Dominica (Bradt Travel Guides)

Like many other reviewers, I bought this book for a trip in May 2012. I also bought Dominica (Other Places Travel Guide) by Anna McCanse.There is a dearth of good up-to-date travel guides to the lesser known islands of the Caribbean.This one contains some useful information but is out-of-date and needs new information. I advise against purchasing this 2nd edition as you can wind up expecting one thing and potentially discovering there have been changes which can be highly inconvenient for you. If you do purchase this book, cross check everything. The hotel listed in this guide that I intend to stay at is no longer "self-catering" during low season; certain tourist offices/stands have come and gone.The tough part of traveling to Dominica is finding reliable, current and detailed information for tourists.3 stars for what useful information it does contain and pretty color pictures.

I had read many reviews of several travel guide books on Dominica and Crask's book here was the best of them all. We used it before the trip and during. Great info, accurate and pretty much up to date. Not a complete listing but the best overall guide for the island you will find to date. Even the owners of the guest house we stayed at in Dominica said it was the best guide book out there.Buy it! You won't be disappointed.

It is the most complete travel book for our interests that we have purchased for a country. It covers the hiking, snorkeling, diving and other activity possibilities in depth. It is also very good on short term housing possibilities, that are not necessarily on other sites. We don't always take the travel books we purchase, after we have read them at home and digested the information. This one we WILL TAKE!

very good detail in this book.

any one traveling to dominica , this is the only guide book out there, I think. it 's probly time for a new edition.

This book is geared towards hiking with all the major trails and waterfalls hikes gone into detail. We haven't been to Domenica yet but it looks like the only book you'll need to get around and enjoy everything the island has to offer.

Everyone says this is the best travel guide for Dominica so it's the one we bought. Many sites described in detail so we could make good decisions about where we wanted to go. We used it every day.

We just spent two weeks on Dominica and used this guide as our bible. It was great for background information before we went, plus helpful for choosing activities once we were there.

An island like Dominica is not a place that is well documented. You have to do your research in advance to make the most out of a holiday there. And this is where Paul Crask's excellent guide comes in.In fact it's far more than a guide - it's very much like having Paul himself on hand to make your holiday perfect. Sight seeing, eating, sleeping - Paul has all the top tips. There are some very clear maps, and we would never have been able to hike so well without Paul's description of some of the more imaginative off beat trails that we explored. He's so honest and amusing with it.Paul is well known on the island. We actually met the man who is responsible for all the restoration work on the fort in Portsmouth, and he was pleased to see us carrying Paul's guide instead of the local handout at the entrance which is designed to get you lost!Thank you Paul for making our holiday - and thanks for being on hand all day every day.If you are going to Dominica, you need this with your passport, camera and money. Little else matters.

Prompt delivery and very useful book

Excellent and informative

Ich habe diesen Reiseführer für meinen Urlaub auf Dominica gekauft und war absolut begeistert davon. Ich mag den Schreibstil - es ist teilweise eher wie ein Buch zum Lesen.Der Autor lebt schon seit einiger Zeit dort und kennt sich wirklich gut aus - und das lernt man schnell zu schätzen. Jeder Ort wird sehr schön und ausführlich beschrieben und da wir nur ein paar Tage Zeit hatten, um uns die Insel anzuschauen, konnten wir so sehr gut auswählen, welche Plätze wir am liebsten sehen möchten.Außerdem gibt es viele lustige und sympathische Hintergrundinformationen. Desweiteren werden auch viele Wanderwege sehr ausführlich beschrieben, und obwohl ich kein großer Wanderfan bin, konnte dieses Buch mich davon überzeugen, es zu probieren - was ich absolut nicht bereut habe.Das Buch macht definitiv Lust auf eine Reise dorthin und beschreibt in großer Detailgenauigkeit und Ehrlichkeit die Schönheiten dieses Landes.

Ce guide est le seul disponible (?) sur la Dominique. Par conséquent, à quoi bon faire des éditions updatées régulières et des améliorations?... Le parcours des randonnées est certes détaillé, mais aucun profil schématisé des dénivelés, aucun point de références avec des temps de parcours du point A au B, des durées plus qu'approximatives( "de 1 à 2h " de "2 à 4h","de 4 a 6h", ">6H"(!) ). Ne vous attendez pas a avoir des itinéraires d'excursion. L'Ile est divisée en zones, avec pour chacune, les particularités des villages(peu nombreuses) et les randonnées. Pas de tarifs mentionnés (comme pour les randos : des groupes de tarifs assez larges pour passer du simple au double.). Vivement un bon vieux Routard ou Lonely Planet sur la Dominique. Malgré tout, ce guide nous a donné quelques idées d'excursions et reste intéressant d'un point de vue généraliste. Il est surtout à compléter impérativement par les informations éclairées et détaillées des résidents (tarifs, accès praticables, intéret des sites et ouverture selon saison) si vous ne voulez pas vous cassez le nez après 2h de route...