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Download or read book The Mediterranean written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by Leipzig : K. Baedeker Pub.. This book was released on 1911 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mediterranean  Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira  the Canary Islands  the Coast of Morocco  Algeria  and Tunisia Handbook for Travellers

Download or read book The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira the Canary Islands the Coast of Morocco Algeria and Tunisia Handbook for Travellers written by Karl Baedeker and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the Mediterranean regions Egypt alone offers a dry, settled, and genial climate in winter. The traveller on the Eastern Mediterranean who wishes to avoid extremes of cold and heat should make his first stay at Cairo in January or February, start for the Syrian coast at the end of February or early in March, proceed to Palestine and Damascus after March has commenced, and visit Asia Minor and Greece in April, and Constantinople and the Black Sea in May. In autumn, from the end of September onwards, the above order should be reversed. Plan of Tour. The traveller is advised to draw up a careful programme of his tour before starting. All the places described in the Handbook may be reached by steamer, or partly overland, at any time of the year, but during the winter season (from about the end of October to the middle of May) much greater facilities are offered by excursion-steamers, circular tickets, and combined tickets. American travellers may sail direct from New York or Boston to some of the Mediterranean ports. Travellers from Great Britain may start from London, Liverpool, Southampton, or Dover, or if they dread a long sea-voyage may proceed overland to Marseilles, to Genoa, to Naples, to Brindisi, to Venice, or to Trieste, and begin their Mediterranean tour from one of these points. Some may prefer the overland route to Spain and Gibraltar, while others again may find it more convenient to travel all the way to Constantinople (Orient Express), to Constantza (Ostend-Vienna Express), or to Odessa (viâ Vienna and Cracow) by railway, and thence explore the Mediterranean from east to west. The railway routes will be found in ‘Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide’ or in the German ‘Reichskursbuch’. For the ‘trains de luxe’ services tickets must be obtained from the International Sleeping Car Co. (London, 20 Cockspur St., S.W.; Paris, 3 Place de l’Opéra; New York, 281 Fifth Ave.; Berlin, 69 Unter den Linden). For the sea-routes, see p. xvii; for particulars application should be made to the various companies or their handbooks consulted. Excursion, circular, and combined tickets are issued by Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus, and by other tourist-agents. It may be noted here that the ‘pleasure-cruises’ organized by many of the companies offer great attractions at moderate cost, but at the almost entire sacrifice of personal independence, while the fellow-passengers with whom one is associated for weeks may not always be congenial. As a general rule it is pleasanter and less expensive to travel with one or more companions than alone. Apart from hotel charges and railway and steamboat fares, the cost for two or three persons is often no greater than for one. Moreover, when off the beaten track the traveller thus escapes from monotonous and monosyllabic conversation with native guides or drivers, and in case of illness or accident he is far more certain of obtaining assistance and relief. The most useful language in most parts of the Mediterranean is French. In Portugal, Madeira, and the Canary Islands English is much spoken, in Egypt it is the leading language. Italian is very useful in Tunisia, on the coast of Tripolitania and Barca, in Malta, throughout the Levant, in Greece, and at Constantinople. On the other hand a slight knowledge of Arabic will be found most useful throughout the whole of N. Africa, from Morocco to Egypt, and in Palestine and Syria. Some Hints on Health may be of advantage to the inexperienced traveller from the north. As a rule an overcoat or extra wraps should be put on at sundown, though they may often be dispensed with an hour or two later. When heated with walking the traveller should not rest in the shade. In hot climates like those of Egypt and the Sahara he should never remove his pith-helmet or other headgear in the sun. Grey spectacles or grey veils shield the eyes alike from the glare of the sun and from dust. Sunshades also are very desirable in hot weather. As a rule it is advisable to stay within doors during the heat of the day. On the other hand many places on the Mediterranean are cold in winter, Lower Egypt and Cairo being no exceptions. Steamboat passengers, too, will generally find warm clothing very desirable between October and the middle of May. An extra coat or shawl should be donned in museums, churches, mosques, and other buildings with stone pavement, as the air is often very chilly. When engaging rooms visitors should insist on a southern aspect, which is almost essential for the delicate and highly desirable for the robust. In every case, especially if the rooms do not face due south, they should have a fireplace or else central heating. In the Mediterranean regions, where many of the plainer hotels have stone or brick floors, carpets are essential to comfort.

