Tahiti & French Polynesia Guide, 4th Ed. (Open Road Travel Guides)

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Summary: This tells you all you need to know and MORE!!!!!
Review: This book is all you need to take a wonderful trip to French Polynesia! Jan Prince describes every hotel, restaurant and excursion in complete detail! We couldn't have taken our trip to Moorea without it...this book made everything so easy!!! It saved us tons of time and money just by reading this book & taking the suggestions given. I went to Moorea (with 5 other people) on less than $900 (including airfare). This was obviously written by someone who knows her stuff!! Jan is immersed in French Polynesia and she has all the knowledge of the natives & then some!! We saw Moorea in it's truest form thanks to Jan Prince's book. We had other travel guides with us...this book was the one we used the most!!!

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Summary: Great guide for restaurant reviews!
Review: This is one of three books we used on our trip in November of 1998. The best part of this book is the detailed reviews of all of the eating establishments. There are a ton of restaurant reviews, and they are very detailed. We found the recommendations to be pretty accurate. The do it yourself tours and adventures are not as detailed in this book as in the Lonely Planet book. We also found some useful stuff in the moon book that was in neither of these. If you're more of an adventurous type, I would recommend getting the Lonely Planet book as well. The combination of two or three of these books would make the perfect guide. You can read all about our trip and how we used these two books in my travel report on DiveAtlas.com. I Moon and Lonely Planet books came out with new editions after we returned.

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Summary: Tahiti first glimpse before travelling
Review: This wonderful book has been highly recommended by my Tahiti specialist Jean-Louis aka Meherio from FlyTahiti.com.
The suggestion to purchase this book was found on Polynesianislands.com Tahiti forum with many similar recommendations from long time Tahiti travelers.
According to our travel agent, this book could almost have been the only thing to pack prior to our trip with the children, great advice and suggestions that helped us to keep within our family budget and maximize the fun. We also loved the restaurant suggestions on Moorea like, Le Bateau restaurant or the children's favorite, the Aito restaurant near the Sheraton.
This book stays on my desk in the office as to keep our promise to return and try the Fare Hamara which we could only see from the road, as it appears to be the true flavor of life on Moorea by Bali Hai! This book is must for any traveler to read before and after visiting Tahiti and her islands!
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