Much more than your basic travel guide, Insight Guide Ecuador & Galapagos includes a section detailing Ecuador's history, features covering the country's life and culture, a region by region visitor's guide to the must-see sights evaluated by Insight's travel experts, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact information, websites, public holidays, money matters, transportation, climate, recommended hotels and restaurants, useful words and phrases in Spanish, and more. It also includes over a dozen maps and hundreds of remarkable photographs.