Paris - Orléans

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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 map shows the exits from the Boulevard Périphérique around Paris onto A6 (Lyon and the South-East), A10 (Brittany, South-West) and A13 (Normandy). In the suburbs, Versailles is only one of the many beautiful palaces and parks such as Malmaison, Sceaux, St-Cloud, Dampierre, Breteuil, etc. Further out, Chartres cathedral is, like Versailles, one of France's most visited monuments. For ramblers and nature lovers, the map includes two of the great forests that once covered this area, Forêt de Rambouillet just south-west of Paris, and Forêt d'Orléans. For hikers, the map provides an overview of numerous GR routes in the Paris area, including GR1. Further south, it shows GR3 along the Loire and GR32 along the Essonne.