Italy at a scale of 1:1, 000, 000 on a laminated, tear-resistant, indexed Insight Flexi Map which favours cultural touring in the country, has over 90 significant points of visitor interest enumerated on the legend, & comes with enlarged city street plans of Rome, Milan & Venice at a scale of 1:16, 000. The map

Includes:: coverage of Sicily & Sardinia. Road network shown covers motorways, dual carriageways, trunk roads, main & secondary roads. Motorway junctions are marked, along with petrol stations & road side service stations. Airports, rail lines & ferry lines are marked. The map is indexed by both important place name & the country

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Blue Guide’s “ Italy Food Companion” is a pocket-sized guide for holidays & at home reference. The book gives you all the basics you’ll need to know, such as understanding the menu & more in-depth coverage of the kinds of dishes you’ll expect to see & eat. It looks at pizza, pasta, rare regional delicacies, fine wines, & more; separate sections are included for Mediterranean fish, wines, aperitifs, & Italian chefs. There is also a phrases section, divided into ‘what it means’ & ‘how to ask for’. ...

Most visitors to Italy flock to the crowded tourist centres, but in Italy for the Gourmet Traveller, Fred Plotkin takes us beyond the traditional tourist experience & lures us to special places, whether in big cities or out-of-the-way villages, often overlooked by the uninitiated. Under his discerning eye, we learn about the food, wines, local bakeries, olive oil distilleries, ice cream parlours, cheeses, markets, restaurants & best kept secrets of Italy`s culinary world. Lovingly drawn portraits of the people who make its world-famous regional specialities, & a smattering of local history make each village, town & city come alive. Maps encourage the intrepid traveller to head off the beaten track, while evocative black & white photographs add to the immense charm of this vastly readable guide. ...

Italy at 1:1, 000, 000 from Hallwag on an indexed touring map with a special ” Distoguide” incorporated into the cover showing road distances between several locations, plus enlargements of road access to 10 main cities. Road & rail networks are easy to see on a clear base with faint relief shading & colouring presenting the topography & woodlands, with spot heights & names of mountain ranges, peaks & valleys, etc. Road network emphasizes motorways & connecting regional or provincial roads, showing motorway services, driving distances, toll routes, seasonal closures & restricted entry roads, steep gradients, etc. Small symbols highlight various places of interest including campsites, cultural & historical sites, recreational areas, etc. Latitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals with longitude at 1°. The index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. Map legend

Includes:: English. The map also

Includes:: enlargements showing in greater detail roads around & main routes across 10 main cities: Rome, Palermo, Naples, Florence, Messina, Genoa, Venice, Bologna, Turin & Milan. Publishers’ special feature is a ” Distoguide” incorporated into the map cover, showing at a glance road distances from 24 main cities to over 50 other locations in Italy.



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The perfect patriotic accessory to wave the Jubilee Festival in with, these Union Jack flags will make a great addition to your street party or day out on the town. The first choice accessory this summer for the urbane street partier rather than the last refuge of a scoundrel... ...

The first water-resistant roadmap with direct access to useful additional information from the Internet Italy, including Sardinia & Sicily, in a scale of 1:800, 000 shown on a practical map; inclusive of the High 5 Edition app technology for calling up additional travel information & many other benefits:- practical format (11.4 x 23.5 cm)- it is water-resistant (laminated/cellophane coating)- the UNESCO World Heritage Sites are listed on the map- contains a selection of the local index including postal codes; the entire index can be viewed using the QR-code It doesn’t matter what weather it is used in or how often it is folded, the condition of the “ROADMAP Italy” will not deteriorate. Roads, ascents, woodland & mountain areas are easily recognisable thanks to the clear layout of the map. There is also a brief informative section about Italy (speed limits, area codes, emergency numbers, etc.) The “ Interactive Mobile ROADMAP Italy” – a “paper backup” just in case...... & when used in conjunction with a smartphone, it is a great tool for planning trips. What’s not on the map is in the app By scanning the section of the map you want with the High 5 Edition app, you can get a lot of useful additional information about major attractions & cities in Italy. The app is based on Augmented Reality technology & is available free of charge from the Apple App store & Google Play store. ...

The first water-resistant roadmap with direct access to useful additional information from the Internet Italy, including Sardinia & Sicily, in a scale of 1:800, 000 shown on a practical map; inclusive of the High 5 Edition app technology for calling up additional travel information & many other benefits:- practical format (11.4 x 23.5 cm)- it is water-resistant (laminated/cellophane coating)- the UNESCO World Heritage Sites are listed on the map- contains a selection of the local index including postal codes; the entire index can be viewed using the QR-code It doesn’t matter what weather it is used in or how often it is folded, the condition of the “ROADMAP Italy” will not deteriorate. Roads, ascents, woodland & mountain areas are easily recognisable thanks to the clear layout of the map. There is also a brief informative section about Italy (speed limits, area codes, emergency numbers, etc.) The “ Interactive Mobile ROADMAP Italy” – a “paper backup” just in case...... & when used in conjunction with a smartphone, it is a great tool for planning trips. What’s not on the map is in the app By scanning the section of the map you want with the High 5 Edition app, you can get a lot of useful additional information about major attractions & cities in Italy. The app is based on Augmented Reality technology & is available free of charge from the Apple App store & Google Play store. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Italy in the Mid First Century C.E. on a large wall map, size 178 x 147.5cm, in a series published by Routledge & prepared by the Ancient World Mapping Center, University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill. The map has altitude colouring & shows principal routes & town. Most place names are given as in use during the period covered by the map. Each map has a panel indicating the areas covered by the different titles in this series with a base showing present day political boundaries. ...

Italy in World War II on a large, double-sided map at 1:600, 000 showing various front lines, directions of main attacks by all combatant forces, locations & dates of important battles, airborne & seaborne landings, boundaries of various zones, etc. The base map with the country’s present day road network is overprinted with information showing developments from various stages of the war, from the attack lines of the Italian forces against France & Yugoslavia between 1940 & 1942 to the different front lines charting the progress of the Allied forces after the Sicily landings in July 1943. The map shows locations of main battles, indicating their dates & the forces which took part in them, including Italian partisan units & groups allied to the RSI (Repubblica Sociale Italiana or the Saló Republic, set up by Mussolini after his recapture by the German). Symbols chart the progress of various parts of the Allied & German armies, show main costal defenses & locations of seaborne landings, etc. The map also indicates the changes in the country’s borders, including the boundaries of the OZAV & OZAK zones set up by the Germans in Northern Italy following the country’s capitulation to the Allies, plus shows the main areas controlled by the partisan forces. Map legend & captions to 21 wartime photographs include English. The map also

Includes:: notes on the country’s history during the war, in Italian only.

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