Maps and Pictures - European Travel Maps and Photo Tours
By James Martin, About.com Guide to Europe Travel
Use our maps to help plan your European trip. Take a photo tour of places you might want to visit in Europe or enjoy our pictures for your armchair travels.
- Pictures of Top European Cities
- Maps of Europe
- Region Maps
- European Regions - Maps of Recommended Regions
- Interesting Archaeological Sites You've Probably Never Heard Of
Pictures of Top European Cities
Here you'll find pictures and photo tours of Europe's top cities including Paris, London, Rome,
Maps of Europe
Here you'll find maps of Europe including European distances and transportation maps.
Region Maps
Many of Europe's countries are divided into regions. Italy, for example, has 20 regions including the one you hear most about, Tuscany.
Why look at regional maps? Each region offers its own cuisine and sometimes its own architectural details. Many are based on ancient kingdoms or duchies, and the language, food, and customs sometimes reflect old alliances.
Some regions are known for different tourist activities. You'll go to the Dordogne region of France, for example, to see the famous painted caves like Lascaux.
European Regions - Maps of Recommended Regions
Here are the places I prefer. The list has places which are high on the "traditional lifestyle" list, as well as some which are on everyone's best list.
Tuscany, Bavaria and Andalucia make the "must see" versions of everyone's list. They're compelling places loaded with things to see. They have good public transportation systems, and are loaded with tourists in the Summer.
Our Bavaria map points out the spiritual touchstones of Pope Benedict XVI from Bavaria.
If you're a lover of traditional societies and have a car, the Alentejo, Asturias or Dordogne may fit the bill.
- Alentejo Region of Portugal
- Andalucia Map - Southern Spain
- Asturias and Cantabria Coasts - Northern Spain
- Bavaria, Germany
- Campania, Italy
- Loire Valley Map - Chateau Country in France
- The Dordogne Region, France
- Tuscany, Northern Italy
Interesting Archaeological Sites You've Probably Never Heard Of
The ancient Romans, Greeks, Celts and Etruscans built to last. So there's lots of interesting remains to see in Europe, from the impressive Roman way station built halfway between Rome and the coast called Alba Fucens, a Greco-Roman Site on the Costa Brava called Empuries, a Roman - Celtic settlement called Numantia, which figures big-time in the Roman Conquest of Spain, to Sao Cucufate, a huge Roman farm in Portugal's Alentejo region, reused in medieval times.
