by Anne Vipond
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Product Description
The most popular cruise destination in the world, the Caribbean is the first choice for every traveler dreaming of warm sand and sun. But this tropical cruise offers much more for those looking beyond a quiet beach and a beautiful island. With a rich culture, fascinating history and a range of attractions, the Caribbean Sea draws cruisers back again and again. In addition to exploring local sights in editorial detail and photographs, Caribbean By Cruise Ship makes it easy for readers to pursue activities such as golfing, diving, hiking in rainforests, birdwatching, and some of the best duty-free shopping in the world. Whether you are considering a ship organized shore excursion or setting off by yourself, this new edition will help with information on getting around the ports and islands including local cab fares, rental car suggestions and public transportation options. Detailed maps pinpoint where the ships dock, where the best beaches, diving sites and golf courses are and which ports are best to set out on foot. With over 450 photos, maps and illustrations, Caribbean By Cruise Ship is the perfect companion to take along on this beautiful cruise. Includes giant color pull-out map.
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Average Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Colorful cruise book, 2008-01-26
This is a physically heavy but informationally lightweight guide for crusing in the Caribbean. It is good but not great. We found it only slightly useful, preferring the Insight Guide Caribbean Cruises for more content and especially the "Cruising the Eastern Caribbean" more suitable to our nature oriented tastes. The latter book covers only EASTERN islands.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 well thoughtout guidebook, 2007-12-28
We just returned from a 10 day southern Caribbean cruise and found this book invaluable. The maps were great! Details on shore excursions and port attractions allowed us to focus on aspects we were interested in and also gave us the confidence to do walkabouts. Great book, highly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Worth Buying, 2006-07-10
This book provided very good information about where the ships dock, as well as activities on the islands, modes and costs of transportation, and feedback about beaches, shopping and water activities. The maps and information that showed the distances from the ship to the activities/localities were just what I was looking for to plan my days on the islands. In addition, the book was very helpful in the selection of shore excursions that I could do on my own and through the ship (e.g., it helped to narrow down the best spots for snorkeling and golf, etc.). I would recommend it to anyone traveling via cruise ship to the Caribbean.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Cruise Book with lots of practical information, 2006-04-07
This is an excellent guide book for both the first time cruiser and the seasoned traveller. My travel agent gave this book as a gift to those of us cruising as a group to the Eastern Caribbean this past spring. Athough I have sailed on many cruise ships and feel I know many of the differences between the lines and ships, those in our group who were new to cruising found the glossary section very useful and filled with practical tips to make their cruise more enjoyable and less confusing (ie) tipping policy,dining options, onboard activities.
We liked the pull out map and had this hanging in our staterooms so that we could plot our course each day. The smaller maps of the ports of call were very useful, and often had more detail than the maps from the shore excursion desk onboard. So often on a cruise I feel the tour department is promoting their shops and excursions ... but having this book provided an unbiased synopsis of what there was to see in each port and where to go.
The section on Caribbean history and the history of each island helps in understanding the people and the culture. When one 'drops into a port' for just a few hours or a day, it is not always easy to get the entire flavour of the people. By knowing a bit of the history, my onshore experience was
certainly enhanced.
9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
 You'll do better with internet searches than this book, 2005-06-28
I was incredibly disappointed in this book. I haven't taken a cruise in over a decade and still didn't learn a thing reading this book. It reads like a travelogue for various islands in the Caribbean but offers no insights on any of the ships or any of the lines. It didn't have much on shore excursions either. I learned more from the various cruise lines home pages than I did from this book.
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