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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    there is much luggage the cost would be little more than by train. The only through train between the French and the Italian Riviera (except the Calais-Med. express, and the new (Feb. 1904) Hmited express (7.25 p.m.) from Paris, see San Remo) is -the Vienna-Riviera express (see trains de luxe services above). Extra fare, Cannes to San Remo, 5s. i,d. By the limited express from Paris a seat can be reserved in advance for 2s. dd. Bordighera.—^'^'-) miles. Time, 30^ hours (28 hours by Calais-Med. express). Fares ; first-class, £j i8s. $d.; second- class, 9s. 6d.; return, £12 lis. ^d. and £g 2s. 6d.; via Dieppe, /^y is. ^d. and £^ 17s. gd. No return fares in operation. Ospedaletti.—989 miles. For fares see San Remo, there being practically no difference. San Remo.—miles. Time, 30^ hours (28 by Calais- Med. express). Fares: first-class, ^7 19s. bd.\ second-class, ;,^5 9s. dd.; return, £12 lis. ^d. and £g 2s. ()d.; via Dieppe and Marseilles, £] 2s. $d. and £4. l8s. jd. No return fares booked. Fia Dieppe, Turin, and Savona no through booking. The Calais-Mediterranean (rain de luxe (which for one season ran to San Remo) now stops short at Ventimille ; and San Remo is not reached till 2.7 p.m. Travellers via Turin are advised to break the journey at that city, spending the night there, and going on by 9.25 next morning, reaching San Remo at 4.55 p.m. The Savona line is remarkably picturesque and worth travelling through in the daytime. By this route London is left at 11 a.m., Paris 10.25 p.m-, and Turin is reached at 2.26 p.m. Sleeping car on this train from Paris. Sleeping car supplement, Paris to Turin, 3s. 2d. The fares on Italian railway tickets do not always correspond with the fares actually charged, for there is an extra charge of 10 per cent, on express fares. Alassio.—1,010 miles. (i) Via Calais, Paris, the Mont Cenis, Turin, and Savona. Fares: first-class, ;i^7 lis. ic/.;second- class, ;;^5 4s. 3(/.; return, £12 12s. 40'. and £g 2s. 6d.; via