The Mediterranean

About this eBook

Author

Karl Baedeker (Firm)

Title

The Mediterranean : Seaports and sea routes including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia; handbook for travellers

Original Publication

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Mediterranean Region -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73849

Release Date

June 17, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MEDITERRANEAN SEAPORTS AND SEA ROUTES INCLUDING MADEIRA, THE CANARY ISLANDS, THE COAST OF MOROCCO, ALGERIA, AND TUNISIA
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — Maps. — Plans. — Abbreviations. — International Hotel Telegraphic Code. — Bibliography.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — I. Season and Plan of Tour. Health. — II. Money, Passport, Custom House. — III. Steamboats. — (1). Portuguese Coast (R. 1). — (2). Madeira and Canary Islands (RR. 3, 4). — (3). Gibraltar and Andalusia (RR. 1, 5, 6 b, 11). — (4). Morocco (RR. 13, 14). — (5). W. Mediterranean. — (6). Steamers to Algeria. — (7). Steamers to Tunis. — (8). Eastern Mediterranean. — (9). Black Sea. — IV. Intercourse with Orientals. — The Mediterranean Sea and adjoining Lands.
5. 5.I. FROM ENGLAND TO THE MEDITERRANEAN BY THE PORTUGUESE COAST. — 1. From England viâ Oporto and Lisbon to Gibraltar or Tangier ( Marseilles and Genoa ). — 2. Lisbon. [4] — a. Cidade Baixa, Lisboa Occidental and Oriental. — b. The Streets on the Tagus. Belem. — c. Excursion to Cintra.
6. 6.II. MADEIRA AND THE CANARY ISLANDS. — 3. Madeira. — 4. The Canary Islands.
7. 7.III. ANDALUSIA. [5] — 5. Gibraltar. — 6. From Gibraltar to Seville. — a. Viâ Bobadilla and Utrera. — b. Viâ Tangier and Cadiz. — 7. Seville. — a. The Plaza del Triunfo with the Alcázar and the Cathedral. — b. The Central and Eastern Quarters. — c. The Western and South-Western Quarters. — 8. From Seville to Cordova. — 9. From Cordova viâ Bobadilla to Granada. — 10. Granada. — a. The Lower Town. — b. Darro Valley and Albaicín. — c. The Alhambra. — d. The Generalife. — 11. From Granada viâ Bobadilla to Málaga.
8. 8.IV. MOROCCO. — 12. Tangier. — 13. From Tangier to Tetuán ( Ceuta ). — 14. From Tangier to Mogador by Sea.
9. 9.V. SEA ROUTES IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN. — 15. From Gibraltar to Genoa. — a. Through the Balearic Sea. — b. Viâ Algiers. — 16. From Gibraltar to Naples. — 17. From ( Lisbon ) Tangier, and from Gibraltar, to Marseilles. — 18. From Tangier and Cartagena to Oran. — 19. From Marseilles to Oran. — 20. Prom Marseilles to Algiers, Bougie, Philippeville, and Bona. — 21. From Marseilles to Tunis. — 22. From Algiers to Tunis by Sea. — 23. From Marseilles to Naples. — 24. From Genoa to Naples. — 25. From Genoa to Tunis viâ Leghorn and Cagliari. — 26. From Naples to Tunis viâ Palermo. — 27. From Naples to Syracuse ( Malta , Tunis , Tripoli ) viâ Messina and Catania. — a. The Modern Town. — b. The Ancient City.
