Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90440 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-01
• Format: Folded Map
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Map
• 1 pages

Customer Reviews

Extremely thorough
The Michelin maps are excellent. They are extremely detailed with a scale of 1 inch = 3.16 miles. With motorway exits and entrances for example, it's clearly marked in which directions they operate. It includes useful information like toll roads, petrol stations and even speed radar locations. I also like the insider information. Panoramic lookouts and scenic routes are all clearly indicated (the other regional maps that I considered didn't have this). However do be aware that unlike the broader regional Michelin maps, there are no indications of which towns and villages are of interest to tourists. (The Michelin Green series guidebooks list the map references for all places of interest, so this map works well in tandem with the Green guide).

This is essentially a regional map with only central Montpellier being shown in any detail.

One annoying thing is that the map is printed on both sides, so you're always flipping it over (which increases the risk of damaging or tearing it). It opens lengthways rather than widthways, which would be near-impossible to manoeuvre sitting in a car! Being double-sided also makes it less easy to navigate routes between the northern and southern parts of the region. Nevertheless, if you want to travel off the beaten track in this region, it's invaluable.

non-tear Michelin map
The paper maps from Michelin are excellent. However I have bought, in France, the Michelin non-tear map at a very similar price as these are far more robust for opening and refolding and keeping in the glovebox or car door pocket.
I do not have a copy to hand but believe that the scale is slightly less but still very detailed. The overall map area is slightly larger than the paper map (probably due to the small difference in scale).
I have now switched to using these non-tear maps for day to day usage.
The supermarket group LeClerc offer a discount on maps and books.

michelin map.
Good detailed coverage of minor roads. Too big for ease of reference but would have needed two sheets to cover our area of interest.