Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball.

  • Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A. (Eustace Alfred), 1858-1928.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    (3) Restaurani Car Services : — (a) Calais and Paris in connection with the 9 a.m. express from Charing Cross. (.6) Paris and Marseilles by train leaving Paris 9.20 a.m. and arriving at Marseilles 10.21 p.m. (c) Dieppe and Paris in connection with the day Channel service from Victoria. (d) Paris (Gare du Nord) and Paris (Gare de Lyon) in connection with the 11 a.m. service from Victoria. {e) Cannes and Mentone (saloon cars) leaving Cannes at IO.I2 a.m., and arriving at Mentone 11.53 Luggage Registration and Examination.—Luggage can be registered from London to the South of France and Italy by both the S.E.C. and L.B.S. By the S.E.C. it is examined by ordinary 9 a.m. service at Calais. Luggage registered by II a.m. for Hyeres, Cannes, Nice, and Mentone, at destination ; for Beaulieu at Marseilles ; and for Monte Carlo at Monaco. Luggage by the night mail (9 p.m.) from Charing Cross and Cannon Street, at Paris (Gare de Lyon). Luggage by train de luxe is examined on the train. By the L.B.S. luggage is examined at Dieppe, and for the Italian Riviera at Ventimille also. A pleasant way of reaching the Riviera is by sea to Marseilles, by a P. & O., Orient, or Bibbj' steamer, and for the Italian Riviera by a N.D.L. steamer to Genoa. For full details see Cairo Routes. Hyeres. — 880 miles from London, 25 hours by rapide (23 hours by Calais-Mediterranean express). Through carriage from Calais or Paris to Toulon only, where passengers must change for Hyeres. Best connection by 9.20 p.m. rapide from Paris, by which Hyeres is reached at 12.22 p.m. next day. Fares: first-class, £'] 2s. id.; second-class, 17s. 6,d.; return,* ;^ii 4s. 2d. and ;^8 2s. \d. ; via Dieppe, 5s. \d. and 6s. \od.; return, ^^9 i6s. ^d. and £l Is. /\d. A branch railway from St. Raphael to Hyeres was opened in 1891. It facilitates communication with Cannes and Nice, but there are only two or three through trains a day each way. * Unless otherwise stated, return tickets are available for 45 days.