Product Description

Contains a fully updated 1:40,000 scale map of La Gomera incorporating thousands of updates from our ground surveys completed in December 2003. Topographical map with all the walking routes from "Walk! La Gomera" highlighted. Printed on a special high density polymer base using 100% oxygenation inks to produce a Super-Durable Map that is waterproof and super-tough to give years of use in the toughest of outdoor conditions. On the reverse are large scale street plans of San Sebastian, Valle Gran Rey, and Playa Santiago; plus GPS Waypoint lists for the 35 walking routes highlighted on the map.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93179 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-19
• Format: Folded Map
• Original language: German, Spanish, English
• Binding: Map
• 840 pages

About the Author
David & Ros Brawn have acheived high reknown for their inspirational walking guide books and Tour & Trail maps. Among their many published titles are 35 Madeira Walks, Madeira Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map, 35 Tenerife Walks, Walk! Tenerife South, Tenerife Walkers Maps, 34 Menorca Walks, Menorca Tour & Trail Map etc etc.

Customer Reviews

One truly amazing map.
We had planned to be on La Gomera in January but had to delay until mid March, which meant we had the new Walk! La Gomera book and La Gomera Tour & Trail Map. Walk! La Gomera simply leaves all other guide books way behind. If there is any good walking then it is in this book. Routes range from interesting, to inspirational and up to awesome. Excellent maps enhance the well written descriptions and there is a whole bundle of useful info, like the amazing Garajonay Express catamaran ferry between the coastal resorts.
La Gomera Tour & Trail Map is excellent and the material really is super-durable, standing up to two weeks of constant folding, stuffing in pockets, sitting on in the wet forest when resting, and at the end it just folds up like new. Technically if you have the book it is not essential to have the map, but it is so lovely I would buy it anyway.

Useful but not very accurate
We used the map for a week's walking, staying somewhere new each night. It gives a fair overview of the island, so don't go without it; but don't expect UK levels of accuracy - contour levels are 50m apart (on UK 1:50,000 maps they're 10m apart) and a proportion of waymarked paths aren't on the map. To find your way, either you will also need the book that goes with the map or you should follow the well marked official paths.

A good friend to have with you
I have been twice on extended breaks to La Gomera and this map has served me faithfully on both occasions. The island is relatively small I have used the map together with La Gomera: A Guide to the Unspoiled Canary Islandand Southern Tenerife and La Gomera: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes)to plan day trips and hikes across much of the island's varied terrain. Indeed I have used the map on its own a number of times (in good weather!) to strike off on a walk. And whether it is the magic of La Gomera or just good choices by the team behind the map, I was never disappointed. My only quibble is that the special material the map is made from started to fray slightly at the seams on my second visit.