Michelin Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic: Tourist & Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas) [Spiral-bound]

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2006

Michelin Germany Austria Benelux Switzerland Czech Republic Atlas No. 21463 (Spiral)

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 274 pages
• Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications; Multilingual edition (February 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2067118757
• ISBN-13: 978-2067118751
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,338,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Map Book for Driving or Studying, June 9, 2006

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M. DUTRA (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michelin Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic: Tourist & Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas) (Spiral-bound)

Excellent map book. This is NOT a guide, it is a spiral book with detailed maps of these countries. The scale is:
1:300,000 (1 cm=3km) for Germany and 1:400,000 for the others
At the back there is an index of cities and also half page maps for the most important cities.
The maps are very detailed and one should not get lost with them. They are ideal for driving, but also an excellent resource for studying Germany. I use them for my WWII research, but will surely take the book to my next trip to Germany. For US$ 15, it is a great bargain.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Needs a better layout, July 3, 2006

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J.R.B. (Everett, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelin Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic: Tourist & Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas) (Spiral-bound)

Every major city is on the spiral, which makes it difficult to read the highway names around the city. Also, the detailed views of the major cities didn't show enough of the surrounding area. Many city maps had only 2-3 highways shown, with no other details.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good range, detail a little lacking, October 25, 2006

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Stephen T. Merschel (Louisville, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michelin Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic: Tourist & Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas) (Spiral-bound)

I love these Atlas books. They are usually easy to navigate and links to the map continuations are numbered on the edges of each page.

However, I would like to have seen a few of the major cities better detailed. And also, the road numbers were not always clear and weren't repeated often enough along the roads on the map. More than once I asked myself, "Is that a mileage, or is that the road number?" More often than not, it was the mileage.

Oh well, it got the job done and I only got turned around in some of the major cities. That's probably more the fault of the lack of street signs in German cities.

I'd be interested to know if there are any other good atlases for touring this region, but despite it's deficiencies, I was happy to have this in the car with me.