Niort - Angoulême

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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.

This title is centred on the river Charente and covers a limestone plateau of cereal fields and meadows. In the south-west lies Cognac and its surrounding vineyards, where one can visit destilleries and cellars of famous makers of brandy. The pilgrimage route of the Way of St. James from Paris to Compostella has left this area with many beautiful Romanesque churches in Saintes, Melles, Aulnay, etc. In the east, the map takes in the valley of the Vienne and, in its south-east corner, the more varied landscape of the Périgord-Limousin Regional Park. For hikers the map provides an overview of the GR36 from Niort to Angoulême, part of the GR4, and GR48 along the Vienne.