Frommer's Road Atlas Europe
by British Auto Association
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Author: British Auto AssociationEdition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-24
ISBN: 0470226986
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Frommers
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Book Review: Modify Your Expectations And You'll Do Fine
Summary: 5 Stars
Americans who don't often travel to Europe almost never have a completely satisfying experience driving there: The roads are labelled differently from what most Americans expect, with many pedestrian zones, one-way streets, detours around construction, and on and on, to get in your way. So it would be no surprise that many find this book of maps not entirely helpful. Nevertheless, it's a really good resource. Use this book with a GPS loaded for Europe, and be ready to allow signage to occasionally direct you in ways that seem counterintuitive, and you should do okay.
What this map collection is really good for is PLANNING. Use it to get a birds-eye view of where you'll be going, before you even board your plane. Memorize the relative locations of things. Understand where the borders might be. We flew into Geneva, Switzerland, went immediately to Chamonix, France, then on to Aosta, Italy, then back through France and through Switzerland to Germany, all in a little over a week. I used the maps at night in our hotel room to plan the next day's jaunts, along with some alternatives. The book is a little heavy to lug around, and I'm very picky about that, but I found it worth the weight. Also, some others have suggested tearing out pages, and I might do that when I return to Europe for a trip through Ireland later this year.
Point is, even maps with every single street on them are not completely useful in Europe. That's just a fact of life. So is the fact that you can't always just pull over and stare at a map for a while till you're back in the groove (and this is true especially in cities). Europe = claustrophobia, and you must be prepared for that.
Finally, this map is incredibly useful for planning possible trips in the far future. Being a road map and not a world atlas, it gives you a concrete idea about how your drive(s) will go when you get where you are dreaming of visiting. Order it now, and put it on the shelf next to all your travel guides.
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