No comments about Switzerland Atlas.

No comments about Michelin Map No. 735 Italy Switzerland.

1 comments about Michelin Map No. 552 Southeastern Switzerland : Geneva (Geneve) Bern Andermatt (Switzerland, Suisse).

1. The English translation of the title is incorrect. This is a map of SouthWESTERN Switzerland (ie. West not East). You can confirm this for yourself by looking at the larger version of the image. The map covers Geneve, Sion, Valais, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Bern, and others.

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1 comments about Michelin Germany: Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic: Tourist And Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas : Germany, Austria, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic (Spiral)).

1. Terrific compilation of every village, hamlet, point-of-interest, and topographical feature, just about! Easy to "navigate" the maps, as Michelin has left nothing-to-chance. Whether motoring, or traveling by train, this guide will enlighten, add much to any journey, and answer the age-old question, "Are we there, yet?"

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4 comments about Streetwise Zurich Map - Laminated City Street Map of Zurich, Switzerland - with integrated metro map featuring tram, bus, train, and cable car lines and stations.

1. I happen to like city maps, and tend to feel a bit lost if I don't have a city map riding in my backpack. However, having recently returned from Switzerland, I found that all 6 of the Swiss cities I traveled to, had free city maps "stadtplans" both at the hotels I was staying at and more importantly at the tourist information offices. Fortunately most of these tourist information offices are located inside the main train stations, so if you are planning on traveling Switzerland by rail and arriving in towns during normal business hours, you'll be able to get free stadtplans. I ended up folding my free paper maps in my back pocket and wandering around (in fact, in Zurich and Lausanne I ended up wandering off the maps).
   
   That said, the Streetwise map was still instrumental in my pre-trip planning phase. I used the map to locate the potential hotels I was booking for myself on-line. The map did allow me to get a good feel for how close to the train station and main tourist sites the various hotels were, and most importantly, if I couldn't find an address on the map, I chose to not book that hotel. While I could have also used an on-line service to view the maps, I've found that sometimes US based maps make mistakes in smaller European cities.
   
   Zurich is a small enough city, that you honestly will not need a city map. Furthermore, I was also able to get excellent directions from locals in a mixture of English / German. But I'm still happy I have the map, as I now pull out the map laminated map and use it to point out where my Zurich adventures took me to my family and friends. It makes a nice addition to my Lonely Planet Frankfurt and Paris maps. It is small, sturdy, and water proof. For my next vacation, I'll look for more Streetwise city maps.



2. Terrific pocket map. Ordered same for all of the major cities we visited in Europe.



3. Map is very useful for the immediate downtown section of the city. It doesn't show the business areas to the north of the downtown, We found it usewful.



4. The Streetwise Zurich map folds accordian style, which makes it much easier to pull out and look at with one hand. It's waterproof and creaseproof too. This is my third Streetwise map and I don't think it will be the last one I buy.

3 comments about Michelin Germany: Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic: Tourist and Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas : Germany, Austria, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic (Spiral)).

1. The maps are excellent. The only problem I have is that I was only interested in Switzerland. Therefore, I would have prefered being given the choice of only the country of my interest. I like the spiral format which allows it to lie flat and easily open 360 degrees.



2. According to Rick Stevens, tourist atlas needs be 1/300,000 or larger scale in order to be useful as driving guide on the road. This atlas has the right scale. I am glad I brought this atlas with me as a backup to my GPS navigator during my 2-week European driving trip in June 2008.
   I had a GPS Navigator (Tomtom GO 720), which worked perfectly for the majority of the time --- I almost thought the traditional atlas was no longer needed. But in two incidence, this traditional atlas proved its value.
   For the first instance, GPS suggested me to drive from Lauterbrunnen to Lugano in Switzerland via the scenic Sustenstrasse Pass. I followed the GPS for about 2 hours, then found out the Pass was closed midway. I had to back-track and rely on the atlas to reroute.
   For the second instance, I was on the motorway from Salzburg to Muchen. An accident occurred (probably a mile ahead) on the motorway. After all traffic stalled on the motorway for one hour, I decided to leave the motorway. This atlas was indispensible in guiding me step-by-step through the scenic country roads to my destination. The paper and printing of the atlas are in very good quality too. It's a worthwhile investment.



3. This atlas is a great value at $16.32, but it suffers from very bad design. Here are the design failures I've experienced:
   
   * This is actually five separate atlases jammed together into one book. Each of the five has its own scale, its own index, and--unfathomably--it's own LEGEND. The legend for Germany is different from the legend for Belgium. There are more than SIXTEEN PAGES of legends--eleven at the front, five scattered through the indexes, plus "special symbols" identified on pages XXII and XXIII.
   
