Cycling France

[epowerzomb]

As a a novice to all this I was wondering if anyone can tell me where I can find a suitable map for a short trip St. Malo La rochelle for this summer.

[Fred A-M]

Would suggest that you buy the Michelin Local Series, numbers 309,316,324 for the purposes of your trip.  If you try to cover it using just one map, the chances are that it will be much less detailed and that you will need to resort to busier roads for much of the trip, making your cycling experience much less pleasurable.  You should be able to get these from any large book shop or alternatively order them from a map specialist such as Stanfords.

[epowerzomb]

Sounds good thnaks

[Fred A-M]

No probs.  Michelin maps are useful in one other respect: they mark pictureseque routes in green, sometimes a bit erroneously in my opinion but where there's a concentration of "green" routes, its usually a fairly accurate denotation of an area of some degree of natural beauty: these might be a useful guide to planning your itinerary.

[Tom]

Yup Stanfords in Covent Garden is excellent - I've decided on routes just by browsing in there.
www.stanfords.co.uk        Lonely Planet do a Cycle Tours in France guide which is good too - though sounds like you know where you're going already.
By the way, look out for the free 68 page Tour guide we're giving away with the Guardian this Monday (2nd)
,Tom

[Fred A-M]

I can vouch for the Lonely Planet guide too - a very good guide though in need of updating as the prices are all still in francs!  Cicerone also do excellent guides of Spain and France.