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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    day. Time 41^ hours. Fare, 12s. 4<t'., and /l 17s. llof. supplement. In comparing the merits of these routes, those »m St. Gothard are undoubtedly the most interesting, and it is advisable to leave London by the morning or afternoon express so as to pass through the magnificent scenery by daylight. Travellers are recommended to break their journey at Bologna, unless time is an object. From this town the extremely interesting •city of Ravenna, with its wealth of Byzantine architecture, can be easily visited. The journej' between Bologna and Florence over the Apennines should be made, if possible, in daylight, as it is a highly interesting and picturesque route. For this reason alone it is worth breaking the journey at Bologna if travelling by the train which would reach Florence in the early morning, to avoid losing all the scenery. Bologna has excellent hotel accommodation. There is the new and up-to-date Hotel San Marco, which has been recom- mended. (Acc. 80; B. 60 c.; L. 2 fr. ; D. 4 fr.; Lts. 25 c. ; R. from 2 fr.; P. from 7 fr.; E.L.) There are also the old- established Brun {Pension from lO fr.), Italic and Pellegrino. Florence can also be reached by sea via Genoa bj' the North German Lloyd steamers (see Cairo Routes). Part IV.-South Italy. Naples.—Naples by rail is just over two daj-s from London (by the new 2.20 p.m. express from Charing Cross, 47^ hours, and by the tri-weekly Rome express, 45 hours). (rt) The best and quickest route is via Calais, Pan's, Twin, Genoa, and Rome. Leave Victoria 11 a.m. (or Charing Cross 2.20 p.m.) and reach Naples on the afternoon of the second day at 1.36. Fares: first-class, £11 5s. Srf. ; second-clasg, £] 15s. id. The charge for a berth in the sleeping car from Paris to Rome is £2 Os. id. {b) Via Calais, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and Rome (see Florence Routes).—A longer and more expensive route. Fare : first-class will amount to about £12 2s. (no through booking by the S.E.C.). By travelling as far as Paris by the L.B.S.C. the fare is about less.