10. 10.VI. ALGERIA. — 28. Oran. — a. The Harbour and the Old Town. — b. The New Town. — c. Environs. — 29. From Oran to Tlemcen. — 30. Tlemcen. — 31. Prom Tlemcen to Nemours viâ Lalla-Marnia. — 32. From Oran to Beni-Ounif de Figuig ( Colomb-Béchar ) viâ Damesme and Perrégaux. — 33. From Oran to Algiers. — 34. Algiers. — As to visiting the Mosques , see p. 174 .—Men are not admitted to the Mohammedan Cemeteries (p. xxvi) on Frid. and holidays 12–6. — a. Lower Quarter of the Old Town. — b. The Kasba. — c. Mustapha-Supérieur and Environs. — d. The S.E. Suburbs. — e. El-Biar and Bouzaréah. — f. Notre-Dame d’Afrique and St. Eugène. — 35. From Algiers to Tipaza and Cherchell. — a. Viâ Castiglione. — b. Viâ El-Affroun and Marengo. — 36. From Algiers to Cape Matifou and to Aïn-Taya viâ Maison-Carrée. — 37. From Algiers to Bougie viâ Beni-Mansour. — 38. From Algiers to Tizi-Ouzou. From Camp-du-Maréchal to Tigzirt. — 39. From Tizi-Ouzou viâ Fort-National to Maillot or Tazmalt. — 40. From Fort-National viâ Azazga to Bougie. — 41. Bougie. — 42. From Bougie through the Chabet el-Akra to Sétif. — 43. From Algiers to Constantine viâ Beni-Mansour, Sétif, and El-Guerrah. — 44. From Constantine to Biskra viâ El-Guerrah and Batna. — 45. From Batna viâ Lambèse to Timgad. — 46. Constantine. — 47. From Constantine to Philippeville. — 48. From Constantine to Bona viâ Duvivier. — 49. From Constantine or Bona viâ Duvivier to Souk-Ahras ( Tebessa , Tunis ). — 50. From Souk-Ahras to Tebessa.
11. 11.VII. TUNISIA. — 51. From ( Constantine, Bona ) Souk-Ahras to Tunis. — 52. Tunis. — a. The New Town. — b. The Old Town. — c. Environs. — 53. Carthage. — 54. From Tunis to Bizerta. — 55. From Tunis to Dougga ( Le Kef ). — 56. From Tunis to Le Kef and Kalaâ-Djerda. — 57. From Tunis to Susa. — 58. From Susa to Kairwan. — 59. From Susa to Sfax. — 60. From Sfax to Metlaoui viâ Gafsa. — 61. From Metlaoui to the Djerid. — 62. From ( Sfax ) Graïba to Djerba viâ Gabes and Médenine.
12. 12.VIII. SEA ROUTES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. — 63. From Tunis to Malta ( Syracuse ). — 64. From Tunis to Syracuse viâ Sfax, Tripoli, and Malta.
13. 13.65. From Tripoli to Alexandria viâ Benghazi and Derna. — 66. From Tripoli to Constantinople viâ Derna and Crete. — 67. From ( Marseilles , Genoa ) Naples to Alexandria and Port Said. — 68. From Venice or Trieste to Alexandria and Port Said viâ Brindisi. — 69. Alexandra. [6] — 70. Port Said. — 71. From Alexandria or Port Said to Cairo. — Cairo. [7] — a. Northern Quarters. — b. The South-Eastern Quarters. — c. The New Town. — d. Environs. — 72. From Alexandria or Port Said to Beirut ( Smyrna , Constantinople ) viâ Jaffa . — 73. From Jaffa to Jerusalem. — 74. Beirut. Excursion to Damascus. — 75. From Beirut to Smyrna ( and Constantinople ). — 76. From Alexandria to Athens and Smyrna ( and Constantinople ). — 77. From ( Marseilles , Genoa ) Naples to Athens ( and Constantinople ). — 78. From Venice or Trieste to Athens ( and Constantinople ) viâ Brindisi and Patras. — 79. Athens. [8] — a. Walk from the Palace round the S. Side of the Acropolis. — b. The Acropolis. — c. Walk from the Palace to the Theseion. Dipylon. Hill of the Nymphs. Pnyx. Monument of Philopappos. — d. The Modern Quarters. — e. The National Archæological Museum. — f. Walks. — 80. From Athens viâ Smyrna to Constantinople. — 81. Constantinople. [9] — a. Galata and Pera. — b. Stambul. — c. The Golden Horn. — d. Scutari. — e. The Bosporus.
14. 14.IX. THE BLACK SEA. — 82. From Constantinople to Constantza. — 83. From Constantinople to Odessa. — 84. From Odessa to Batum. — 85. From Batum to Constantinople.
15. 15.INDEX

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