Walking in the Algarve is Julie Statham’s Cicerone guide to some of the best walking opportunities on Portugal’s south coast. The guide covers walks across the Algarve region, taking in the countryside outside Faro as well as the long Atlantic coastline. The author explores a region with a rich variety of scenery from volcanic hills to dramatic limestone escarpments. The Algarve’s climate of mild sunny winters & long hot summers make it an ideal walking destination. The guide is divided into a selection of 34 full & half-day walks offering a mixture of coastal, mountain & inland scenery. Each walk has an information box detailing the total distance & time, difficulty grading & access to the route. There is also a general overview of what walkers can expect from the route ahead. A The guide’s introduction gives practical tips on when to go, getting there, travelling around, accommodation as well as notes on geology, wild flowers, & birds, flowers & protected areas. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region. ...

Algarve in the Sunflower Landscapes guide series; exploring the best walking & touring possibilities in the region or area. Detailed information about touring by hired car or public transport, as well as on foot is provided, helping walkers to navigate & plan day-trips. Shorter strolls are also included as an alternative for each main route for those seeking more leisurely days out. The guide is structured in two main parts – Touring & Walking – that explore each route with detailed references to public transport & car directions to make each walk more accessible. Suggested car-touring routes of the area are also included. Each describes a route by car with suggestions for stop-off places & things to see on the way, including any picnicking sites. Fifteen suggestions for the best picnic stops are included at the start of the book & these are cross-referenced with the fold-out map & walk descriptions. The ‘ Walking’ section

Includes:: fifteen recommended walks, many of which are circular tours. A detailed introduction provides information on waymarking & maps, what to take, weather & where to stay. Each walk begins with information about distance, difficulty grading, waymarking, how to get there, suggested clothing & equipment, language hints & shorter & alternative routes to the main walk. An appendice provides useful guidance on local transport. Also provided is a map of the area at about 1:400, 000 showing where the walks & car tour take place & main roads & town. A small inset shows the centre of Faro with main streets & listings of main tourist attractions. Colour photographs & Ordnance Survey extracts accompany each route.

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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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One of the titles in a series of topographic maps covering much of north-west Africa, produced as part of the IMW* project in 1960’s. Each map covers an area spanning 6° in longitude & 4° in latitude. There is some variation in colouring & the depiction of terrain, but hill-shading, spot heights & contours are used to show the general relief. Additional graphics show features such as dunes, rock outcrops, cliffs, sand areas, escarpments, marshes, seasonal lakes & watercourses, & areas liable to flooding. Bathymetric contours are also included. Communications detail

Includes:: roads, major trails & railways, although there is some inconsistency in colouring & the extent of classification, e.g. not all maps distinguish seasonal roads. On most maps intermediate road distances are indicated on main routes. Symbols show airports, mosques, mines, oil & gas fields, lighthouses, ruins & significant isolated buildings. Administrative boundaries are marked & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, with further margin ticks at 1’ intervals. The map legend is in French only on some sheets, & in English & French on others.* The International Map of the World was a project conceived in the early 20th century to compile a world map series at 1:1, 000, 000 through the efforts of participating nations. The value of the program has declined since 1970 & the IMW is no longer regarded as an active international series.

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A detailed general map with relief depicted by hill-shading. The map is indexed & selected location names are written in Arabic as well as standard roman text. Coverage

Includes:: neighbouring Tunisia & most of Morocco. Terrain features such as sand deserts, stone deserts, salt flats, water holes & swamps are distinguished, & selected peak heights are indicated. Bathymetric tinting is also applied. Several categories of roads are distinguished, including selected tracks, with intermediate driving distances marked on many routes. Railways, oil & gas piplines, & administrative boundaries are drawn & symbols denote oil & gas production sites, airports, ports, places of worship, campsites, hostels, beach resorts, oases, lighthouses, forts, museums, UNESCO sites & other antiquities & sites of interest. Lines of latitude & longitude are drawn at 1

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Algeria at 1:2, 500, 000 in a road map version from Gizi Map, with relief shading used to present the country’s topography. Names of larger towns, provinces & selected topographic features are also shown in the Arabic alphabet; all other place names are in the Latin alphabet. Where appropriate, alternative versions of place names are also provided (Oran/ Wahran, etc). Relief shading with plenty of spot heights & names of mountain ranges, deserts, etc, is used to show the country’s topography. Graphics indicate stone or sand deserts, salt flats, swaps & seasonal wadis, with symbols marking oasis & water wells. Road network

Includes:: desert tracks & shows distances on main & on many secondary routes. Railway lines are

Includes:: & local airports are marked; the map also shows locations of oil or gas wells & the pipe lines, plus administrative boundaries of the provinces. Symbols mark various places of interest, including campsites, beaches, UNESCO World Heritage sites, rock paintings, archaeological remains, etc. Coverage

Includes:: all but the southernmost part of Morocco (without South Sahara), all of Tunisia, & the western part of Libya just beyond Tripoli. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1º intervals. The index is next to the map. Map legend

Includes:: English & Arabic.PLEASE NOTE: this title is also available as a wall map, plus in an alternative geographical edition where topography is shown by bright altitude colouring.







