The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS.

In our last number, we gave fall details of the route
to be followed by those persons who will visit Canada
and the United States next year, provided with "Great
Eastern Tourist Tickets."

We now publish a map, upon whioh the whole of the
railways comprised in the route are indicated. They
will be at once recognised by being marked with broad
black lines.

We have now to announce that tours in the reverse
direction are in course of organisation, by which tourist
tickets (in addition to the ordinary business tickets,
both single and return, to be issued at New York,
Boston, Portland, Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal,
for Liverpool. Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Cork,
Belfast, Paris, Brussels, Stc.) will be available from any
of these American cities, by rail, to Portland; thence by
the Great Eastern to her British port (Holyhead), and
from thence to the Lakes of Killarney and the Giant's
Causeway. Quitting Ireland by the line of steamers from
Belfast to Glasgow, the tourist ticket holder will be taken
through the picturesque scenery of the Highlands
of Scotland, thence to Edinburgh. On his departure
from the Land o' Cakes, he will reach London, and from
there his route will be, via Folkston° and Boulogne, to
Paris ; thence to Geneva. From that city he will be
conveyed along the great arterial highways of Switzer-
land—by railway and steamboat when these are
available, and when they are not by the admir-
able system of post carriages which ramify through
every part of the country. He will thus be
brought to all the points nearest to the grandest
scenery, whence he can make pedestrian excursions and
revertagain, at his option, to the route of his ticket.
Arrived at Basle, he will next proceed to Strasburg, and
thence to Mayence and Frankfort. The Rhine steamers
will convey him along the beautiful scenery of that river
to Emnericb, OD the borders of Holland. While in that
country he will visit Amsterdam, the Hague, and Rot-
terdam. The Rotterdam and Antwerp Railway connects
these two cities together ; and from, the latter, an
hour's ride on the Belgian State Railway, brings the
tourist to Brussels. He is then—via Calais and Dover
—within twelve hours of London, whence eight hours
more (exclusive of a stop at Bangor for the inspec-
tion of the Suspension and the Britannia Bridges)
will bring him back to Holyhead. This tour can
be accomplished, say from New York and back,
in about eight weeks, including the two pas-
sages across the Atlantic; but those less presaedl for
time, it can be advantageously extended to from 11 to
13 weeks. The cost of a first class Tourist Ticket for. the
whole excursion, of a little under 9,000 miles, will be
about 581. sterling, or say 280 dollars. This charge will
cover every locomotive expense, except the removal of
the holier between the railway stations, the lan ding
and embarking places, and to the hotels. It will
also include a first-rate table (but not wines and spirits)
on both the passages across the Atlantic.
Arrangements are also in progress for a more exteinded
tour, which, in addition to the foregoing, and at au in-
crease 1 cost of about 100 dollars, will probably comprise
Naples, Rome, Florence, Genoa, Turin, and Milan, ttuge-
ther with the passage across the Alps by Simplon.
A " Great Eastern Tourist Handbook," descriptive
of the entire route, is in preparation, and its completion
may be looked forward to at early date. It wilt be
accompanied by a map of Europe, on which all the
railways and other modes of communication in-
cluded in the tourist ticket will be conspicuously
marked, so that the holder can at once trace
each step of his route from Holyhead to Ireland ; thence
to Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, the Rhine,
Holland, Belgium, and back again to his starting point.
The same, also, as regards the more extended ,our
through the several states of Italy, and across the 3im-
plon.