Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71816 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 816 pages

Customer Reviews

Biggest and best guide to the Philippines
A large book to carry - but then it contains twice the information of its rivals, including many useful maps. Jens Peters was the editor of the first 6 editions of the Lonely Planet Guide to the Philippines and obviously loves the country and knows it well. Published by himself, the translation from the German is occasionally a little stilted but always readable. There is a helpful email directory of the key resorts and attractions at the back, though surprisingly website urls are omitted. Published early in 2009, the information is accurate to 2008 - it will be interesting to see whether Jens can update the book as frequently as his better known rivals. Despite a new Lonely Planet guide to the Philippines being published in May 2009, this is the book I will be taking with me on my 5th visit to the Philippines in August. Highly recommended.

Alternative guide
This guide is different from the mainstream guides as it is written by the author who has visited the Philippines many times (60), rather than writers who are employed to research a book in a short period. It is quite heavy book to carry around. Jens obliouvsly loves the Philippines and this comes across in the book. The layout is similar to LP. This guide an interesting alternative to LP and Rough Guides but is not the most up to date.