Which detailed road map for France?

[nobrakes]

Hi, I'm looking for a detailed road map of France. Any suggestions? Ideally spiral bound. I think it's a 1:100 000 ( 1cm to 1 km ?) . Price isn't important.

[rdjohn]

I think that detail is only available as indidual maps. The spiral books are usually 1:200,000

[Perik Omo]

IGN Maps France do a set of those maps called the TOP 100 Series.

http://www.mapsworldwide.com/ss/192/0/france-ign-m...

[nobrakes]

Many thanks. Yes it looks like I'll just get a main motorway one and a detailed regional ( provance, Monaco and a little of that route Neapolitan, at Paul d vance etc) Excuse the spelling.

[v8250]

nobrakes said:

Many thanks. Yes it looks like I'll just get a main motorway one and a detailed regional ( provance, Monaco and a little of that route Neapolitan, at Paul d vance etc) Excuse the spelling.

To help with spelling...Provence, Monaco and a little of that Route Napoleon, Saint Paul de Vence; you may find the route Neopolitan will take you here...

[nobrakes]

v8250 said:

To help with spelling...Provence, Monaco and a little of that Route Napoleon, Saint Paul de Vence; you may find the route Neopolitan will take you here...

Very good. The "Neapolitan"was an iphone speller and the rest, to be honest I was just to tired to check. Many thanks.

[heebeegeetee]

I like the Michelin road mapping, so I'd say buy the largest Michelin atlas of France at the largest scale.

Don't but spiral though - you het a big gap between the pages and the pages can tear quite easily.

The bound ones don't have the big gap, don't tear, yet easily fold back and last for ever.

I've spent hours and hours reading studying such a volume on the throne. :-)

[nobrakes]

heebeegeetee said:

I like the Michelin road mapping, so I'd say buy the largest Michelin atlas of France at the largest scale.

I've spent hours and hours reading studying such a volume on the throne. :-)

That'll be the throne in the library. Same same.

[lowdrag]

I'm puzzled; I've tried to find the only real map of France - in France, but can only find it on amazon.co.uk. I am of course talking of the Michelin spiral-bound A3 size map, with such detail and ease of planning. I've used it since the late 1980s, have looked at others (and bought them when from time to time our favourite has torn apart in the cockpit of the open car) but nothing, but nothing, compares with its detail. So why is it easily available in the UK and not France for heaven's sake? I used to get them from Leclerc every year, but they don't do them now. All the fault of GPS I guess.

[v8250]

This is an excellent road atlas, I still have my 1999 edition and still use it from time to time. Philips have their superb Navigator Atlas of Britain...this is the very best road atlas ever made. I only wish they'd print one for France as I'm sure they have the detail in their mapping archives.

[Perik Omo]

My 1999 A3 edition has fallen apart too, didn't realise you could buy it in the UK so will have to look when I'm next there.

[lowdrag]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/France-Michelin-Tourist-Mo...

This is last year's but the new ones will usually be along at the end of the month or beginning of February. Waterstones used to stock them too but I don't think Smiths do.

[nobrakes]

lowdrag said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/France-Michelin-Tourist-Mo...

This is last year's but the new ones will usually be along at the end of the month or beginning of February. Waterstones used to stock them too but I don't think Smiths do.

Now purchased. Merci.