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Spain: Catalonia Topographic Atlas
Topographic Atlas of Catalonia at 1:50,000 in a 262-page, A3, hardback format from the Institut Cartogrร fic de Catalunya, the region’s official survey organization with beautiful elegant cartography and extensive index. The atlas, with its map legend and all other explanatory text in Catalan only (no Spanish), provides an excellent picture of the region’s topography with
Pla de la Llitera – Riu de Farfanya
Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:25,000 from the Institut Cartogrร fic i Geolรฒgic de Catalunya, an attractive alternative to Spain’s national topographic survey at this scale, offering a much larger area per sheet with extensive tourist information and vivid presentation of vegetation and land use.These large, detailed maps have contours at 10m intervals enhanced by hill
Flix – Riba-roja d`Ebre
Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:25,000 from the Institut Cartogrร fic i Geolรฒgic de Catalunya, an attractive alternative to Spain’s national topographic survey at this scale, offering a much larger area per sheet with extensive tourist information and vivid presentation of vegetation and land use.These large, detailed maps have contours at 10m intervals enhanced by hill
Figueres – Aiguamolls dels Empordร Natural Park
Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:25,000 from the Institut Cartogrร fic i Geolรฒgic de Catalunya, an attractive alternative to Spain’s national topographic survey at this scale, offering a much larger area per sheet with extensive tourist information and vivid presentation of vegetation and land use.These large, detailed maps have contours at 10m intervals enhanced by hill
Barcelona “Maps to Go” Street Plan
Barcelona with its outer districts on a very clear street plan at 1:12,000 from Telstar with an enlargement of its Old Town area, plus extensive tourist information in English. The city’s main sights, from the waterfront to Camp Nou and beyond it to the Sagrat Cor Church are highlighted by small drawings.Metro stations and tram
Terres de l`Ebre
Terres de l`Ebre map at 1:100,000 in the topographic survey of Catalonia published by the Institut Cartogrร fic de Catalunya, with very detailed coverage of a large area and an excellent representation of the region’s topography. Maps in this series have relief presented by contours at 40m intervals, enhanced by additional hill-shading and spot heights; additional
Barcelona Centre
Central Barcelona on a very clear, indexed street plan at 1:6,250 from Telstar. Main sights are highlighted by small drawings and have brief English language descriptions on the reverse. Coverage extends from the port area across the Old Town to Travessera de Grร cia and includes the Sagrada Famรญlia church. The plan clearly shows metro stations,
Pla de Lleida
Pla de Lleida map at 1:100,000 in the topographic survey of Catalonia published by the Institut Cartogrร fic de Catalunya, with very detailed coverage of a large area and an excellent representation of the region’s topography. Maps in this series have relief presented by contours at 40m intervals, enhanced by additional hill-shading and spot heights; additional
Bages ICGC 07
Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:50,000 from the Institut Cartogrร fic de Catalunya, with vivid presentation of the terrain and an overprint for long-distance GR hiking trails. The series provides an excellent alternative to the much smaller sheets in the civilian or military surveys produced for the whole of Spain. The Catalan 50K series has not
Lloret de Mar
Street plan of the popular Costa Brava resort of Lloret del Mar at 1:7,500 from Telstar with on the reverse a road map of the region. The plan indicates main traffic routes across the town and shows locations various facilities such as hotels, car parks, taxi ranks, petrol stations, etc. The index is next to
Pirineu Occidental
Pirineu Occidental, the western part of the Catalan Pyrenees, at 1:100,000 in the topographic survey of Catalonia published by the Institut Cartogrร fic de Catalunya, with very detailed coverage of a large area and an excellent representation of the region’s topography.Maps in this series have relief presented by contours at 40m intervals, enhanced by additional hill-shading
Barcelona: Greater Barcenona Telstar Street Atlas
Greater Barcelona area on a handy size, 2cm thick street atlas from the locally-based publishers Telstar Distrimapas, with streets annotated with selected house numbers and the direction of traffic, an extensive index showing street names with their postcodes, etc. Coverage includes L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Cornellร de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat
Madrid Essential Telstar Map
Central districts of Madrid on a clear, indexed street plan from Telstar Distrimapas, with a diagram of the metro/light rail network, plus English language descriptions of the city’s 32 main sights. Coverage extends from Real’s Santiago Bernabรฉu stadium in the north to in the south Atlรฉtico’s Estadio Vincente Calderรณn and beyond the Atocha railway station;
Madrid Postcodes Telstar Map
Madrid with its outer districts on a large, indexed map at 1:12,000 from Telstar Distrimapas showing postal districts in different colours, plus an enlargement of the city centre, and diagrams of the metro/light rail and commuter trains networks.Postal districts are in different colours and shown their 5-digit number (28xxx). The map shows metro and railway
Lรฉrida/Lleida
Lรฉrida/Lleida on an indexed street plan at 1:8,000 from Telstar Distrimapas, Spain’s leading publisher of city maps, with an enlargement of the city centre highlighting three sightseeing tours with English language descriptions.On one side is an indexed street plan of the city with main public buildings and places interest clearly named. Insets extend coverage to
Bilbao / Bilbo
Bilbao/Bilbo on an indexed street plan at 1:9.500 from Telstar Distrimapas, Spain’s leading publisher of city maps, with an enlargement for the city centre, plus a metro diagram and a road map of the Bizkaya.On one side is an indexed street plan of the city highlighting principal traffic arteries and locations of petrol stations, car
Ibiza – Formentera
Ibiza and Formentera on an indexed road map at 1:92,500 from Telstar with on the reverse clear, indexed street plans of Ibiza’s main tourist destinations: Eivissa with coverage extending along the coast to Platja d’en Bossa and the Talamanca Bay ‘“ plus an enlargement of Eivissa’s Old Town, also Santa Eularia des Riu, the Bay
Tarragona
Tarragona on an indexed street plan at 1:4,000 from Telstar Distrimapas, Spain’s leading publisher of city maps, with on the reverse multilingual descriptions of the city’s best sights. The plan indicates main traffic arteries, car parks and locations of petrol stations, taxi ranks, tourist information offices, etc. Important buildings are named. The index is under
Seville Central
Central Seville on a detailed street plan at 1:6,000 from Telstar Distrimapas, very clearly presenting the maze of streets and connecting passages in the city’s historic heart, all named and listed in the accompanying index. The plan provides English language descriptions of 36 main sights. Coverage extends south to the Plaza de Espaรฑa area and
