| Everything you need to travel Italy and Greece is included in these highly detailed street maps. Load City Navigator Europe NT Italy & Greece directly to your device and navigate turn by turn to any address or intersection. Route to points of interest including restaurants, petrol stations, lodging, attractions and more. Coverage includes detailed maps of Italy, Vatican City State, San Marino, and Greece. Powered by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality digital map data |
|
- Contains detailed map coverage of Italy, Vatican City State, San Marino, and Greece
- Displays points of interest throughout the region ¿ restaurants, lodging, attractions, petrol stations, shopping, ATM locations and more
- Includes motorways, national and regional thoroughfares and local roads
- Gives turn-by-turn directions and includes detailed information such as turn restrictions, roundabout guidance, speed categories
- Contains traffic data for compatible devices that use traffic receivers
|
 Purchasing the map of Italy, simply priceless! |
| Review Date: August 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: egayin, |
I just returned from vacation from Italy where I rented a villa in Tuscany for two(2) weeks and my stay was fantastic. However, I must say purchasing the SD card of Italy (Greece as a bonus) and installing same in my 'garmin street pilot" was the best thing I did for that vacation. Firstly I thought installing the SD card would delete my North America map but it did not because that said map is on the hard drive of the said device and the Italy map was read direct from the card because there is a setting to choose between the two maps which for my unit is either one "Italy & Greece" or two " North America.
Secondly, what was a bit disappointing initially was I installed the card at the airport in Florence upon picking up my vehicle and it could not find the villa address and I did not know what other closer address to set on my garmin so the other family we travelled with did it the old-fashioned way and used a map to reach just off the highway and then we called the owner of the villa to guide us to the actual location. it was understandable that the GPS did not have the address because we had to travel on an unpaved road for at least 4 mins before arriving where there was no GPS map or signal for the said location. However before entering the unpaved road (where there was GPS coverage) I pressed on the arrow of the GPS, a message came up and asked if I wanted to save as a favorite, I said "yes" and stored same as "Villa" so every time I left the villa, upon my return I will simply press on favorites and then villa and presto. Fantastic!
Thirdly, my friends were really converts to GPS (because they are accustom using the old-fashioned maps) on the day we went to Siena, upon our return, it was night and this road had no street lights just reflector devices along the roadside and the journey was about one and a half hours long. That particular night the GPS map paid for itself, we did not make one incorrect turn (and trust me there were several opportunities to make incorrect turns). We arrived exhausted from the day with no additional frustration and delay from being lost and having that experience was priceless especially when you have young kids.
Bottomline, this product is a no brainer! Got to get it or you can be "penny wise and pound foolish" and be frustrated when you get lost. |
navigation in Italy
|
| Review Date: July 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Marc Baiocco, ny,ny |
| Excellent, a must for Travel in Italy. I used it extensively from Sarento To Austria. |
Absolutely essential for Italian driving
|
| Review Date: June 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Frank M. Carter, West Reading, PA United States |
We just got back from a two week vacation in Italy. We rented a car and ultimately drove about 1400 miles between Rome, Pompeii, Abruzzo/Sulmona, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Padova, Venice, and Milan. I could never have done this trip without the GPS.
CONS: only a few. When we first got to Rome the GPS (Nuvi 265WT) didn't initially pick up any satellites, especially indoors. After about 2 days and while walking outdoors it started to pick up satellites and from there it worked fine. Also, it directed me to a parking garage in Siena which ultimately led me down a one-way street going the wrong way. This created a little traffic issue and some temporary stress but ultimately we re-directed to the same garage. Lastly, our hotel near Venice was located on a pedestrian-only piazza so the GPS literally led me to where I really wasn't supposed to be, though next to the hotel where an attendant led us to a parking place.
PROS: For me the GPS saved our trip. I could never have driven to the places we went relying only on maps. My wife and I would have killed each other. I couldn't read most of the signs and many of the local Italians didn't speak English thus couldn't give us directions.
The GPS maps were very detailed and accurate and literally led me from point-to-point. It was easy to pre-load destinations (either by address or specific name) as well as parking locations. It was easy to convert the format from miles to kilometers. I even drove in Rome where the streets are small, random, and loaded with cars and scooters. I always zoomed in the GPS to provide the most detail and simply followed the purple line to my destinations.
For $70 on Amazon (similar price on Ebay) this was a minimal expense which saved our trip and made the driving a fun part of the vacation. Unless you speak fluent Italian and enjoy getting lost in a foreign country, don't drive in Italy without this. |
|
No video reviews found for this product.
