aussie_10

We have 2 weeks in Provence staying near Buoux. We hope to do a lot of touring around the Luberon and beyond and will be drving to the Dordogne for another week.
I have been looking for good maps but they are very hard to find in Australia.
Is it better to wait until we get to Paris and purchase maps or should I try to buy them from overseas beforehand.
Recommendations appreciated

flanneruk

I can't see the point of buying French road maps outside France - and my usual travel bookshop is probably the world's best map store.

Use Google for very general driving strategies before you leave, then just stop at the first hypermarket you pass. Your average Carrefour has a better range of French road maps, atlases and green Michelins than all the bookshops in London and Oxford put together. All at Carrefour prices.

Don't want to be nationalistic about this - but I doubt Moonie Ponds has anything quite in Stanford's league.

aussie_10

Do they have Carrefour (had to google it) in Paris. We are catching the train to Avignon and then picking up cars from there.

By the way have you been to Moonie Ponds?

FrankS

The French Tourism board will mail you a map , or you can try your local book stores. Worst case scenerio print off your plans here

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...r/Itineraires?

flanneruk

1. To get to the autoroute fronm any railway station, you pass a mall complex next to the echangeur which is always anchored by a Carrefour, Casino or Leclerc.

2. Only on my way to Essendon where we used to have a shop.

ozgirl

Hi aussie_10. In the interest of being super prepared, (and trying to follow Stu Dudley's itinerary before we left Australia!) I actually found the RAA (state equivalent for you?) had quite a good range of the Michelin maps or would order specific ones in for me. Failing that, I have often ordered things (books included) from Amazon.com. Even with delivery charges, a decent order (ie. more than one map) is still cheaper than my local Dymocks or Borders for this type of thing.
Having said that, these maps are readily available in France in our experience, but I like to have them at home and start to experience the trip before we go!

Michael

If spending a few days in Paris, check out the FNAC for maps.

ira

hi a10

>We have 2 weeks in Provence staying near Buoux. We hope to do a lot of touring around the Luberon and beyond and will be drving to the Dordogne for another week.<

Try http://www.languagequest.com/traveler/index.php for
No. 329 Correze, Dordogne 1:1.75
No. 340 Bouches-du-Rhone, Var 1:1.75
No. 526 Languedoc-Rousillon 1:2.0
No. 527 Privence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

KayF

It's MoonEe Ponds.

Kay

aussie_10

Thank you all
Yes ozgirl I like to have them at home too to start the experience. Our local is NRMA (NSW) we are members so I will try there too.
Ira thank you for the map numbers, I have read your many France posts.
Michael yes we will check out the FNAC whilst in Paris
Kay you are right it is Moonee Ponds (oops I'm from NSW)