Best driving map for Italy
 

Will be renting a car and driving from Florence to Amalfi coast and then back to Rome--which is the one best map to get that will do it all ???

Michelin's "Tourist and Motoring Atlas". Spiral bound 9" x 12" book. 1:300,000.

You actually need 2 maps--or the Atlas mentioned above. The Michelin #563 will take you from Tuscany to south of Rome, but you will need the #564 for below that. Both are 400K scale.

You will also need road maps (not walking maps) of each of the cities you will be driving into. Many/most city streets are one way - and a walking map won;t cut it. Suggest you download the necessary pages before you leave from mappy.com or viamichelin.com.

Hi

Is a GPS out of the question? ;-)

Regards
Gard
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Hi Bo,

Are you sure?

If you are going in season, it will be difficult to find parking on the AC and the Coast road gets very crowded and jammed up.

If you are staying in Positano or Amalfi, you can take the train from Florence to Salerno and the ferry to your AC town. Reverse for getting to Rome.

However, I think that the Touring Club Italiano maps are superior to the Michelin maps for Italy.

((I))

I like maps that come in book form - mine is now about 10 years old and still in good shape. I've used the various Touring Club maps but found that they tend to tear apart at the folds. Also, I think they offer TOO MUCH detail, making them sometimes difficult to read while driving.

We spent a week on the Amalfi Coast and did not regret having our rental car.

BTW, the "Tourist and Motoring Atlas" has city maps with the one way streets designated...