Product Description

brand-new guide to one of South America's best travel bargains, formerly covered in the best-selling Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay includes more colour highlights, suggested itineraries, maps, keyed sites and cultural insights than any other guide coverage includes Chilean Patagonia and side trips to Uruguay an increasingly popular destination, with visitor numbers up by 18 per cent in 2003 just about everything costs two-thirds less than it does in the US (eg, a five-star luxury hotel is USD100 to USD175, a two- or three-star hotel USD25 and a bottle of Argentine wine is about USD6.50). However the economy has stabilized significantly over the last 3 years the film Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt, was mostly filmed in Patagonia. about 85 percent of the population is of European origin

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #289067 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 524 pages

Customer Reviews

Disappointing compared to other Loney Planets!
I bought this book for my 3 week holiday with 2 friends in Argentina this summer. Over the last couple of years I have bought several Lonely Planet books, mainly covering places in Europe.

I have to say that I was very disappointed with several things in this book- first of all, I found several errors due to carelessness, such as restaurants etc. not to have been drawn correctly on the map (which made our search for for these very tedious). On the plusside, literally all of the restaurants they recommend are good or even brilliant!

Another problem is the maps, which in general were very unprecise and often lacked several streets!!

A minor but annoying detail, one time we tried to call a bus company to ask for bustimes, but instead we get an old lady on the phone who says she often gets these phone calls and she has no idea why! So much for accuracy!

Overall I would say that the little stories here and there are excellent, the restaurant guides are fabulous, the hostel advice mediocre (we found 2 amazing party hostels which they hadnt mentioned and stayed at 3 not so sensational ones that they had) and the random mistakes, especially the accurateness of the maps, appaling!

My friend had bought the Time Out Buenos Aires, which obviously because being for the capital was not only more detailed, but more informative about sightseeing, shopping etc., and due to the pictures a pleasure to read!

Therefore, 3 stars to Lonely Planet Argentina, Ive read many better editions!!

Frustratingly inaccurate
I have used Lonely Planet guides a number of times to good effect, however the Argentina guide was woefully inaccurate, resulting in a good deal of frustration. The maps are both out of date and in some cases never correct in the first place. A suggested option for tango in Buenos Aires led us into a tourist trap hell hole which ended up costing over £50 and the police getting involved. I think the book was written in 2003 and therefore is inadequate to guide a stranger.

In the end we abandonded the book and found life much easier. Argentina is a fabulous country - simply stunning. Buy another guide to avoid wasting your time there - but enjoy the place.