Orléans - Tours

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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 upper part of the Loire Valley with two most famous of its chateaux, Chambord and Chenonceau, plus Amboise, Blois, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Cheverny, Loches, Valençay, Villandry, etc. In Amboise, the more mechanically minded would also want to see Le Clos-Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci's house, with models of machines constructed from his famous drawings. In the north of the map, the meandering valley of the Loir has charming towns and villages, and interesting churches. In the east, the Sologne, a flat expanse of heathland, forests and lakes, is particularly attractive in the autumn. For hikers, the map shows many GR routes, mainly along the river valleys of the Cher, Loir, Indre, etc., as well as the GR3 along the Loire itself.