Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas: France (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas : France (Spiral, Large Format), 4th ed) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas : France (Spiral, Large Format), 4th ed | Publication Date: January 2001

This Tourist and Motoring Atlas of France provides easy-to-read mapping, ideal for both professional motorists and tourists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 241 pages
• Publisher: Michelin Travel Pubns; 4th edition (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2060002699
• ISBN-13: 978-2060002699
• Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 11.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michelin created its first travel guide over 100 years ago to promote road travel and inspire driving confidence. Today, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle offers travelers an extensive range of travel guides, maps and online travel resources. These products deliver the same Michelin promise of quality and consistency consumers expect from one of the world's most trusted brands.

Publisher of travel guides, maps and atlases, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle offers a complete travel portfolio. Where to go, how to get there, where to eat & stay, and what to see & do ... all in one collection with extensive international & domestic coverage, especially for Europe. Our series includes Michelin (Red) Guides, Green Guides, Must Sees and Michelin maps and atlases.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

88 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for driving through France, March 19, 2000

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Thomas Craig (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: France (Tourist & Motoring Atlas) (Spiral-bound)

We took this along with us on our first trip to France and used it to drive from Paris to Provence. I cannot say how detailed this map is, even better than any map of the US I have ever seen. In one collection it shows everything from major highways to single lane dirt tracks last used by goat farmers.

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't drive through France without it, January 8, 2000

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"sbgantz" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas France, 1999 Edition (Spiral-bound)

So far, I have spent only 2 weeks 'motoring' through France and the only negative thing I can say about this atlas is that some of the pages are torn from heavy use. It looks like the 2000 version is hardcover, which may help eliminate this problem. I wish Michelin would come up with a binding method that would allow me to remove and replace pages. Then it would be perfect. As for examples of how one uses this atlas .. Last September I was in France and for the first time I had torn up my tour books and brought only the relevant sections. After arriving in Chamonix, I realized this was not worth a 2 night stay (thanks, Rick Steves!), so I decided on a last minute detour to Burgundy. Forunately, I had this atlas and my Michelin Red Guide (with it's indespensible town and city maps and suggested sites). Sitting in my car, I planned my route for the next 2 days, which included stopovers in Tournus (a little difficult to find a room) and Beaune (no problem finding a room). Since I had no textual guidebooks for Burgundy with me, I bought a Green Guide in Tournus. With this guide and my trusty atlas, I easily planned a drive through the Burgundy countryside and visits to a chateau, abbey, wineries, and panoramic viewpoints. I drove into and out of Beaune and Dijon without any problem. Besides using the atlas for navigation, I also have used it to find spectacular and often unexpected viewpoints and scenery in locations as varied as the Corniche roads between Nice and Monaco, the Gorges of Verdun/Lac de Ste Croix, perched villages in the Luberon, very green farmland in the Indus River Valley, ruined/untouristed castles overlooking Colmar, a moving WWI battlesite and cemetary (Le Linge) in the Vosges. This atlas is for travellers who want their trips between destinations to be as unforgettable as the destinations themselves.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Driving in France, Don't leave home without it, January 26, 2002

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Pete (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas: France (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas : France (Spiral, Large Format), 4th ed) (Paperback)

Spent 1 week last summer touring around in central France with a car, my girlfriend as the navigator sitting right next to me reading this atlas. She could told me, by following the details on the atlas, when there should be a road junction on left or right hand side, or there going to be a round-about a head. Even on the smallest D road or a tiny village. Just one sentence in summary, this Michelin atlas is INCREDIBLE!