Touring Club Italiano, Italy's leading cartographic and travel publisher, produces excellent maps and atlases for areas throughout Italy. The maps are precise, reliable and easy to read. Subtle but effective relief shading shows the terrain and, with gradient marks, indicate steep roads. Tourist information includes scenic routes, national and regional parks, places worth visiting, etc. In Italian with multilingual keys, including English.

TCI's maps are available in atlas as well as map form.  The atlas form is available as a single atlas covering the whole country at a scale of 1:350K and in three sectional atlases covering the north, central and southern parts of Italy at a scale of 1:200K, the same scale as the regional maps.

covers the northern part of Italy and extends south to and includes Rome

Southern and Central Italy Map

covers the southern part of Italy and extends north to and includes Rome, as well as Sicily and Sardinia

These maps are published on very light but durable, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper, with an extensive index and a distance table on the reverse of each title.

Italy's road network is presented in great detail, from motorways to dirt tracks navigable only with difficulty. Minor roads are very clear and easy to read, showing the twists and turns across the mountainous terrain. Steep roads are annotated with three levels of gradient markings. Scenic routes are highlighted. Motorways have the usual features such as toll barriers, services, etc.

Railway network shows stations and level crossings and, where appropriate, ferry routes are marked. Towns and villages of particular interest are highlighted, with symbols indicating various monuments, castes, churches, etc. In mountainous areas refuges, cable car lines, chair lifts, etc. are marked. The maps have no geographical co-ordinates.

The maps have subtle but very effective relief shading plus spot heights to present the topography. Names of mountain ranges, valleys, peaks, etc. are shown and national parks and other protected areas are prominently highlighted.

Map legend includes English.