Streetwise Mexico City Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Mexico City, MX - Folding pocket size travel map with metro map [Map]

Streetwise Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2011

Streetwise Mexico City Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Mexico City, Mexico - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated metro map including lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Mexico City Map 1: 14,000
Coyoacan Map 1:20,000
Mexico City Metro Map

Mexico City is a sprawling metropolis and the third-largest city in the world. The vast urban expanse is intimidating at first, but the STREETWISE® map of Mexico City brings forward the city’s high points, like El Zócalo and Zona Rosa, for you the traveler.

One must see is the Museo Nacional de Anthropologia located in Chapultepec Park. Thousands of rare artifacts from Mesoamerican civilizations are displayed here and you can spend a day absorbing history and culture at this important museum. Move on to more modern artists like Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo whose home and museum can be found on our inset map of Coyoacan. The Metro Map inset makes it easy to travel to Coyoacan, where you can roam the pleasant streets of this district at your leisure.

The main map, complete with street, site and hotel index, enables you to explore all the areas that make this a complex and vivid Latin capital. The STREETWISE® Mexico City map will enable you to travel from your hotel up and down the Paseo de la Reforma and over to the Plaza de la Constitutión with its gigantic state flag waving in front of the Palacio Nacional. Don’t forget the Aztec ruins located in the center of the city. Think you can handle more of Mexico? Plan further excursions using the map of Mexico we provide for the curious and intrepid.

Our pocket size map of Mexico City is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Mexico City map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Mexico City map today and you too can navigate Mexico City like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Don't leave home without STREETWISE" -- New York Times

"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential" -- Travel & Leisure

"In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE." --Chicago Daily Herald

About the Author

STREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We’ve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you’ve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.

The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970’s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.

After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.

He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.

More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.

Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.

Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.

Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn’t match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we’ve done the work, now you have the adventure.

In the end, it’s not about the map, it’s about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It’s about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need.

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Streetwise Maps (February 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886705488
• ISBN-13: 978-1886705487
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Travel > Latin America > Mexico > Mexico City
  • #26 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Atlases & Maps > Maps
  • #32 in Books > Education & Reference > Atlases & Maps > Maps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Help in Mexico City, December 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Streetwise Mexico City Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Mexico City, MX - Folding pocket size travel map with metro map (Map)

There's no doubt that Mexico City is massive and intimidating, but this little map was extremely helpful for a tourist to get around the various sites in the city. It is a perfect size to fit into your pocket or backpack, and it's made of sturdy laminate so it will stand up to some heavy wear and tear. All the spots in the city you'd want to visit are included and there's a map of the subway (a great deal at about 20 cents a trip) on it as well. Highly recommended.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy Map to Have at Your Side, November 15, 2004

By 

K. Mueller (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streetwise Mexico City Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Mexico City, MX - Folding pocket size travel map with metro map (Map)

This is a handy map of Mexico City to keep at your side... especially if you do not plan on lugging around larger maps during your day trips around the city. I just got back from 10 days vacation in Mexico City and found the map very useful for planning my subway rides as well as associating which neighborhoods are located where.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic street map!, March 23, 2008

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ethniccook "swatiflies" (New Orleans, LA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Mexico City Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Mexico City, MX - Folding pocket size travel map with metro map (Map)

This is a must have map for the traveller to Mexico City who likes to wander. The streets are well marked on both the map and in the city. The only section that seemed weak, was the map of Coyoacan, which was less detailed than the rest of the map. Nonetheless, it was enough detail to get by and wander around on foot freely.