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After liberating itself from French colonial rule in one of the twentieth century`s most brutal wars of independence, Algeria became a standard-bearer for the non-aligned movement. By the 1990s, however, its revolutionary political model had collapsed, degenerating into a savage conflict between the military & Islamist guerillas that killed some 200, 000 citizens. In this lucid & gripping account, Martin Evans & John Phillips explore Algeria`s recent & very bloody history, demonstrating how the high hopes of independence turned into anger as young Algerians grew increasingly alienated. Unemployed, frustrated by the corrupt military regime, & excluded by the West, the post-independence generation needed new heroes, & some found them in Osama bin Laden & the rising Islamist movement. Evans & Phillips trace the complex roots of this alienation, arguing that Algeria`s predicament
- political instability, pressing economic & social problems, bad governance, a disenfranchised youth
- is emblematic of an arc of insecurity stretching from Morocco to Indonesia. Looking back at the precolonial & colonial periods, they place Algeria`s complex present into historical context, demonstrating how successive governments have manipulated the past for their own ends. The result is a fractured society with a complicated & bitter relationship with the Western powers, & an increasing tendency to export terrorism to France, America, & beyond.

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The Michelin National road map of Algeria & Tunisia at 1:1, 000, 000 scale is ideal for trip & route planning. The map gives comprehensive coverage of national road networks showing all major motorways, dual carriageways, national & regional main roads & some local roads. Also shows unsurfaced roads & tracks & major footpaths. Road obstacles & dangers including steep slopes, seasonally impassable routes, height restrictions, one-way roads, tolls, narrow bridges & high passes are indicated. Clear, easy-to read cartography shows roads in reds, yellows & white with black outlines. Major topography is indicated with relief shading. Woodland & forest is marked with green shading, desert in yellow & some indication of salt flats & marshl&. Towns & cities are marked with symbols only on the main map, but regional enlargements (see below) show built-up urban areas in salmon pink highlighting. Airports, ferries, railways, bridges & level crossings are also marked. National & administrative divisions are shown, as are administrative seats & state capitals. Plenty of detailed tourist information is given: Accommodation & practical facilities (hotels, resorts, fuel & repair services where attached to a hotel), sport & leisure facilities (e.g. golf courses, winder sports & spas) & sights. Sights include kasbahs, rural markets, areas of outstanding tourist interest, scenic driving routes, viewpoints & panoramas, forts, ruins & other historical locations.

Includes:: markings for other features including palm groves, national parks, pipelines & natural resource extraction. Town plans & regional enlargements:- Oran & surrounding area at 1:300, 000- Algiers & Kabylie region to B

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The Michelin National road map of Algeria & Tunisia at 1:1, 000, 000 scale is ideal for trip & route planning. The map gives comprehensive coverage of national road networks showing all major motorways, dual carriageways, national & regional main roads & some local roads. Also shows unsurfaced roads & tracks & major footpaths. Road obstacles & dangers including steep slopes, seasonally impassable routes, height restrictions, one-way roads, tolls, narrow bridges & high passes are indicated. Clear, easy-to read cartography shows roads in reds, yellows & white with black outlines. Major topography is indicated with relief shading. Woodland & forest is marked with green shading, desert in yellow & some indication of salt flats & marshl&. Towns & cities are marked with symbols only on the main map, but regional enlargements (see below) show built-up urban areas in salmon pink highlighting. Airports, ferries, railways, bridges & level crossings are also marked. National & administrative divisions are shown, as are administrative seats & state capitals. Plenty of detailed tourist information is given: Accommodation & practical facilities (hotels, resorts, fuel & repair services where attached to a hotel), sport & leisure facilities (e.g. golf courses, winder sports & spas) & sights. Sights include kasbahs, rural markets, areas of outstanding tourist interest, scenic driving routes, viewpoints & panoramas, forts, ruins & other historical locations.

Includes:: markings for other features including palm groves, national parks, pipelines & natural resource extraction. Town plans & regional enlargements:- Oran & surrounding area at 1:300, 000- Algiers & Kabylie region to Béjaà a at 1:300, 000- Tunis & surrounding area at 1:500, 000- Tlemcen & surrounding area at 1:500, 000- Plan of central Tunis at 1:35, 000- Algiers & metropolitan area at 1:50, 000

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