Strasbourg - Forbach

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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 northern part of Alsace, stretching from Saarbrücken, Pirmasens and the Pfälzerwald Regional Park in Germany, to Strasbourg and the Massif du Donon in the Vosges Mountains. No less picturesque than the southern part of the region, this area has numerous places of interest from the lovely town of Wissembourg in the north to Strasbourg itself. The Vosges Mountains, including the Vosges du Nord Regional Park, offer a dense network of hiking paths and plenty of outdoor activities, as well as further opportunities for sightseeing, with romantic castles, remnants of the Maginot Line, etc. The map also shows the first stage of the Route du Vin through picturesque wine-growing villages. For hikers, the map provides an overprint of the GR5 through the northern part of the Vosges, as well as GR53/531/532 heading north from Le Donon to Wissembourg.