Club Arnage

Another (stupid) newbie question:  

Which Michelin Map is best (giving the most detail) for the Le Mans area?  I see that there are all kinds of d/l-able maps on these threads, but given poor printing performance I thought getting a Michelin would be best.  

Thanks!

Havent taken a map yet  ;D  I tend to only ever get lost when within 2 miles of the circuit tho!

I use this map around the Le Mans area.  It's a decent scale and gives you all the back roads / cuts to the other parts of the circuit.

Available from all good map suppliers (in France anyway!)



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My god you must have good eyesight - I can see the town on that map, and a few major roads, but not a lot else  ;) ;D

I carry a strong magnifying glass  ;)

I've got the same one now. Not as good as Ordnance Survey, but pretty detailed.

We just look for the Goodyear airship when we get to town and aim for underneath it

I bought the blue map (Sur Blue Sheet Number: 1719E Le Mans) from Stamfords Map shop in Convent Garden via the phone (0207 836 1321).

It comes in really useful when navigating through the forest in the run up to the race trying to find the unique spot. Remember to watch out for the flying Merc's though.

Tony

I think this is the map I got aswell It is a very detailed street map making it very good for finding the car after teh drivers parade.

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Map - follow all the other English reg. cars when you get off the ferry, and soon you will be at Le Mans.

Unless you follow the wrong one, and then you'll have a weekend at a Keycamp campsite or you'll spend the weekend at someone’s (who wants to get away from it all) retreat.

Either way, just  set up your tent, get p***ed and you'll have the consolation that at least you can use a deceit toilet...........

There's an Idea my parents are taking their motorhome to France the same week along with about 8 others meeting on campsite somewhere. I guess each of these can have a few years worth of Le Mans stickers on the back ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

If anyone need to import michelin map and city centre maps I can send them both, with/without useful points mentioned  8)

I ordered mine from the French National Geographic Intitute on line ar www.ign.fr

Cost 7 euros plus 3.79 euros postage.  Ability to navigate the french website is useful ;)

Getting Gilles to post one is probably easier.  What a nice chap he is :)

Le Mans city centre map, with the access road to Hunaudieres , is only 4 to 5 euros (plus postage costs)

I can recommend the service offered by Stamfords, they seem to carry the blue series and the smaller scale green maps as stock. Very quick and efficient service on their web site.

Just had a look at their website.  Very good indeed.  Wish I'd known about them before ordering from France.  Ah well, it made me feel clever att the time. ;)

I bought two maps of Le Mans from Stanfords book shop in London.  The first produced by Institut Geographique National (red cover) does not go far enough north to show the motorways and cuts off half the circuit.  Before my second trip to Le Mans I found the Blay Foldex version (yellow and orange cover) which being two sided provides much better coverage and enables you to find your way from the motorways to the north and goes all the way down to Mulsanne.  Both have maps of the centre of town if you need one.  I think both cost less than £5 each.

Blay-Foldex (published by Kimmerly & Frey) for me too. Very detailed.