The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail - A Walker's guide

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• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Maps
• Updates
• Reviews

The recommended maps are IGN (Institut Géographique National, the French equivalent of the Ordnance Survey) maps at a scale of 1:25,000. These are high quality and provide considerable detail. Ten maps cover the whole of the route from Le Puy to Alès. The sheets required are, in order:

2735 E, 2736 E, 2836 O, 2737 E, 2738 E, 2738 O, 2739 OT, 2740 ET, 2740 E and 2840 O.
(E stands for est (east) and O for ouest (west).)

A much cheaper but less satisfactory alternative is to use IGN maps at 1:100,000 scale. Only two sheets are required – No. 50, Saint-Étienne/Le Puy (Le Monastier to Langogne) and No. 59, Privas/Alés (Langogne to Saint-Jean-du-Gard) – but they are far less useful than 1:25,000 maps for following an intricate crosscountry route. Some walkers, however, may find them adequate when combined with the route descriptions given in this guidebook and the waymarking. They are certainly ideal for the initial planning of the route at home.

If you wish to take some time off from walking the route to explore the Tarn gorges and the Causse Méjean near Florac, then IGN sheet 2640 OT at 1:25,000 is an essential purchase.

All of the above maps can be purchased from the specialist shops listed in Appendix 5.