Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
A GPS device might be a good idea - they are so useful for finding your way in unfamiliar places, though some brands can be difficult about getting the maps for other countries, wanting to charge a lot of money even for downloading when you are in the country you want a map for, so it might pay to do some research. You would need to check battery life too - the one we have for the car only has a battery life of an hour or so.
Some tablet computer have an inbuilt GPS (ex. Samsung Galaxy Tab II) there is an app where you can use OpenStreetMap. These maps are free and downloadable. That way you can safe on the maps and on mobile download-costs. Obviously they are not perfect but If you know where you want to go write down the coordinates beforehand in case the adress is not yet on the map.
I'm not a fan of tablet computers but on a holiday they might come in handy.