So many available on Amazon- can anyone tell me which is best?
We will have a GPS as well- but I need a real map.
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32405 posts
Christine,
Michelin maps are usually very good. That's what I normally use (along with a Garmin GPS).
Posted by
OP
Gettysburg PA
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Posted by
Boston
1816 posts
That map is not fine enough for the countryside. How annoying they don't give you the scale or a sample! The orange Michelin map is probably 1:400,000 and it's good for planning but not when the rubber is on the road. Look for a 1:200,000 which are yellow Michelin or some TCI: Touring Club Italiano.
If you can wait until you get to Italy, pull into the first autostrada rest area you encounter and you'll find a good selection. Most convenient are the books which include details of the cities and then you don't end up with multiple folded maps.
Posted by
OP
Gettysburg PA
7362 posts
Bah!
There is this one:
The only Umbria map in series is French version. I don't speak French (or Itailan) but will it matter?
I'd like to have something in hand - we will be getting car in Florence and heading right out.
Maybe I can get Umbria map while there.
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
A French map of Italy will probably show place names in French rather than in Italian.
Posted by
Huntsville, AL, USA
8371 posts
I agree with the Michelin maps. They're just so easily acquired, and you know they're going to be good.
When I was last traveling Tuscany, I forgot to buy any maps. I'd just look up cities on GoogleMaps.com (WIFI) every night, and take notes on how to get there.
We'd just ramble throughout the Tuscan countryside following road signs from roundabout to roundabout. And we never took a wrong turn.
Tuscany is really easy to navigate with good, but crooked, roads in many places. We made it as far south as Orvieto with the car.