Paris - Rouen

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£4.95

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 the Seine Valley from Paris to the catipal of Upper Normandy, the beautiful historic city of Rouen. The map includes all but the easternmost suburbs of Paris and shows all the exits from the Boulevard Périphérique onto the surrounding road network. In the suburbs, Versailles and numerous other châteaux and parks are among a variety of interesting places to see. Along the Seine, Monet's house and gardens at Giverny will attract lovers of painting, while further upstream Château Gaillard in Les Andelys was once a frontier of the English king's domains. In the north-east, the map extends to Beauvais with another great gothic cathedral. For hikers the map provides an overview of the GR2 along the Seine, GR1 encircling Parisian subrubs, and numerous other paths.