Frommer's Peru (Frommer's Complete) (ISBN 0471784699)

Well laid out and very contemporary:
For the last seven years I have lived in, and traveled throughout Peru. Frommer's keep surprising me with new relevant information about Peru. Kudos. Especially informative is Frommer's first section: "What's New in Peru". In Frommer's the Cusco, the Machu Pichu and the Inca Trail section alone take up 100 pages and the information is excellent. If you are going only to these locations then this portion of the guide is reason enough to buy Frommer's. In the world of Peru guides (this year I have reviewed five) there are two types of guides; those guides that are written for the wandering/explorer/backpacker who wants travel to the normal visitors' sites, but will also go `off the beaten track' (Footprint, Let's Go and Lonely Planet (see my reviews)), and then there are the guides for the traveler who like comfort, have money and will visit only the main tourist attractions: Cusco (Machu Pichu), Puno (Lake Titicaca), Arequipa (Colca Canyon), Lima, Iquitos and the lines at Nazca (Fodor's (see my review) and Frommer's). Disappointing is Frommer's recommendations of restaurants in Cusco. At least half of those that were recommended bombed out, and the rest were fair to good; but none of the Cusco restaurants deserve the `star' rating of exceptional that this guide liberally gives. Cusco has, at most, two or three restaurants that deserve `kudos' and your money, but because cooks (and the occasional chief) change as frequently as table napkins it is best to ask a professional Cusquena (doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc.) where they recommend eating. Take care when asking the local guides for restaurant recommendations, as they will normally direct you to a tourist restaurant and thereby get a free meal and commission from the restaurant. Frommer's is much better than Fodor's in many aspects, and in comparison to all the guides, Frommer's excels in providing you with the important and essential information needed to plan your trip (entry requirements, health, travel resources, when to go, suggested itineraries, recommended reading, etc.). Thus, if you are staying on the tourist route then you will do well to have this guide in your knapsack.

outdated:
We used the chapters on Cusco and Sacred Valley-Machu Picchu on our last trip to Peru and we found many outdated information and incorrect addresses. I understand there's the 2008 edition is out so buy the new one instead or consider another publisher. Friends of ours had the Fodor one and liked it a lot.

Very Informative:
I thought that Frommer's Peru was very helpful and quite accurate with the exeption of one restaurant in Cusco, Greens, which had moved and become vegitarian. It's descriptions and opinions were enlightning, if not at points overcautious. I would have liked more on Lima. The bood discouraged travelers from going there, but I thought it was very nice in Miraflores. Highly recommended for anyone considering going to Peru.

Useful book for 1st time travelers to Peru but beware prices have gone up!:
I just got back from my trip to Peru and I purchased the 2008 edition to have the most up to date tourist information about Peru. This book was very helpful, as well as the blogs and forums in the Frommer's website. However, I was dissapointed to find that even though this was the latest edition the prices published for a lot of the things were already obsolute or not completely accurate which sort of threw off our budget for the trip. One good example is the "boleto turistico" that can be purchased in Cusco to visit a lof of the tourist attractions around the area. The book published a cost of S/70 and it actually cost S/130 per person. Unfortunately prices for turist attractions and transportation have gone up drastically in Peru. It was just unfortunate that I paid extra to have the most up to date information and prices about traveling to Peru and we came to find that the price information was inaccurate in some ocassions. Other than that I give a positive review to this travel guide.

Frommer's Peru:
It was great, very informative. I love the Frommer's travel guides, I buy one for every trip I take.