Product Description

This guide includes information on accommodation and places to eat for every budget. It covers what to do and see in the region and offers tips on getting the best out of your visit and how to get-off-the-beaten-track.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #506279 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Travel and Leisure
"Down to earth accurate information for every budget, enthusiastically written."

Customer Reviews

Really outdated
Just got back Jan 2006 and found out how badly this book needed to be redone. Rumours of a book written by a former Lonely planet writer being a million times better has urged me to find that for my next trip. Don't rely on this book if you are thinking of going there without a plan. And whatever they say, never bring traveller's cheques!! I ended up getting stuck with all of my money tied up in cheques and had to call home to get money transferred. So don't bother with this book if you are going to the most beautiful place in the world!!

Lonely Planet is not reliable!
Ive seen the Philippines despite of the travel warnings that i have read in the Lonely Planet guide... Unfortunately not any of the warning in the Lonely planet guide was true.... Philippines is truly safe and tourist friendly... You can expect more surprises in this lovely paradise islands...

Worst Guide Book to the Philippines !!!
Im an Australian living fulltime in the Philippines and travel extensively as I'm a realtor selling islands & beaches here. Do not waste your money buying this book. Firstly, it is a second rate copy of the previous editions written by Jen Peters. You are better of buying his "Philippines Travel Guide" also available on Amazon.

Secondly, its full of so many errors and danger warnings that I'm suprised anybody would come here if it were really true. For instance they write that Palawan is dangerous based upon a bomb being found at the airport. The bomb was in fact a defunct WWII hand grenade which was found in the grass at the edge of the runway, hardly something designed to kill tourists. It warnings about danger in Palawan are COMPLETELY wrong in every instance. I live there and crime and danger are almost non-existant. Yes the Abu Sayeff kidnapped people from a resort, but they were from Mindanao on the other extreme of the Philippines and there has not been 1 single incident since then .. 5 YEARS AGO!

El Nido, one of the best places in the Philippines see EL-NIDO.NET The authors came for 1 day and how can the possibly have researched a whole town in 1 day? The write that the trip from Puerto to El Nido by road is 14 hours, when in fact it is now only 7 hours and half of that on the new concrete highway.

Yes, there are dangers in the Philippines, but I feel safer here than living in any western city. Provided that you follow common sense you wont have any trouble here. This is one of the most under-rated tourism spots on the globe, exactly because of lame travel books and stupid travel advisories from overseas embassies.

Do yourself a favour buy the Jens Peters Guide and ignore whatever the Lonely Planet Guide says.