Review
Mexico is a heady sort of place; it inundates you with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile sensations. A dry text, no matter how informative, just doesn’t do justice to Mexico’s allure. DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guide series, on the other hand, does. Sure, it provides the necessary data points. The “Travelers’ Needs” section contains 168 recommended hotel options and another 168 restaurants–as well as a beautifully illustrated guide to the foods of Mexico. And there are pages of practical information on visas, health precautions, time zones, electricity, taxis, security, banking, communications, and the like. But DK’s guide provides far more inspirational than a mere collection of data. The two-page glossy color map of Mexico is not just clear and easy to understand, it’s beautiful. The hundreds of color photographs throughout the book are exquisite, depicting the sere hilltop archeological site of Monte Albán, fishermen preparing (click here for further information)