Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide for the Curious Traveler  enlarge Author: Jim Johnston Publisher: iUniverse Category: Book List Price: $13.95 Buy New: $7.38 as of 9/3/2010 10:19 CDT details You Save: $6.57 (47%) In Stock New (14) Used (9) from $7.00 Seller: the_book_depository_ Rating: 41 reviews Sales Rank: 273,609 Media: Paperback Pages: 140 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 ISBN: 1605280127 Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9781605280127 ASIN: 1605280127 Publication Date: October 13, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Also Available In:   •  Paperback - Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide for the Curious Traveler Similar Items: Streetwise Mexico City Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Mexico City, MX - Folding pocket size travel map with metro map Good Food in Mexico City: A Guide to Food Stalls, Fondas and Fine Dining First Stop in the New World Moon Mexico City (Moon Handbooks) Mexico City (City Guide) Editorial Reviews: Product Description As the largest metropolis on the planet, Mexico City can overwhelm even the most adventurous visitor. Thankfully, Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide for the Curious Traveler gives you a thorough, guiding hand to make your stay outstanding. Written by Jim Johnston, a longtime resident who knows the city inside and out, this travel guide delivers detailed walking tours of the city that include the most popular tourist spots and the lesser-known areas. Johnston knows where to stay, what to do, and where to eat: everything from authentic market food to sophisticated Mexican cuisine.What began as a collection of notes to share with good friends is now available to every newcomer looking for a joyful, memorable stay in Mexico City!"This is the guidebook that I want. Wonderfully written, airtight information, organized in the smartest possibly way. I can't imagine a better Mexico City guide for these times."-Tony Cohan, author of Mexican Days and On Mexican Time"Johnston is the friend you wish you had in every great city, toting you from palace to museum to park but never missing the exquisite pastelería, the grand hotel lobby or the clean public bathroom."-San Francisco Chronicle Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 41 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...9Next » Absolutely essential book   November 5, 2007 Easy Does It 18 out of 18 found this review helpful My wife and I just returned from a five night stay in Mexico City. Along with An Opinionated Guide, we used Fodors. For me, the great value of An Opinionated Guide was the walks it lead me and my wife on. These walks were through both the historical center and some of the wealthy and artistic neighborhoods. I feel that the walks gave me as good a sense of Mexico City as a non-Spanish speaking tourist is likely to get in a few days. I agree with another reviewer that sometimes it was helpful to carry along a thicker guidebook which gives longer descriptions of specific sites. One way in which this criticism does not seem fair, however, is that many of the sites that the walks cover are not so much historically or culturally important (a famous painting or a building by an important architect)as they are important in showing an aspect of Mexican life: transvestite hair dressers in a flower market and how this reveals the tolerance of Mexican society or a uniform shop where the mannequins are posed like famous sculptures such as the Pieta and how this shows the presence of a folk art tradition. I think this is an essential book for anyone traveling for pleasure to Mexico City. Excellent guide   February 23, 2007 C. Schimming (New York, NY United States) 15 out of 16 found this review helpful My wife and I just returned from Mexico City and found this guide to be invaluable. If you're an independent traveler, with a particular interest in architecture, this is the book for you. We loved the walking tour suggestions (particularly the one in Coyocan), as well as "Top 10" lists (taquerias etc.). This is really the only guide a first-time visitor to D.F. needs! Mexico City - Accessible and Unique   January 26, 2007 Ann Pezaro (San Francisco, CA USA) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful What a delightful book about one of my favorite cities and cultures! Instead of flipping to the glossary to find say, "museums" or "restaurants" and then reading a brief note of the address followed by a short description, I found that once I had begun reading the Introduction I simply couldn't put it down and just read it straight through until the end. It is so gracefully written and full of interesting insights, places and anecdotes that I can't wait to see them for myself. The numerous carefully scripted walks are described with such pleasure and respect for the people and daily life. The visitor is placed right in the midst of the action, tastes, colors and smells. No looking through the window of a tour bus here. It is a vast city and the various districts are quite distinct from one another and the public transportation to get to each is clearly described. The famous sites are all here for you, but this little volume also has unique places that I don't think you'll find in any other book. Mexico City can be overwhelming.....   December 10, 2006 Caren D. Cross (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful I've been to Mexico City many times, but the last time was with this new guide in hand. It is fabulous! I saw things I had never seen before. With other guide books (and I have them all!) I always felt like a tourist. With this new guide, I felt more like a local. And, I love the restaurant recommendations...not to be found in your typical guidebook. Caren Cross, San Miguel de Allende,MX The inside track!   June 20, 2008 Eric R. Carlson (Santa Barbara, CA) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful My partner Jeb and I returned last week from an amazing trip in Mexico City. We had sought out a guide to the city and found this one online. We had read quite a bit from other sources but found things here that appealed to our sense of wanting to "get to know the place" rather than simply hitting the greatest hits alone. We quickly found ourselves carrying this book with us as so many moments we spent following Jim Johnston's lead were quite amazing. In addition to fantastic food advice, this guide is written with enough restraint not to squander the impact of "discovery". We had many of these fine experiences - the fantastic cakes at Pasteleria Ideal , the joy of the "wet dog" park in La Condessa, and the surprise on first seeing the psychedelic dining room on the approach to La Gruta were really gratifying examples. We are already planning future trips to Mexico City and spending time in La Roma and La Condessa made us think to seek out short term rentals there. This book shares special information not found in other guides and is written with a personal passion that will really add value and authenticity to your trip. Showing reviews 1-5 of 41 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...9Next »

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