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The "standard" roadmap for France is the Michelin map.
The maps show cities, towns, villages, and many interesting sites, such a windmills, lookout points, major hiking trails.
The maps are useful for cyclists, truck drivers and house trailers, since gradients and low underpasses are clearly shown.
Relief is shown with shadowing, and wooded areas are shown in green, so the maps give good perspective.
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The classic map is the Michelin "yellow" map, with a scale of 1/200,000 (1cm = 2km). |
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#245 - "Provence Côte d'Azur" has the entire southeast, from Nîmes to Italy and from the Drôm and the Hautes-Alpes south to the Mediterranean. |
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#244 - Lyon-Grenoble covers the northern half of the Haute-Alpes, and points north and west. |
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Michelin "green" maps, for special regions of France, have a scale of 1/100,000 (1cm - 1km). These maps are ideal for cycling, car travel within the region and even hiking. |
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#115 - "French Riviera; Côte d'Azur Alpes-Maritimes" is as the title states. It shows the entire Alpes-Maritimes department (06) and as far west as Fayence in the Var (83). |
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#114 - "French Riviera; Côte d'Azur - Var" covers the Beyond region to the west of map #115, from Grasse to Marseilles, and from the coast up to the Gorges du Verdon. |
Obtaining
The Michelin guides and maps are available world-wide. Try a book store in a city near you.
Contact Michelin directly at Paris - Tel: 33 145 66 12 34.
Amazon.com - From the Travel-Europe newsgroup: Amazon.com can sell you Michelin maps and will ship them to your doorstep in a day or two. I order lots of books from them, and my experience with them has been unfailingly and extremely positive.
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