A Satchel Guide for the Vacation Tourist in Europe; A Compact Itinerary of the British Isles, Belgium and Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3(8 hours; textit{12s. 6d.), if he prefers to proceed directly to Scotland; or from Belfast to Liverpool, if he wishes ' to save something in fares, by either of two routes: by steamer direct (10 hours; 12. textit{6d.), or by steamer to Fleetwood (sea passage, 9 hours), and thence by rail (saloon and 1st class, textit{16s.; saloon and 2d class, 1 15.). By the Kingstown (Dublin) and Holyhead route the sea passage is only 4 hours. If this last route is chosen, we leave Dublin either in the evening or in the morning for Kingstown (6 miles), where the mail steamer is ready for the passage to Holyhead (66 miles). The morning is to be preferred, since at night we lose the fine views of the Welsh coast, and the striking scenery on the road from Holyhead to Chester, ? the Menai and Conway bridges, etc. First-class passengers can sleep on board the boat (2.) the night before starting, and rise and breakfast at their leisure, if they dislike leaving Dublin at the early hour in the morning. The fares from Kingstown to Holyhead are textit{os. (saloon) and textit{.js. (2d cab1n). There are also express steamers (somewhat cheaper but very good) from Dublin (North Wall) to Holyhead. WALES. Holyhead to Chester. If we have crossed from Ireland to Holyhead by the mail steamer, we can proceed directly to Chester (84 miles; textit{16s. .id., 13. textit{$d., "js. 6d., but no 3d class by textit{mail train). It would be better, however, to spend at least two days on this route through North Wales. At textit{Holyhead, a few hours may be given to the wild and rugged scenery of the coast, with a climb to the top of Pen-Caer-Gybi, or Holyhead Mountain (700 go fin feet), whence there is a good view of the shore and the sea. Bangor, 25 miles from Holyhead, is an ancient and picturesque...