Hit the trail & get the best bits from Latin America! This second edition uncovers the very best of the popular independent travel route through Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador. For anyone considering a late career break or desiring an experience out of the ordinary, this book is chock full of tips, advice & suggestions to help you get the most out of your trip. Learn Spanish in Quito, follow Darwin to the Galapgos Islands, see the gold museum in Lima, trek the Inca Trail, sail across Lake Titicaca, cycle the most dangerous road in the world, drive across the great salt lake at Salar de Uyuni & be humbled by the mine tour at Potosi. With extensive planning tools in the lengthy & readable ' Essentials' section, this guide will help you uncover the real essence of travelling! Containing loads of maps & no frills, this guidebook tells it as it is. The features include: all the best places to stay including backpackers' hostels & the occasional place to pamper yourself; suggestions of how to get the best from the region if time is short & money is tight; where to have fun
- cycling, horse riding, white water rafting, beaches, treks & a whole lot more; &, the best pubs & clubs & where to meet the rest of the crowd.
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Topographic survey of Peru at 1:100, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional in Lima, the country’s national survey organization. Contours are at 25m intervals, with colouring and/or graphics indicating different types of terrain & vegetation. Some of the maps may contain small blank spaces for areas yet to be surveyed. The maps have a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Publication dates vary; most maps were published in 1960s to 1990s, with some sheets revised more recently. Map legend is in Spanish only, except in the more recent editions which also include English. Our series grid shows in detail the three most popular trekking areas: Cordillera Blanca & Huayhuash, Cusco with Machu Picchu & Cordillera Vilcanota, plus the volcanoes around Arequipa. As each map in this series covers an area of 30 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, the extent of exact coverage by other titles can be easily plotted on a suitable road or regional map of Peru.* For any other maps in this series not yet listed on our website, please contact us by e-mail.**IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING:** Sheets covering border areas (roughly within 30’ of the border) are restricted from sale to the general public. * Approx. 30 sheets of the total 500 are available only in a preliminary edition at around double the price"ed on our website.
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Excellent maps of the Cordillera Blanca & Cordillera Huayhuash, highlighting local hiking trails. The maps, produced by the Austrian Alpine Club & updated in mid-2000s, provide a very clear picture of the topography with contours at 50m intervals (25m in Cordillera Huayhuash), spot heights, relief shading, graphics to indicate rocks, scree & moraine & colouring for cultivated areas. Road network

Includes:: dirt tracks & footpaths. Trekking routes & camp sites are highlighted. The maps have a UTM grid & latitude/longitude margin ticks at 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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This handy guidebook to hiking & mountainbiking in Peru`s Sacred Valley describes 40 routes, some previously unpublished, right across the Valley, visiting all the major Incan sites so far uncovered from Cusco, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Vilcabamba & in the remote region around spectacular Mt. Ausangate, 100km south east of Cusco. It also

Includes:: seven different ways to trek to Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, including the famous Inca Trail. Most routes can be done on foot or by mountainbike & timings are given for each, as well as advice on whether it is preferable to undertake a particular route with a local guide or trekking agency, in the less well-known areas. The Andes are the second highest mountain range in the world, after the Himalaya, but they have the most spectacular range of altitude
- from 6000m down to just above sea level
- making for some thrilling MTB descents on ancient Incan roads. The area also has a spectacular collection of ancient Incan sites, with new sites yet to be uncovered, & is still farmed by the direct descendants of the Incas, often seen in their colourful traditional dress in the local villages.



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Peru’s administrative departments on maps published by the country’s national survey organization, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, showing their administrative subdivisions, topography, road & rail networks, etc. As all the titles are printed on the same size sheets, their scales vary considerably given greatly different sizes of the departments. The topography of each department is shown by bright altitude colouring with spot heights. Most maps also indicate cultivated areas. Railways & four different types of roads & dirt tracks are shown, as well as local airports & aerodromes. The maps also show subdivisions of the departments into provinces & districts, indicating administrative capital of each unit. Most sheets also include a panel with general information about the state (e.g. population distribution, climate, etc.). Each map shows one department only & no detail of any kind is given for the adjacent departments beyond their names. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1º intervals, making this series very useful for identifying correct map references for small settlements or geographical features on Peru’s 1:100, 000 topographic survey, where each map cover 30’ of latutide & longitude. Map legend is in Spanish only. Publication dates vary from mid-1980s to mid-1990s, with a handful of titles revised later. ...

Perugia at 1: 10, 000 on an indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint, with a detailed enlargement of the city’s historic centre at 1:5, 500. 66 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Coverage extends south to include Calcinaro & Ponte S. Giovanni. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Map No. 663, Perugia
- Assisi, from Kompass in a series of walking maps of selected areas of Italy at 1:50, 000, with hiking
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Perugia
- Assisi
- Città di Castello – Gubbio area in Umbria & the Marches on a double-sided, GPS compatible hiking & recreational

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Perugia Province at 1:150, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is published with the traditional style LAC cartography.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Dominating hills define Umbria, the only landlocked region of Italy. From the buzzing, cosmopolitan piazzas of Perugia, to the spectacular & peaceful Assisi, Umbria is a heady mix of jazz, religion, history, art, hills & food. Footprint Focus provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating & entertainment to ensure that your trip

Includes:: the best of this truly unspoilt region of Italy. Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & around Perugia, Assisi & Southern Umbria. Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep & play.

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities, from stunning basilicas to lively cafes. Detailed maps for Perugia, Assisi & Southern Umbria. Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, Footprint Focus Perugia, Assisi & Southern Umbria provides concise & comprehensive coverage of one of Italy`s most fascinating regions. The content of the Footprint Focus Perugia, Assisi & Southern Umbria guide has been extracted from Footprint`s Umbria & Marche Full-Colour Guide.



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