Health resorts and their uses : being vacation studies in various health resorts / by J.[sic] Burney Yeo.

Date:
1882
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    little fishing and ship-building town, situated along the seashore looking south, and celebrated for the presence of some very beautiful gardens, belonging to the palaces of native noblemen, especially those of the Villa Pallavicini. It differs, no doubt, con- siderably in its climate from the resorts at the western extremity of the Riviera di Ponente; but there are no available meteorological tables for purposes of comparison. The humidity of the air, for one thing, is much greater, and those who have found the air of Mentone unpleasantly dry and irritating have improved much at Pegli. It has acquired a reputation for benefiting asthmatic cases, which, as a rule, do not do well (if spasmodic) on the Riviera generally. In the foregoing brief sketch of the principal health resorts on the Western Riviera I have endea- voured, from the results of personal observation and from comparison of various authorities, to point out in as concise a manner as possible the chief character- istics of climate and situation of those several stations. I would repeat, by way of conclusion, that the climate of the Riviera is by no means a perfect one. But if it has cold winds and at times blinding dust, and if the air in places is exceedingly dry and irritating, it has also an immense proportion of fine days, clear skies and bright sunshine, when from nine in the morning until three in the afternoon an invalid can live in the open air. “ The warm southern sun and the azure sky of the Mediterranean, far more than elevated temperature, constitute the advantages of this climate ; fine weather rather than heat is what is here sought for,” and, let me say, is usually found. But if the Western Riviera has its drawbacks—and what climate has not ?—it must be admitted that the number of localities which we here have'to choose from gives us an opportunity of selection impossible to find elsewhere. And then it is a region of almost unrivalled beauty. A very eminent and greatly occupied London doctor was found one Christmas looking very pleased and happy on this coast. “ What