   * The only broad-scale map showing all of the atlas's area doesn't show a single road. There is no all-encompassing map connecting the roads across the five independent maps. If you're driving from one country to another, you have to flip back and forth to get any sense of the shortest route.
   
   * There are no scales on individual pages (which is especially important as each country has its own scale). There's no way to see at a glance from the detailed page that one centimeter is equivalent to 3 kilometers in Germany or 4 kilometers in Switzerland. To make up for this, a great many road segments have a number indicating the distance in kilometers from one intersection to the next. The map is cluttered with thousands of small numbers (and perhaps crowded out the names and numbers to identify the roads).
   
   * There's a bizarre mish-mash of conflicting color codes. Maps of Germany have green page numbers, but legends written in German are orange. Blue designates both the English language and maps of the Netherlands.
   
   * Practically none of the secondary roads are labeled. Aside from freeways, the vast majority of the roads in the book don't have any identifying name or number!
   
   * Borders are very subtle compared to American maps. State and provincial borders are almost identical to national borders.
   
   * Consecutive map pages do not line up. If you drive off the right side of one page, you usually appear on the left side of the next page--but often several inches up or down.
   
   * The close-up maps of urban centers are inexplicably scattered throughout the index. There is no indication on the main map pages of which cities have close-up maps; you just have to constantly leaf through the index just to see whether they've created a more detailed map or not.
   
   * Many of the close-up urban maps cross the coil binding at the center of the book, even when the map itself is narrower than one page
   
   Given these shortcomings, this atlas isn't nearly as usable as the maps you get for free at American welcome centers and airports, and nowhere near as good as a typical American atlas. It takes a while to read and get used to this cumbersome presentation. You need to learn two conflicting color codes, how to find which of the legends applies to a given page, and you will be left completely uninformed about the identify of most roads. Plan ahead or get a GPS--do not get in a car with this atlas expecting to simply find your way!

3 comments about Michelin Map Switzerland/Suisse (Michelin).

1. The map arrived quickly, and in the very good condition it had been marketed as. Smooth transaction.



2. arrived in a timely way. The map is all that I hoped it would be. Easy to read yet with detail.



3. The map was just what we need and the service was quick. A great price too!

5 comments about Rick Steves' Germany, Austria, and Switzerland Map: Including Berlin, Munich, Salzburg and Vienna City (Rick Steves).

1. Before I moved to Germany from the States I received this book from a friend of my mother's who had spent a few years attending university in Spain and said that Rick Steve's books were what everyone at the university used. Since moving to Germany this book has been great. I carry it around with me whenever we travel because it has so much valuable information.
   
   Some of the other reviews have been extremely negative, but as someone who uses the book on a regular basis and actually lives in the country, I know that this book is great. It is less expensive than others and it gives great suggestions for places to stay. He does spend more time with Berlin and Munich, but considering these are two of the largest cities that have long histories, it only makes sense. The hotel suggestions are great, the last time we were in Berlin we opted to choose our own place that was less expensive. It was neat with all the Bears around (it was called the Bearliner), but it smelled. So, if you plan on travelling to Germany I really suggest getting this book.



2. This was the very first travel book - my mother in law bought it for me right after we were stationed in Germany 6 years ago. I'm still using the 2001 version (yes, I know that's bad!) but it's gotten me all over! The simplified maps and the hotel recommendations have kept my trips easy and fun.
   --Vicki Landes, author of "Europe For The Senses - A Photographic Journal"



3. First and foremost, to clarify, this product that you are supposedly reading reviews for is Rick Steves' MAP of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It appears that the other reviews are of Rick Steves' guidebooks! Again, this product is NOT one of Rick Steves' famous guidebooks (which I would always rate as 5 stars, incidentally!). This map is very basic; don't count on using it to find your way around a country or city. Only the major cities and towns are marked. Likewise, in the city maps of Berlin, Munich, Salzburg and Vienna, only the major thoroughfares are mapped. You should use this map only as a reference to his guidebook of the region to plan your trip. You will want to get a 'real' map that's much more detailed, e.g. Michelin, when you arrive. Best part of this map? The cool water resistant paper on which it is printed. Especially if you have small children who are apt to spill liquid, as mine did on Day One upon receiving it from Amazon!



4. I got this thinking it would get me started on planning my trip to Europe. I had a list of things I wanted to see. When I got the map I was so happy to see that all the tourist attractions were ALREADY MARKED on the map! They were clearly labeled and easy to locate and read. Great product...well worth the money!



5. This is a great high-level roadmap of Germany, but it lacks the detail needed to really explore the countryside. If you are driving through Germany like we did, buy an atlas that provides more route detail. There are so many country lanes in Germany that even a detail book sometimes misses the many villages you'll encounter along the way. If you're taking the train, this map works fine. If you're driving, look at something else.