The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-10-02

ROUTE OF TIE KxcuRsIos THROUGH EUROPE
The programme for the excursion ticket
for passengers from America, is stated as fol
lows: u,
Tickets, both single and return, are to b
issued ut New York, Boston, Portland, Chi
cago, Toronto and Montreal, for Liverpool
Manchester, birmingham, Bristol, London
Glasgow. Edinburgh, Dublin, Cork, Belfast
Paris, Brussels, &C., and will be ayailabl.
from any of these American cities, by rail
to Portland; thence by the +" Great East
ern " to Ler British port (Holyhead,) and
from thence to the lakes Of Killarney and thu
Giants Causeway. IL, ~ 81, ~ -
Quitting Ireland by the line Of steamer
from Belfast TO Glasgow, the holder OF the
tourist ticket will be taken through the pic
turesque scenery Of the Highlands Of Scot
land thence 10 Edinburgh.
I'm his departure from the land o. Cakes,
he will reach London and from there his
route will be, via Falkstone and Boulogne,
to Paris thence to Geneva. From that
city he will be conveyed along the great ar
terial highways Of Switzerland-by railway
and steamboat when these are available, and
when they are not, by the admirable system
of post carriages which ramify through eye-
~ part of the country. lie will thus be
brought toall the points nearest to the grand
est scenery, whence he can make pedestrian
excursions and revert again, at his option, to
the route Of his ticket.
Arrived ut Basle, he will next proceed to
Strasburg, and thence to Mayence and Frank.
fort. Tie Rhine steamers will convey him
along the beautiful scenery of that river to
Emnerich. on the borders OF Holland. While
in that country he will visit Amsterdam, the
Hague, and Rotterdam The Rotterdam and
Antwerp Railway connects these two cities
together and from the latter, an hours
ride on the Belgian State Railway, brings
tho tourist to Brussels. He is then-via
Calais and Doyer-within twelve hours Of
London, whence eight hours more exclusive
Of u stop at Bangor for the inspection Of the
and the Britannia Bridges) will
bring him back to Hollyhead. ..L
This tour can be accomplished, say from
New York and back, in about eight weeks,
including the two passages across the Attain
tic but to those less pressed for time, it can
be adyantageously extended to from eleven
To thirteen weeks. The cost of u first class
Tourist Ticket for the whole excursion OF u
little under 5000 miles, will DO about f5S
sterling, or say $3.50. This charge will
cover every locomotive expense, except the
removal Vt the holder between tho railway
stations, the landing and embarking places,
and to the hotels. Ii will also include u
tirst.ratc table (but not wines and Spirits)
ON both the passages across the Atlantic.
Arrangements are also in progress Tor q
more extended tour, which, in addition 10
the foregoing, and ut an increased expense
of about SlOO, will probably comprise Ma
pies, Rome, Florence, Genoa, Turin and Mi
Ian, together with the passage across the
Alps by Slmplon.
A "Great Eastern Tourist Handbook"
descriptive of the entire route, is IN prcpa.
ration, and its completion may DO looked
forward to at an early date. Ii will be ac-
by map of Europe, on which
all the railways and other modes Of commu.
nication included in the Tourist Ticket will
be conspicuously marked, so that tho holder
can ut once trace each step Of his route from
Holyhcad 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 tour through the several
States Of Italy, and across the Simplon.