Countries covered include Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama.

My favourite series is the Handbook series from Footprint and I especially recommend the Central America & Mexico Handbook. Boston Globe

A foot in the door; essential; planning your trip; before you travel; money; getting there; touching down; keeping in touch; food and drink; shopping; entertainment; holidays and festivals; sport and special interest travel; health; further reading; history and culture; the Mundo Maya; music; Mexico - essentials; Mexico City and around; northern Mexico; central Mexico; colonial heartland; Michoacan; Guadalajara to the Pacific coast; southern Mexico; Guerrero, Oaxaxa and the Isthmus; Tabasco and Chiapas; Yucatan Peninsula; background; Guatemala - essentials; Guatemala City and Antigua; Guatemala City to the Caribbean; El Peten - the Maya centres and the jungle; southern Guatemala; Lake Atitlan and the central highlands; western Guatemala; background; Belize - essentials; Belize City and Belmopan; northern Cayes; northern Belize; western Belize; southern Belize and the southern Cayes; background; El Salvador - essentials; San Salvador; western El Salvador; northern El Salvador; eastern El Salvador; background; Honduras - essentials; Tegucigalpa; Tegucigalpa to San Pedro Sula; the north coast; the Bay Islands; Copan and western Honduras; Tegucigalpa to the Pacific; east of Pegucigalpa; northeast of Tegucigalpa; background; Nicaragua - essentials Managua; Managua to the northern Highlands; Leon and the midwest; Managua to Granada; Mangua to Costa Rica; eastern lowlands and the Caribbean; background; Costa Rica; essentials; San Jose; the Meseta Central; the central northwest; the northwest; north to Guanacaste Province; the Nicoya Peninsula; the central Pacific coast; San Jose to the Panama border; San Jose to the Atlantic coast; background; Panama - essentials; Panama City; the Canal, Colon and the San Blas Islands; the interior; Chirigui Highlands; the northwestern Caribbean coast; Darien and how to get to Columbia; background; footnotes.