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[Transcriber’s Note:

The printed book had two kinds of headnote: keyword and mileage.

“Keyword” headers, noting the places and subjects mentioned on the page,
have been placed before the most appropriate paragraph.

Each itinerary gives the “miles from” {starting point} and “miles to”
{ending point}, with the numbers printed in the left and right corners
of each paragraph. For this e-text the numbers are shown in {braces}
before the beginning of each paragraph; the place names are given at
the beginning of the itinerary, and repeated as needed. Paragraphs
describing side excursions do not have mileage information.

The hotel rating symbols are explained at several random points in the
text, though not in the introductory section:
  Those with the figure ¹ are first-class houses, with ² second-class.
  The asterisk signifies that they are especially good of their class.

Errors and inconsistencies are listed at the end of the text.]




  [Map:
  Index and Railway 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
                SOUTH OF FRANCE
                   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 and driving along the many beautiful terraces and roads with
which these places abound; and if the day be well employed in such
exercise, it will be no great hardship to rest at home in the evening.
Nor is it necessary to remain in the same town during the entire season;
indeed a change of scene is generally most beneficial, for which the
railway as well as the steamers affords every facility. “I would
strongly advise every person who goes abroad for the recovery of his
health, whatever may be his disease or to what climate soever he may go,
to consider the change as placing him merely in a more favourable
situation for the removal of his disease; in fact, to bear constantly in
mind that the beneficial influence of travelling, of sailing, and of
climate requires to be aided by such dietetic regimen and general mode
of living, and by such remedial measures as would have been requisite in
his case had he remained in his own country. All the circumstances
requiring attention from the invalid at home should be equally attended
to abroad. If in some things greater latitude may be permitted, others
will demand even a more rigid attention. It is, in truth, only by a due
regard to all these circumstances that the powers of the constitution
can