Book The Mediterranean  Seaports and Sea Routes  Including Madeira  the Canary Islands  the Coast of Morocco  Algeria  and Tunisia  Handbook for Travellers   Primary Source Edition

Download or read book The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira the Canary Islands the Coast of Morocco Algeria and Tunisia Handbook for Travellers Primary Source Edition written by Karl Baedeker and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book The Mediterranean

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  • Author : Karl Baedeker
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2016-09-15
  • ISBN : 9781333604455
  • Pages : 800 pages

Download or read book The Mediterranean written by Karl Baedeker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia; Handbook for Travellers Hora. As in all his Handbooks the Editor has taken the utmost care to recommend none but comfortable and respectable hotels. From this, as from all his other Handbooks, advertisements, direct and indirect, are absolutely excluded. Persons calling them selves agents for Baedeker's Handbooks are impostors and should be handed over to the police. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Mediterranean  Seaports and Sea Routes  Including Madeira  the Canary Islands  the Coast of Morocco  Algeria  and Tunisia  Handbook for Travellers   Scholar s Choice Edition

Download or read book The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira the Canary Islands the Coast of Morocco Algeria and Tunisia Handbook for Travellers Scholar s Choice Edition written by Karl Baedeker and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Italy  Handbook for Travellers

Download or read book Italy Handbook for Travellers written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York

Download or read book Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the American Geographical Society

Download or read book Bulletin of the American Geographical Society written by American Geographical Society of New York and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Among Our Books

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Book Quartery Bulletin of the Port Elizabeth Public Library

Download or read book Quartery Bulletin of the Port Elizabeth Public Library written by PORT ELIZABETH, CAPE COLONY. PUBLIC LIBRARY and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Publishers Weekly

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Book The Port Elizabeth Public Library Bulletin

Download or read book The Port Elizabeth Public Library Bulletin written by Port Elizabeth (South Africa). Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia

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  • Author : Roger Benjamin
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2015-08-18
  • ISBN : 0520283651
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia written by Roger Benjamin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Klee experienced his 1914 trip to Tunisia as a major breakthrough for his art: ÒColor and I are one,Ó he famously wrote. ÒI am a painter.Ó Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia sets the scene for KleeÕs breakthrough with a close study of the parallel voyage undertaken in 1904Ð5 by Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele MŸnter, who would later become Klee's friends. This artist couple, then at an early stage in their celebrated careers, produced a rich body of painting and photography known only to specialists. Paul KleeÕs 1914 trip with August Macke and Louis Moilliet, in contrast, is a vaunted convergence of cubism and the exotic. Roger Benjamin refigures these two seminal voyages in terms of colonial culture and politics, the fabric of ancient Tunisian cities, visual ethnography, and the tourist photograph. The book looks closely at the cities of Tunis, Sousse, Hammamet, and Kairouan to flesh out a profound confrontation between European high modernism and the wealth of Islamic lifeways and architecture. Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia offers a new understanding of how the European avant-garde was formed in dialogue with cultural difference.

Book Giants of Tourism

Download or read book Giants of Tourism written by Richard Butler and published by CABI. This book was released on 2010 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents individuals who have made an important contribution to tourism. Most are entrepreneurs in the classic sense, but others are individuals who have had unintentional subsequent effects on tourism through their actions. The book is arranged in four parts: (i) giants of hospitality (chapters 1-5); (ii) giants of travel (chapters 6-10); (iii) giants of activities (chapters 11-14); and (iv) giants of development (chapters 15-19).

Book The Millicent Library Bulletin

Download or read book The Millicent Library Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Millicent Library Bulletin

Download or read book The Millicent Library Bulletin written by Millicent Library and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: