The South of France—East Half

C. B. Black

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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Project Gutenberg's The South of France--East Half, by Charles Bertram Black This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The South of France--East Half Author: Charles Bertram Black Release Date: March 9, 2008 [EBook #24787] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOUTH OF FRANCE--EAST HALF *** Produced by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) This e-text is divided into three segments, following the book’s divisions, with breaks at pg. 106/107 and 280/281. The third section includes the General Index. Except in the Lists of Itineraries and Maps, and in this introductory section, all links are visually coded. Visual details may be overridden by your browser settings, but the links will still work. anywhere in your current file (unmarked) Pages 1–106 (paris.html: boldface) Pages 107–280 (riviera.html: italicized) Pages 281–end (turin.html: underlined) The hotel rating symbols are explained at several random points in the text, though not in the introductory section: 1 2“Those with the figure are first-class houses, with second-class. The asterisk signifies that they are especially good of their class.” A few typographical errors have been corrected. They are shown in the text with mouse-hover popups. Missing “from” or “to” mileage numbers have not been individually noted. Preface Itineraries List of Maps Paris to Marseilles (separate file) The Riviera (separate file) Italy and the Alps and General Index (separate file) map of France SOUTH OF FRANCEEAST HALF GUIDES BY C. B. BLACK. SPAS of CHELTENHAM and BATH, with Maps and Plan of Bath. 1s. TOURIST’S CAR GUIDE in the pleasant Islands of JERSEY , GUERNSEY , ALDERNEY and SARK. Illustrated with 6 Maps and Plan of the Town of Saint Helier. Second edition. 1s. CORSICA, with large Map of the Island. 1s. BELGIUM, including Rotterdam, Flushing, Middelburg, Schiedam and Luxembourg. Illustrated by 10 Plans and 5 Maps. 2s. 6d. NORTH FRANCE, LORRAINE AND ALSACE, including the Mineral Waters of Contrexéville, Vittel, Martigny, Plombières, Luxeuil, Aix-la-chapelle, etc. Illustrated with 5 Maps and 7 Plans. Third Edition. 2s. 6d. TOURAINE, NORMANDY AND BRITTANY. Illustrated with 14 Maps and 15 Plans. Eighth edition. 5s. The above two contain the North Half of France; or France from the Loire to the North Sea and from the Bay of Biscay to the Rhine. THE RIVIERA, or the coast of the Mediterranean from Marseilles to Leghorn, including Lucca, Pisa and Florence. Illustrated with 8 Maps and 6 Plans. Second edition. 2s. 6d. FRANCE—South-East Half—including the whole of the Valley of the Rhône in France, with the adjacent Departments; the Valley of the Upper Loire, with the adjacent Departments; the Riviera; the Passes between France and Italy; and the Italian towns of Turin, Piacenza, Modena, Bologna, Florence, Leghorn and Pisa. Illustrated with numerous Maps and Plans. Fourth edition. 5s. From “Scotsman,” June 2, 1884. “C. B. Black’s Guide-books have a character of their own; and that character is a good one. Their author has made himself personally acquainted with the localities with which he deals in a manner in which only a man of leisure, a lover of travel, and an intelligent observer of Continental life could afford to do. He does not ‘get up’ the places as a mere hack guide-book writer is often, by the necessity of the case, compelled to do. Hence he is able to correct common mistakes, and to supply information on minute points of much interest apt to be overlooked by the hurried observer.” THE S O U T H O F F R A N C E EAST HALF INCLUDING THE VALLEYS OF THE RHÔNE, DRÔME AND DURANCE the BATHS of VICHY, ROYAT, AIX, MONT-DORE AND BOURBOULE THE WHOLE OF THE RIVIERA FROM CETTE TO LEGHORN WITH THE INLAND TOWNS OF TURIN, BOLOGNA, PARMA, FLORENCE AND PISA AND THE PASSES BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY Illustrated with Maps and Plans FOURTH EDITION C. B. BLACK EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1885Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. PREFACE. This Guide-book consists of Routes which follow the course of the main Railways. To adapt these Routes as far as possible to the requirements of every one the Branch Lines are also pointed out, together with the stations from which the Coaches run, in connection with the trains, to towns distant from the railway. The description of the places on these branch lines is printed either in a closer or in a smaller letter than that of the towns on the main lines. Each Route has the Map indicated on which it is to be found. By aid of these maps the traveller can easily discover his exact situation, and either form new routes for himself, or follow those given. The Arrangement of the Routes is such that they may be taken either from the commencement to the end, or from the end to the commencement. The Route from Paris to Marseilles, for example, does equally well for Marseilles to Paris. The Distance of towns from the place of starting to the terminus is expressed by the figures which accompany them on each side of the margin; while the distance of any two towns on the same route from each other is found by subtracting their marginal figures on either side from each other. In the Description of towns the places of interest have been taken in the order of their position, so that, if a cab be engaged, all that is necessary is to mention to the driver their names in succession. Cabs on such occasions should be hired by the hour. To guard against omission, the traveller should underline the names of the places to be visited before commencing the round. In France the Churches are open all the day. In Italy they close at 12; but most of them reopen at 2 p.m. All the Picture-Galleries are open on Sundays, and very many also on Thursdays. When not open to the public, admission is generally granted on payment of a franc. In “Table of Contents” the Routes are classified and explained. For the Time-tables recommended, and for the mode of procedure on the Continental Railways, see “Preliminary Information.” Before commencing our description of the Winter Resorts on the Mediterranean, with the best routes towards them, let it be clearly understood that not even in the very mildest of these stations is it safe for the invalid to venture out either in the early morning or after sunset without being well protected with warm clothing; and that, even with this precaution, the risk run of counteracting the beneficial influences of a sojourn in these regions is so great as to render it prudent to determine from the first to spend those hours always within doors. On the other hand, it is most conducive to health, during the sunny hours of the day, to remain as much as possible in the open air, walking