Rouen - Abbeville

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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 extends from the coast between the Somme estuary and Dieppe south and west to Rouen and Amiens, two cities famous for their magnificent cathedrals. Another cathedral town, Beauvais, is in the south-western corner of the map. The mainly agricultural region of the Pays de Bray includes one of Normandy's prettiest beech woods, Forêt d'Eawy. For hikers the map provides an overview of the GR21 along the coast, GR 123 along the Somme, and many shorter local circular routes.