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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    (c) Vitt Calais, Laon, St. Golliard, Bologna, attd Florence.— Longer and slightly more expensive, but more interesting than the Genoa route. Fare: first-class, i i6s.; second-class, £8 5s. ()d. As far as Florence the route has been described (Florence, Route No. i). Leaves Florence (after a short stay), at 7 a.m., and Naples is reached in about twelve hours. {d) Via Dover, Ostetid, Basle, Si. Gothard, Bologna, and Florence (B.S.R.).—Fares: first-class, ^10 lis. 5^.; second- class, £] 14s. id. By the afternoon (1.30) train from Victoria for Milan (reached at 10.23 P-m- the next day) the route is the same as (c). Up to Milan see Fj.orence, Route No. 3. By the morning service from London (Charing Cross, 10 a.m.), the route is by Genoa, and Naples is reached at 1.36 in the afternoon of the second day. Train de Luxe Service.—Paris-Rome-Naples express (see Florence). Leave Charing Cross at 9 p.m. and arrive at Naples at 11.25 °n the evening of the second day. Supple- ment £2 17s. 6d. There is also a sleeping car (supplement £2 os. id.) from Paris to Rome, in connection with the 2.20 p.m. express from Charing Cross, by which Naples is reached at 1.36 p.m., i.e. in less than 48 hours from London. This is the most rapid service to Naples—quicker even than the tri-weekly train de luxe. But the connection at Paris (arr. Gare du Nord 9.15 p.m., and leave Gare de Lyon 10.25 P-m-) is not guaranteed. For details about Customs examinations, see Florence Routes. A visitor who intends slaying at Naples all the winter will save considerably by sending bulky luggage by sea: a whole ton of baggage can be sent from London or Liverpool, and de- livered at owner's residence in Naples for about 25 to 30 fr. Time in transit would be about three weeks. Or it can be sent through Messrs. Henry Johnson & Son or Messrs. Pitt & Scott, by grande vitesse at about half excess luggage rates. Transit about ten days. Sea Routes (see also Cairo Routes).—Naples is in direct communication with London, Southampton, and Plymouth b\- sea. From London there is the fortnightly service of the Orient