Streetwise Florence Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Florence, Italy - Folding pocket size travel map [FOLDED MAP] (Map)

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Product Description

Streetwise Florence Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Florence, Italy - Folding pocket size travel map

This map covers the following areas:
Main Florence, Italy Map 1:10,000
Florence Area Map 1:150,000

Famous for its art, high culture, history, and sumptuous cuisine, Florence is a city that must be discovered on foot. Gradually, in dozens of churches, museums, and palaces, the extraordinary riches of the city reveal themselves. Here are the paintings, sculptures and frescoes that illuminated new ways of seeing the world revealing the power of the Renaissance.

STREETWISE® Florence Italy Map, complete with street, site and hotel index, enables you to explore each hidden corner of this city and to discover its historic importance and artistic richness on your own.

The Regional map of Florence will guide you on your discovery to the hillside towns surrounding Florence, giving you greater freedom to discover the glory of Tuscany, Italy.

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

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Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Streetwise Maps; Revised 2008 edition (December 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935039651
• ISBN-13: 978-0935039658
• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 0.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #377,961 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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102 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, August 30, 2003

By	Diego Banducci (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I've used the Streetwise maps in many cities of the world. They're compact, waterproof, and generally useful.

I've tried this one, but the Streetwise format just doesn't seem to work for Florence, which is made up of about five districts and where many of the sights (and there are a great many) are on side streets.

A better guide for Florence is the Knopf Citymap for Florence. It has a separate fold-out page for each district and excellent recommendations for shopping and restaurants for each one, yet is still sturdy and compact.

I recently purchased Knopf's map for Barcelona and was equally pleased. In the future, I'll check first to see if they have a map for cities I visit, and only buy a Streetwise map as a second choice./

49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even Mediocre, August 16, 2004

By	Eric (CA USA) - See all my reviews

I, also, have used Streetwise maps and been pleased. However, the Florence map is basically useless. It's awkward to use and difficult to read. Every tour book I've seen has a better map. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this item.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars planning 5th trip to Italy, March 20, 2007

By	tillie (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

I have purchased several Streetwise for various cities. I found ALL of them to be useful. For Florence, it was particularly useful because the streets in Florence are narrow and not straight. You can easily get a bit lost - but not if you have the Streetwise map with you. You can use it to quickly get your location, and to see where the nearest piazza, church or museum is located. It also takes you across the Arno to the Piti Palace and Boboli Gardens. It is easy to carry and for someone who has progressed to bifocals -- easy to read.