MOON HANDBOOKS CUBA

941 pages ”Although half a dozen guidebooks have been written on Cuba, none is as comprehensive, informative and readable as Baker's welcome addition." Los Angeles Review of Books READ ALL THE REVIEWS 64 maps Four decades after the Cuban revolution slammed the door shut on Cuba, the island is hot again. And the hottest book about Cuba to appear in years is Christopher P. Baker's acclaimed MOON  HANDBOOKS: CUBA... the #1 choice of the 1.9 million foreign visitors to Cuba in 2003! For the Active Traveler... The MOON HANDBOOKS: CUBA provides all the information essential to planning for travel to and through Cuba, including: Complete accommodations listings and reviews, including recommendations for staying in private casas particulares Comprehensive getting there information, including ways for every U.S. citizen to travel to Cuba legally... flying there from Miami, Mexico, Canada, The Bahamas, and dozens of other destinations... tour companies and organizations offering programs for everyone from art-lovers to cigar connoisseurs... getting there by cruise ship or private boat... and much more! Everything you need to know about getting around by air, rail, bus, car, taxi, bicycle, hitchhiking, or organized excursion tour Comprehensive sections on visas and officialdom... arts and entertainment... recreation... food and drink... services... health and safety... money... communications... tourist information... and more! Regional chapters covering the entire country and including a 126-page section on Havana and complete regional information on sightseeing, where to stay, where to eat, entertainment, shopping, etc. A comprehensive language section, including Cuban-Spanish colloquialisms and an essential Spanish Phrasebook. And much, much more! For the Armchair Traveler... In  addition, MOON HANDBOOKS: CUBA takes an unbiased, no-holds-barred look at Cuba, offered in the erudite and entertaining style that has garnered author Christopher P. Baker more than a dozen major awards... including "Best Travel Guide" awards from both the Publisher's Marketing Association and the Society of American Travel Writers for his best-selling MOON HANDBOOKS: COSTA RICA. MOON HANDBOOKS: CUBA provides: A lucid, in-depth 112-page exploration of Cuba's culture and turbulent history plus related themes, with separate sections on The Land... Flora & Fauna... Conservation... History... Government... The Economy... and the Cuban People and Society. Fascinating sidebars on such topics as the CIA's Dirty Tricks... The Mob in Cuba... Che Guevara... Colonial Architecture... Ernest Hemingway... and a six-page profile on Fidel Castro that reveals the man behind the mask. Plenty of detailed information for the cigar lover, including special sidebars on Cuban Cigars... Cigar Factories... and Buying Cuban Cigars.

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"This excellent work is one of the most thorough guidebooks this reviewer has ever seen. Highly recommended." Library Journal ”Although half a dozen guidebooks have been written on Cuba, none is as comprehensive, informative and readable as Baker's welcome addition." Los Angeles Review of Books "Cuba Handbook is the most comprehensive guidebook on the  country available today. Period!" U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council "If you are traveling to the island and can only bring one book with you, this is it." Amazon.com