Nicholas Gill is based in Lima, Peru and Brooklyn, New York. His work regularly appears in publications such as the New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Caribbean Travel & Life, and World Hum. He has also contributed to Frommers Chile & Easter Island and Frommers Central America and written Frommers Honduras.

Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, and travel writer who took his backpack and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has traveled almost ceaselessly around Latin America, writing articles and guidebooks to feed his travel habit. He feels particularly at home in the neotropicsin its rain and cloud forests, on its rivers, and under its seas. Eliot is the author of Frommers Ecuador, Frommers Costa Rica, Frommers Belize, and Costa Rica Day by Day.

Charlie OMalley is a writer and wine enthusiast who can be found living in Argentina, when hes not traveling the rest of South America. He has also worked on Frommers Central America, Nicaragua & El Salvador, and Argentina.

Christie Pashby is the author of Frommers Banff and Jasper National Parks and a contributing writer to Frommers Argentina and Frommers Chile & Easter Island. She divides her time between the Canadian Rockies and Patagonia, where she runs a small guiding business with her husband.

Jisel Perilla worked with a nonprofit microcredit organization in Medelln, Colombia, and has written about, lived in, and traveled throughout much of Latin America. She currently resides in the Washington, D.C., area and is the author of Frommers Panama.

Neil Edward Schlecht first trekked to Machu Picchu in 1983 as a college student, while spending his junior year abroad in Quito, Ecuador. The author of more than a dozen travel guides (including Frommers Peru and Buenos Aires Day by Day ) and a photographer, he has lived for extensive periods in Brazil and Spain. He now resides in Litchfield County, CT.

How to contact Us

In researching this book, we discovered many wonderful placeshotels, restaurants, shops, and more. Were sure youll find others. Please tell us about them, so we can share the information with your fellow travelers in upcoming editions. If you were disappointed with a recommendation, wed love to know that, too. Please write to:

Frommers South America, 5th Edition
Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774

An Additional Note

Please be advised that travel information is subject to change at any timeand this is especially true of prices. We therefore suggest that you write or call ahead for confirmation when making your travel plans. The authors, editors, and publisher cannot be held responsible for the experiences of readers while traveling. Your safety is important to us, however, so we encourage you to stay alert and be aware of your surroundings. Keep a close eye on cameras, purses, and wallets, all favorite targets of thieves and pickpockets.

Acknowledgments

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Frommers Star Ratings, Icons & Abbreviations

Every hotel, restaurant, and attraction listing in this guide has been ranked for quality, value, service, amenities, and special features using a star-rating system. In country, state, and regional guides, we also rate towns and regions to help you narrow down your choices and budget your time accordingly. Hotels and restaurants are rated on a scale of zero (recommended) to three stars (exceptional). Attractions, shopping, nightlife, towns, and regions are rated according to the following scale: zero stars (recommended), one star (highly recommended), two stars (very highly recommended), and three stars (must-see).