Good French maps with an INDEX?
 

Can you recommend a good regional French map covering the Dordogne? I need a map that has an index.

I like the Michelin orange maps of sections of Italy. But the red and yellow Michelin French maps that I have seen do not have any index, so I can find things only if I already know where they are. (And anyway I don't have one for the Dordogne.)

The friend I'll be traveling with has a heavy book version of the maps, so we won't be desperate for maps on the road. However, I want my own map(s) to use at home while planning the trip, and I definitely want one with an index.

Can anyone recommend a good one that's available online? I've already checked the local book stores without success.

Do the newer Michelin French maps have an index? Is there a difference according to the color series?

Michelin 329.

It always struck me as bizarre that the Michelin maps don't have an index of towns.

But they ARE keyed by the Michelin guides. For example, I'm looking at the English version of the Michelin "green" guide to the Dordogne. Looking up the town "Beynac-et-Cazenac", right under the name of the town, it says, "Michelin map 75 fold 17 or 235 fold 6". So you can look up a town alphabetically in the green guide, and then find it on the map.

I've also got a Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas of France with a full index, but it's pretty hefty (15.75 inches high, 11.5 inches wide).

- Larry

The yellow Michelin maps we pick up in France have an index, but they do not list every small village. The Tourist and Motoring Atlas is the best guide to keep at home for planning your next trip. Once you've located the village you're looking for, you can then easily find it on one of the folding maps that you can take with you.

I sent away for map #329, along with a few other Michelin maps that DO have an index. Cigalechanta gave me a really good mail order source: http://www.globecorner.com/welcome.html I'm considering also getting the book or maps.

cmt
You might also want to try the online version of the Michelin maps when planning your trip, this is at:
www.viamichelin.com
It has really nice features like planning routes (with stages inbetween) and also (if you register) you can save all your routes and maps for later reference.

Topping for Alfiesquestion re a source for maps with an index, which you can order before you leave home.

I just posted here http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34506161 about the maps. I got #337 (Corrèze and Dordogne) in the deep yellow "local" map series with index.

The Michelin France Motorist and Touring Atlas now comes in two sizes. We've always used the large one in the past, but were delighted to discover the new smaller one.

It's still hefty, about 9 X 12, but fits easily in a backpack.

It does have an complete index and separate maps of 75 different towns.
((@))

Last summer, we used the large yellow Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas to drive from Paris to the Dordogne. And we drove all around the southeastern Dordogne using that map. It seemed heavy to take, but I did and never regreted it. The index and the detail were wonderful. I bought it at Border's Books.