Moon Spotlight
Moon Spotlight guides are affordably priced, lightweight guides covering a smaller geographic region than Moon Handbooks or Moon Outdoors guidebooks. The travel content in a Spotlight guide is pulled directly from the chapters of larger Handbooks or Outdoors books, with no introductory information or index included. The result is a compact guide providing just the information you'll need to explore a specific locale in depth.
Moon Spotlight
Moon Spotlight Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula
Moon Spotlight Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula is a 132-page compact guide covering the highlights of Anchorage and the Kenai peninsula, including Chugach State Park, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Seward, and Homer. Author Don Pitcher offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through the best of the region.
Moon Spotlight Angkor Wat
Moon Spotlight Angkor Wat is a 60-page compact guide covering the best of this Cambodian city, including the remaining temples of Angkor—Phnom Wat Bakheng, Thomanon, and Neak Pean. Travel journalist and screenwriter Tom Vater offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlight maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this richly-historical region of Cambodia.
Moon Spotlight Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
Moon Spotlight Arches and National Canyonlands National Parks is an 85-page compact guide covering Arches National Park and Canyonland National Park, including Island in the Sky District, Needles District, Maze District, Horseshoe Canyon Unit, the River District, and the unrivaled beauty of Moab. Authors W. C. McRae and Judy Jewell offer seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees, including maps with sightseeing highlights so that planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating these popular national parks uncomplicated.
Moon Spotlight Arenal & Monteverde
Moon Spotlight Arenal & Monteverde is a 100-page compact guide covering Costa Rica’s Lake Arenal & Monteverde, including Ciudad Quesada, La Fortuna, Guanacaste, and Liberia. Author Christopher P. Baker offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, including sightseeing highlights maps to make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation, and helpful maps guide travelers through this tropical paradise.
Moon Spotlight Banff National Park
Moon Spotlight Banff National Park is an 80-page compact guide covering the best of this scenic wilderness reserve, including Fairmont Banff Springs, Sunshine Meadows, Lake Louise, and Cascade Gardens. Travel writer and photographer Andrew Hempstead offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlight maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this vast, picturesque destination.
Moon Spotlight Belize Cayes
Moon Spotlight Belize Cayes is an 88-page compact guide covering Belize City, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker, Turneffe Islands Atoll, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, and several other northern cayes. Author Joshua Berman offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, including sightseeing highlights maps to make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through this vacation hotspot.
Moon Spotlight California Deserts Camping and Hiking
Moon Spotlight California Deserts Camping and Hiking is a 125-page compact guide covering California's famously photographic deserts — including Death Valley, the Mojave, Joshua Tree and Anza-Borrego — perfect for campers or hikers looking for a a back-country campsite or a place to pitch a tent. Each camp listing has at-a-glance icons that indicate nearby hiking or biking trails, swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking and hot springs. You'll also learn what campsites and trails allow dogs. Hiking descriptions include distance, estimated hiking time, and a rating for difficulty. Easy-to-follow maps and clear driving directions lead campers and hikers to the best of California's deserts.
Moon Spotlight Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry
Moon Spotlight Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry is a 150-page compact guide covering the hospitable city of Charleston, and Beaufort and the Lowcountry including Hilton Head Island. Author Jim Morekis offers seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees, and he includes maps with sightseeing highlights so that planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating the Holy City of Charleston and the Lowcountry uncomplicated.
Moon Spotlight Chattanooga & Knoxville
Moon Spotlight Chattanooga & Knoxville is a 75-page compact guide covering the best of these Tennessee cities, including Lookout Mountain, Cherokee National Forest, and the East Tennessee History Center. Travel writer and Knoxville native Susanna Henighan Potter offers her firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlight maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through Chattanooga’s vast southern wildlife areas and Knoxville’s emerging center of arts and music.
Moon Spotlight Chiang Mai & Northern Thailand
Moon Spotlight Chiang Mai & Northern Thailand is a 70-page compact guide covering the best of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand. Thailand resident and journalist Suzanne Nam offers her firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this region.
Moon Spotlight Chilean Lake District
Moon Spotlight Chilean Lake District is a 95-page compact guide covering the best of Chile’s Lake District, including Osorno, Parque Nacional Puyehue, Puerto Octay, Puerto Varas, and Puerto Montt. Author Wayne Bernhardson offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, including sightseeing highlights maps to make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through the ins and outs of the Chilean Lake District.
Moon Spotlight Colorado Ski Towns
Moon Spotlight Colorado Ski Towns is a 63-page compact guide covering the best of Colorado’s slopes, including Aspen, Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Winter Park. Colorado-based journalist and author Steve Knopper offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this skiier's haven.
Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast
Moon Spotlight Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast is a 110-page compact guide covering Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast, including Puerto Limón, Tortuguero, Barra del Colorado, Cahuita, Puerto Viejo, and Manzanillo. Author Christopher P. Baker offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, including sightseeing highlights maps to make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation, and helpful maps guide travelers through this coastal getaway.
Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula
Moon Spotlight Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula is an 88-page compact guide covering Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, including Highway 2 to Santa Cruz, Playas del Coco, Playa Flamingo, Tamarindo, Junquilal, Nosara, and Southern Nicoya. Author Christopher P. Baker offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through the best of beachside Costa Rica.
Moon Spotlight Cozumel and the Riviera Maya
Moon Spotlight Cozumel and the Riviera Maya is a 78-page compact guide covering Isla Cozumel and the Riviera Maya, including Puerto Morelos, Playa Xcalacoco, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Aventuras, Akumal, and Tankah Tres. Authors Liza Prado and Gary Chandler offer their seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees, including sightseeing highlights maps to make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Moon Spotlight Cusco and Machu Picchu
Moon Cusco & Machu Picchu is an 85-page compact guide covering the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the city of Cusco, and Peru's most popular destination, Machu Picchu. Authors Reneé del Gaudio, Ross Wehner, and Kazia Jankowski offer seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees, as well as maps with sightseeing highlights, so planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating the legendary Lost City of the Incas and surrounding regions uncomplicated.
Moon Spotlight Delaware
Moon Spotlight Delaware is a 65-page compact guide covering the best of Delaware, including the Brandywine Valley, Wilmington, New Castle, Kent County, Dover, and Sussex County. Moon Maryland & Delaware author and avid traveler Joanne Miller offers her firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this historic locale.
Moon Spotlight Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast
Moon Spotlight Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast is a 90-page compact guide covering Dubrovnik and the Northern and Southern Dalmatian coasts. Travel writer and Croatia resident Shann Fountain Culo offers her firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this region.
Moon Spotlight Edinburgh & Glasgow
Moon Spotlight Edinburgh & Glasgow is a 105-page compact guide covering Edinburgh, the Lothians, Glasgow, and the Greater Clyde. Journalist and Moon Scotland author Luke Waterson offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this popular region.
Moon Spotlight Ensenada and Northern Baja
Moon Spotlight Ensenada and Northern Baja is a 120-page compact guide covering Tijuana, Rosarito, Tecate, Ensenada, Mexicali, and San Felipe. Author Nikki Goth Itoi offers her experienced advice on what sights are must-sees, including sightseeing highlights maps to make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through this south-of-the-border destination.
Moon Spotlight Galápagos Islands
Moon Spotlight Galápagos Islands is a 65-page compact guide covering the Galápagos Islands. Seasoned travelers Julian Smith and Jean Brown offer their firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this unique archipelago.
Moon Spotlight Goa
Moon Spotlight Goa is an 85-page compact guide covering the highlights of Goa. Freelance author and Mumbai native Janhavi Acharekar offers her firsthand advice on what you shouldn’t miss, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this history-rich destination.
Moon Spotlight Guatemala City and Antigua
Moon Spotlight Guatemala City and Antigua is an 80-page compact guide covering the gateway city of Guatemala and neighboring La Antigua. Author Al Argueta offers his seasoned advice on what sights are must-see and includes a map with sightseeing highlights so planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating Guatemala City and Antigua uncomplicated.
Moon Spotlight Guatemala's Western Highlands
Moon Spotlight Guatemala’s Western Highlands is an 80-page compact guide covering a region boasting Central America’s highest mountains and volcanoes, along with its most authentic indigenous culture. Author Al Argueta offers his seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees and includes maps with sightseeing highlights so planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreations, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating this spectacular region uncomplicated.
Moon Spotlight Havana
Moon Spotlight Havana offers focused travel information and the unique perspective of award-winning travel writer Christopher P. Baker. In this easy-to-carry guide, you’ll find sightseeing highlights, handy maps, and shopping, restaurant, and hotel recommendations. Included are options from casas particulares (room rentals) to retro-1950s grande dame hotels, and humble home-based paladares or five-star restaurants. Walking tours take you through some of Havana’s most interesting neighborhoods and streets such as The Prado, Zulueta and Monserrate, Calle Obispo, and Plaza Vieja. Packed with great ideas and advice, Moon Spotlight Havana is all you’ll need for a memorable getaway to this fascinating city.
Moon Spotlight Honduras Bay Islands
Moon Spotlight Honduras Bay Islands is a 65-page compact guide covering the best of the Bay Islands. Travel writers Chris Humphrey and Amy E. Robertson offer their firsthand advice on what you shouldn’t miss, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through the lush forests and sun-kissed beaches of this emerging travel destination.
Moon Spotlight Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo
Moon Spotlight Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo is a 60-page compact guide covering the best of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. Author Bruce Whipperman offers his firsthand advice on must-sees, and sightseeing highlight maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations for entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation, and helpful maps will guide travelers through this popular vacation getaway.
Moon Spotlight Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Moon Spotlight Jackson Hole, Wyoming is a 90-page compact guide covering Wyoming’s most famous inter-mountain valley. Author Don Pitcher offers his seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees and includes maps with sightseeing highlights so planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreations, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating this stunning region uncomplicated.
Moon Spotlight Los Angeles and Orange County Beaches
Moon Spotlight Los Angeles and Orange County Beaches is a 130-page compact guide covering the beaches of Los Angeles and Orange County, including Long Beach, San Pedro, Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and Sunset Beach, among many others. Authors Alan Bisbort & Parke Puterbaugh offer their seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees, with tips on swimming, surfing, diving, and boating. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through these Southern California beaches.
Moon Spotlight Maine's Southern Coast
Moon Spotlight Maine's Southern Coast is a 90-page compact guide covering the world-famous southern coast of Maine, including Kittery, The Berwicks, The Yorks, Ogunquit and Wells, The Kennebunks, Old Orchard Beach Area, and the state's cultural hub, Greater Portland. Author Hilary Nangle offers seasoned advice on what sights are must-sees, and she includes maps with sightseeing highlights so that planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating this beautiful and spectacular destination uncomplicated.