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Italy Marco Polo Map

Italy at 1:800,000 on a large, double-sided road map from Marco Polo Travel Publishing with prominent highlighting of interesting locations, 10 more detailed enlargements, plus an index booklet with 20 city maps and brief descriptions of 15 selected top sights, etc. The map divides the country north/south with a very generous overlap, showing the area between Siena and Rome on both sides.Cartography is from the renowned German publishers MairDumont. Road network includes selected minor roads, highlights scenic roads and special tourist routes, shows intermediate driving distances on main and selected local roads, and indicates motorway services, toll stations, caravan and vehicle restrictions, etc. Railway lines, ferry routes and local airports are included, as well as administrative divisions with names of the regions. Locations of interest are prominently highlighted, with separate colouring for towns or villages and for natural sites. Symbols highlight locations of campsites, youth hostels, etc. National parks and other protected areas are marked and topography is presented by relief shading with plenty of names of mountain ranges, valleys, etc. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 30’™ intervals. Multilingual map legend includes English.Enlargements show in greater detail the environs of Turin, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples and Palermo. A separate 87-page booklet attached to the map cover includes an index which also lists national parks, UNESCO World Heritage sites, airports and amusement parks. The booklet also contains brief descriptions of 15 most interesting locations prominently highlighted on the map, plus street plans of central Bari, Bologna, Bolzano, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Rome including the Vatican, Siena, Trieste, Udine, Venice and Verona, plus Valetta on Malta.A fold-out flap in the cover shows for route planning an overview of the whole area covered by the map plus the adjacent regions, prominently highlighting main places of interest, with the grid reference system in the margins making it easier to find locations on the main map. Also included are a distance/driving times table and basic driving regulations.