Moon Chiapas (Moon Handbooks)

Spouses and writing partners, Liza Prado and Gary Chandler cover the best of Chiapas—from the ruins of Palenque to San Cristobal de las Casas, one of Mexico’s most charming colonial cities. Prado and Chandler include unique trip ideas for a variety of travelers, such as Eco-tour of Chiapas and Colonial Towns and Missions. Including expert advice on the best plaza cafés, rugged forest hikes, and where to experience Mayan arts and culture, Moon Chiapas gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

 (6 customer reviews)

This little handbook was an essential part of making out trip to this region a big success. Detailed enough without too much. Restaurant and lodging suggestions were right on the mark.

The guide also took us to little known, out of the way places that we otherwise might have missed.

An Essential!

Couldn't agree more with the gold card comment. Hugely disappointing, poorly researched. The impresion was that the authors had not actually visited the majority of places. I used the guide in Feb shortly after publicaton and a number of the 'recommended' places had closed as long as two years earlier in the case of one restaurant in Tapachula. Much of the information seemed recycled from other guides. One positive point is that the authors obviously love Chiapas as all frequent visitors do, but that's not enough to write a good guide book. Nice presentation and some reasonably accurate maps.

I bought this guide before moving to Chiapas and it has been an invaluable reference and navigator throughout my time here. First, it is the only guidebook exclusively for Chiapas. I have traveled extensively throughout Chiapas, including to places I would not have known to go with an all-Mexico guide, and this guide has provided accurate and insightful information. Maps are extensive and clear; for San Cristobal, for example, there are three maps: of the larger region, the greater SC area, and a street guide. The book is full of photos as well.

I couldn't disagree more with the reviewer who calls it the "gold card" guide: you won't find buses disgorging blue-haired tourists in places like Oxchuc or Naha, among the many smaller communities covered. It even lists Zapatista communities, for those armchair revolutionaries wishing to make a pilgrimage.

My only complaint is that it gives long descriptive listings of a few hotels and restaurants in a locale,...Read more