Nantes - Les Sables-d'Olonne

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£6.50

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 covers the Atlantic coast from the Loire estuary and Brière Regional Park, along the beaches of the Vendée, to the popular resort of Les Sables d'Olonne, and further south to the western part of the Marais Poitevin, the Poitou Marshlands. The Marais Breton-Vendéen, coastal marshes south-west of Nantes, are a patchwork of pastures with traditional thatched houses and windmills. Passage du Gols, an old road leading to the nearby Ile de Noirmoutier, has romantic sounding rules governing its use: "when there is a full moon or a new moon in normal weather conditions from two hours before the low tide to two hours after the low tide", etc. For hikers the map offers an overview of the first stretch of the GR3 from Brière Regional Park to Nantes, a coastal route from the Loire estuary to the marshes, and GR de Pays "Entre Vie et Yon".