recommend a european map
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I am doing a far bit of driving in europe this year and could really do with a good road map. I will be going to Hockenheim, Nurburgring, Silverstone, Spa Francorchamps, Assen, Most, Zandvoort, Mugello, monza and Catalunya. So thats Germany, Holland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy plus traveling through france and Switzerland. I guess it's best to get a map for each country? It doesn't need to be AtoZ in depth but a good level of detail.
Any help or recommendation would be much appreciated.
Any help or recommendation would be much appreciated.
tnavs are great but i like to plan ahead and I like to have half an idea were i am going.AA Concise Map of Europe. Bought ages ago in a 99p shop iirc (for 99p shock horror) and has been really very good tbh. Used it during a banger Rally 3 years ago, E30 euro drive 2 years ago and last year our drive to Berlin.
Last year I bought a more comprehensive AA Euro map as it was on offer (in 'The Works' iirc) but I didn't get on with it. It was too busy and difficult to read. Last time I thumbed through the most recent version it looked to me they had improved it.
So in conclusion - something by the AA? I always find having a paper map very useful to give an overview of what's going on. (We also use a TomTom Start2 Euro Edition).
Last year I bought a more comprehensive AA Euro map as it was on offer (in 'The Works' iirc) but I didn't get on with it. It was too busy and difficult to read. Last time I thumbed through the most recent version it looked to me they had improved it.
So in conclusion - something by the AA? I always find having a paper map very useful to give an overview of what's going on. (We also use a TomTom Start2 Euro Edition).
Michelin maps are very good. We always carry them as a back up to the sat nav
If you have time & are looking to do some scenic drives a poke around on Google earth can be interesting.
Tom Tom route planner & Michelin route planner are both useful, Google will find the links
From your post it sounds as though its trips to specific places so a decent up to date sat nav & if possible live to detect any jams will be good. Portable like Tom Tom I think are the best as you can regularly update them. If as we were once unfortunate enough to have a break down & needed a loan car for a few days you take the sat nav with you, if inbuilt you are left strugglinfg a bit.
If in France watch out for the weekend the holiday season starts, usually grid lock on Motorways at tolls & often busy most weekends in the summer
In France one of these https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/ is a god send, gives you priority lanes at the toll booths, some you dont even need to stop, just slow to about 20 mph, charges sent direct to your debit card ( they wont accept credit cards)
Also double check dates for Le Tour de france, hit that once & total gridlock
If you have time & are looking to do some scenic drives a poke around on Google earth can be interesting.
Tom Tom route planner & Michelin route planner are both useful, Google will find the links
From your post it sounds as though its trips to specific places so a decent up to date sat nav & if possible live to detect any jams will be good. Portable like Tom Tom I think are the best as you can regularly update them. If as we were once unfortunate enough to have a break down & needed a loan car for a few days you take the sat nav with you, if inbuilt you are left strugglinfg a bit.
If in France watch out for the weekend the holiday season starts, usually grid lock on Motorways at tolls & often busy most weekends in the summer
In France one of these https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/ is a god send, gives you priority lanes at the toll booths, some you dont even need to stop, just slow to about 20 mph, charges sent direct to your debit card ( they wont accept credit cards)
Also double check dates for Le Tour de france, hit that once & total gridlock
Ensure you don't do what I did last year is the best advice I can give.
Had to fly to Italy and take a car back to the UK, so as it was time-constrained (thanks to the EuroTunnel), the route was planned for Autostrada/Autoroute preference. So, there we go off to Milan on the AS, then up through Switzerland and France to the EuroTunnel.
It was only after both legs (back, and there again) had been done, that I realised that had we went North out of Italy rather than West, we'd have hit the Stelvio Pass... The sense of disappointment when you realise that is colossal!
I'm still a bit gutted now, and it's almost a year after the event!!
Had to fly to Italy and take a car back to the UK, so as it was time-constrained (thanks to the EuroTunnel), the route was planned for Autostrada/Autoroute preference. So, there we go off to Milan on the AS, then up through Switzerland and France to the EuroTunnel.
It was only after both legs (back, and there again) had been done, that I realised that had we went North out of Italy rather than West, we'd have hit the Stelvio Pass... The sense of disappointment when you realise that is colossal!
I'm still a bit gutted now, and it's almost a year after the event!!
I have an RAC Europe Road Atlas, which I haven't used yet but is set to be deployed in the summer. If you get one that covers the UK, have a look at the roads near home that you know and see if it is detailed enough for you.
I like a map, you can browse them and get a sense of perspective that sat nav doesn't give.
I like a map, you can browse them and get a sense of perspective that sat nav doesn't give.
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