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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    Dieppe no through booking. (2) There is also the alter- native route vt'd Marseilles. By Calais the fare is £S 6s. zd. first, and ^5 13s. \od. second. (Return, ^^13 4s. M. and £<i IIS. 3rf.) By Dieppe there is no through booking. Part III—The Levantine Riviera and Florence. I. The Levantine Riviera.—The journey to the principal winter stations on this coast by the shortest and most direct route—viz., via Calais, MontCenis, and Genoa, (which a glance at the map will show is almost as direct as the crow flies from London)—takes from thirty-three to thirty-five hours. For hours as far as Genoa see Florence Routes. The quickest train is the 10.25 P-ni- from Paris (leave Victoria li a.m., or Charing Cross 2.20 p.m., risking the connection at Paris— sleeping car from Paris, £l lis. Id.), reachingNervi at 7.35 p.m., Rapallo 8.5 p.m., Sestri Levante 8.32 p.m., Levanto 9.10 p.m., and Spezia 9-36 p.m. the next evening. Fares from London : Sestri Levante first-class, £] 13s. ()d.; second-class,^5 5s. \od.\ to Spezia, first-class, i8s. 8(/.; second-class, £^ gs. ^d. Via Dieppe : to Nervi £6 lis. id. first, iis.6d. second. All the expresses (except the Paris-Rome express) stop at Nervi, Chiavari, Levanto, and Spezia, and one or two at Rapallo and Sestri Levante. For Paris-Rome tri-weekly fmt'n de luxe (extra charge plus first-class fare to Genoa £1 gs. 2d.'), see Florence Routes. Necessary to change at Genoa (reached at 7 p.m.) into the 7.49 slow train. The scenery after Genoa is very fine, and to enjoy it the best train to take is the 2 p.m. train from Paris, reaching Genoa at about noon next day. Since 1894, when the Parma-Spezia line was completed, an alternative route is offered across the Apennines, through remarkably fine scenery. This route is, however, only recommended to hardy travellers, and vvould involve several changes. Florence.—There are many routes to Florence, but the most direct may be narrowed down to six : three by the St. Gothard and three by the Mt. Cenis.