A comprehensive guide, our favorite for Guatemala, with good cultural information and the best overview of where to go and what to do throughout the country. It's got consistently more -- and more accurate -- information on markets, towns and excursions than the competition. The contexts section at the back of the book, with historical and cultural information , is equally as strong. With sections on Copan and the Honduran Bay Islands.  (CAM89, $18.99)

Guatemala