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Road Distances (KM)

Bordeaux 184
Brest 811 623
Caen 764 568 376
Cahors 307 218 788 661
Calais 164 876 710 339875
Chambéry 860 651 120 800 523 834
Cherbourg 835 647 399 124 743 461 923
Clermont-Ferrand 564 358 805 566269 717 295 689
Dijon 807 619 867 548 378 572 273 671279
Grenoble 827 657 1126 806 501 863 56 929300 302
Lille 997 809 725 353 808 112 767 476 650 505 798
Lyon 831 528 1018 698439 755 103 820 171 194 110 687
Marseille 700 651 1271 1010521 1067 344 1132 477 506 273 999314 France Driving guiDe ROADS & CONDITIONS
Nantes 513 326 298 292491 593 780 317 462 656 787 609 618 975
Nice 858 810 1429 1168 679 1225 410 1291 636 664 337 1157 473 190 1131
Paris 771 583 596 232 582 289 565 355424 313 571 222 462 775 384 932
Perpignan 499 451 1070 998320 1149 478 1094 441 640 445 1081 448 319 773 476 857
Strasbourg 1254 1066 1079 730 847 621 496 853 584 335 551 522488 803 867 804 490 935
Toulouse 300 247 866 865 116 991 565 890 890 727 533 923536 407 568 564699 205 1022
Tours 536 348 490 246 413 531 611 369369 418 618 463 449 795 197 952238 795 721 593

Bayonne Bordeaux Brest Caen Cahors Calais Chambéry Cherbourg Clermont-Ferrand Dijon Grenoble Lille Lyon Marseille Nantes Nice Paris Perpignan Strasbourg Toulouse

tive routes. Look for both at newsagents, Autoroutes (highway names beginning with
bookshops, airports, supermarkets, tour- A) Multilane divided highways, usually (except
ist offices and service stations along the near Calais and Lille) with tolls (péages).
autoroute. Generously outfitted with rest stops.
Institut Géographique National (IGN; Routes Nationales (N, RN) National high-
www.ign.fr) Publishes regional fold-out maps ways. Some sections have divider strips.
as well as an all-France volume, France –
Routes, Autoroutes. Routes Départementales (D) Local
highways and roads.
Michelin (www.michelin-boutique.com)
Sells excellent, tear-proof yellow-orange Routes Communales (C, V) Minor rural
1:200,000-scale regional maps tailor-made for roads.
cross-country driving, with precise coverage of
smaller back roads. The latter two categories, while slower,
offer some of France’s most enjoyable
driving experiences.
Motorcyclists will find France great for
ROADS & CONDITIONS touring, with high-quality roads and stun-
France has one of Europe’s densest high- ning scenery. Just make sure your wet-
weather gear is up to scratch.
way networks. There are four types of Note that high mountain passes, es-
intercity roads:
pecially in the Alps, may be closed from
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