Le Mans - Chartres

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£5.95

One of the titles in IGN’s series Top100 - the best maps for exploring the French countryside by car, on a bike, or even on foot, used by millions of tourists and locals alike. The maps show more minor roads than other series and have a topographic base with contours enhanced by relief shading. Graphic relief is added in high mountainous areas, to give an even better presentation of the terrain. Different types of vegetation and land cultivation are indicated. Road network is presented in great detail, as expected of large scale mapping. All administrative boundaries are shown.

The maps show plenty of tourist information, such as places of interest, sport and recreational facilities, etc. For walkers, the maps have an overprint highlighting the long-distance footpaths, the GRs, making them an ideal supplement to the topo-guides. Each map covers an area of approximately 110 x 88 km / 62 x 55 miles. Latitude and longitude are shown in grads based on the Paris meridian. Map legend includes English.

Thsi title covers an area from the famous catherdral town of Chartres westwards across two regional parks. Perche and Normandie-Maine, both covered with numerous forests. In the south-western corner, at the confluence of the Sarthe and the Huisne, lies another catherdal city, Le Mans, the birthplace of Henry II of England. All of its famous 24-hour race circuit is included on the map. For hikers the map gives an overview of the GR22 across the two regional parks, GR35 and other routes.