Laminated Beijing Map by Borch (English, Spanish, French, Italian and German Edition) [Map]

Borch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 19, 2009

Folded laminated street and travel map, in color. Scale 1:24,000 / 1:75,000. Legend includes sights, museums, theatres, monuments, Chinese temples, Buddhist temples, churches, mosques, ruins, caves, cable railways, beaches, hospital, golf courses, subway, international/regional airports, airfields, hotels, markets, nature reserves. Includes inset map of Central Beijing (1:24,000), Beijing Public Transport, Beijing & Region (1:200,000), Forbidden City (1:6,000), Summer Palace (1:6,000), Fragrant Hills Park (1:13,000), Badaling (1:18,000). Locates Olympic Venues. Extensive index. Top 30 sights.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Borch, a cartographic publishing company from Germany, makes tough, long-lasting maps with non-toxic, environmentally responsible lamination material.

Product Details

• Map: 2 pages
• Publisher: Borch; 7th updated edition (June 19, 2009)
• Language: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German
• ISBN-10: 3866093438
• ISBN-13: 978-3866093430
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Travel > Asia > China > Beijing
  • #12 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Foreign Language Nonfiction > Italian
  • #20 in Books > Libros en español > Viajes y turismo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Berndtson laminated map of Beijing great and durable!, April 13, 2006

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James Berns "Travel A Lot" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beijing City Streets Laminated Map by B&B (Map)

During my ten day trip to Beijing The Berndtson laminated map of Beijing was indispensable. It is easily readable and has many of the best places to visit highlighted which made planning each day easy. The map not only survived the hundreds of openings and refolding, but is still in excellent shape for many future uses. The only shortcoming is that the map does not cover the outlying areas of Beijing. It covers only the central area out to the "third ring road"

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Beijing map available, March 16, 2008

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Christian P. Johnson (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laminated Beijing Map by Borch (English, Spanish, French, Italian and German Edition) (Map)

In looking at maps of Beijing, my criterion was simple: "Does the map show the street where our hotel is located?" This was a challenge: the hotel we chose was a converted mansion on a narrow "hutong," or side street. The Borch map was the only one I could find that did - much, much more detail than any similar map - certainly vastly better than any of the free maps that hotels give out. Note that the current version is updated for the Olympics and does show the new Beijing Metro lines that are about to open.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!, November 25, 2007

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Rob (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beijing City Streets Laminated Map by B&B (Map)

During my 2 weeks in the Beijing area this map was indispensible! It's laminated, so it holds up great. The streets are labeled in pinyin (roman characters). This is perfect, since these days almost every street sign in Beijing is also labeled in pinyin (as well as Chinese characters). Almost every landmark you want to find is on the map in English as well as Chinese.

Subway lines and their stops are indicated (except the brand new line #5). The map makes it very easy to get around Beijing and even includes overlays with major places such as the forbidden city and summer palace.