The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-26
SUMMER OCEAN TRAVEL.
The Places In the Old World Visited
by American Tourists.
What Trip on tho Continent Costs Interssting
Excursions Soon To Be Made Across tho
Atlant:c-The Drew Seminary Party
Now in tho Holy Lsnd-Euro.
peans on Their Way to This
Country Tor a Tour
Of 10000 Miles,

Country for a Tour
100000 Miles,
Though recent disasters on the ocean have, for
the time being, retarded the booking OF passen-
gers for the usual summer vacation" OF Anne fican
tourists on the Continent, the business, 1t IA
thought, will soon revive, and those who have the
leisure and wish to make the most oil II In this
way Will thrOng the steamers Tor . change from
the routine and drudgery Of the long winter ana
dsagreeable spring. 1t isa common affair nova
days TO make the voyage across the Atlantic and
the fashionable tour that follows it-and certainly
there never were such opportunities OF travel
such reduced fires and such accomm odations pre-
sented to the summer tourist as are now existing
to thus recruit the wasted energies and lay In o
stock Of vital force for renewal OF the campaign
OF toll Already the exodus has begun. as in
stanced the long lists OF departures in the steam
ers on Saturday last; and, as It Is matter Of In
terest to note the dierent places the majority OF
American excursionIsts visit when they arrive on
the Continent brief space is devoted to the sub
ject.
STEAMSHIP LINES AND THEIR FARES
There are now plying between America and
Europe the several vessels belonging to the fol-
lowing lines OF steamers From New York to
Liverpool, Cunard National. White STAR Inman
and State from Boston to Liverpool, Cunard from
Portland and Quebec TO Liverpool and Glasgow,
Allan; from Philadelphia to Liverpool. Pennsyl-
vania, and, In addition there is the North German
Lioyd's from New York to Bremen and from Bal
tlmore to Bremen; the Hamburg American Packet
Company, from New York TO Hamburg; the Eagle
une from New YORK to Hamburg; the General
transatlantic Company, from New YORK to Havre,
and the Red Star line from Philadelphia to
Antwerp. The Cunard line sends two vessels
week from New York and one from Boston, while
the Anchor line dispatches three q week from
this port. The other lines send steamer weekly,
except the Red Star and State. their vessels leav-
ting lortnightly. The State line Is building three
new boats, which will enable the company to de-
epatch weekly steamers to Glasgow after June 1.
The rates Of fare vary from $50, currency. to
$3.50, gold, for outward tickets, and from $40,
currency to $3.50, gold for the return passage. 1t
% rule OF each line to give It's patrons the ben
eht o. ten to 1iteen per cent OF established rates
% an inducement to take tickets both ways. The
fares are regulated by the character OF the steam
ers and their appointments. some passengers
prefer to pay $3.50. god in order to take such YES
sells as the Scotia and Russia. Although the aver
age rate OF passage BY the Cunard line is 500,
g0id yet there are staterooms on some OF their
vessels that can be obtained for $780, gold.
WHERE AMERICANS 90.
The majority OF Americans who 90 10 Europe for
the first time land at Queenstown, and make the
hour TO Cork, Killarney, Limerick, Galway, Dublin
Enniskilen, Londonderry. Giants Causeway Bel
last; thence over to Glasgow, through the Scotch
Lakes OF Lomond and Katrine, the Irossachs to
Edinburgh, proceeding TO London by way OF Mel
rose and Leeds. The popular tour. however, Tor
those having but two or three months a; their
disposal, Is from London to Antwerp, Brussels Co
d
through Switzerland, visiting such places as Luz
cerne, Interiachen ana Geneva, returning by way
OF Paris to London and thence home Such q tour
as last Indicated could be made for S266 In gold
by the White Star ine.
Many who leave the United States in the early
months of April and May proceed at once to Italy,
by liverpool, London, Paris, Mont Gems Tunnel
Turn. Milan, Verona, Bologna, Florence, Rome,
Naples Leghorn, Pisa Simplon Pass to Chamount
flor Mont Blanc), Geneva Lausanne, Be1ne Inter-
lacnen, Lucerne, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, May
ence, down the Rhine to Cologne, Brussels, Lon
don, Derby, Edinburgh, Stirling, inverness, Oban
Qor StanA and Iona. the Cave OF F1ngaD, Glas-
gov, Belasr, Londonderry, Dublin, Killarney and
Cork A tour OF this kind, say by the National line
OF steamers would be 1921 In gold, nrst Glass; all
the way.
The Anchor line has its steamers stop at
Queenstown and at Londonderry. A tour can be
made by one OF Its Thursday or Saturday vessels
as tolows:-Passengers landing at Londonderry,
proceeding to the Giants Causeway Belfast,
Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Killarney, Milford
Haven, through Wales to London, PARIS, Geneva.
Lausanne, Berne, Interlachen, Lucerne, by the st.
Gotnard Pass to Milan. visiting lakes Magg1ore,
Como and Lugano and into Switzerland by
the Splugen Pass TO Zurich, then to Basel Baden.
Baden, Heidelberg, down the Rhine to Cologne,
and return TO New York. rns tour can be made,
dist class, as low as $254, geld.
THE PLAN OF OLD TRAVELLERS
1t is the opinion OF the best informed old travel.
lers that those tourists going to europe having
their plans completely made as to what places
they Wall visit, and how and when they Will see
them, as rule, have the most satslac and
pleasant journey. The system inaugurated nearly
forty years ago by Mr. Thomas Cook, che Engllsn
excursionist, has greatly simphed European
travel, SO that now the most unsophIstlcated can
travel through foreign countries as comor taply as
IN their own lands Tnls business was commenced
at q lime wnen travel was new thing; and it was
only to congregate numoers Of people tnat conces-
SioDs could be 0btainable from railway companies
IN regard to reduced Iares
INTERESTING EXCURSIONS.
Anchor iine was Chartered BY this rm Of when
MIR. Cook is at the head, and a select party OF
school teacher ooese ministers o.
0onderry. Giants Causeway. through Scotland to
London, Brussels, up the Rhine to Mayence,
all points OF interest to the tourist and pleasure
seeker; and thence to Geneva, Paris London, Gas
gov and home. This party was composed OF las per-
sons, seventy-elgnt OF whom we've ladies, and
nearly all alone and unprotected untl tney reached
the steamer. They came from twenty-seyen
States, and the amount charged Tor TINS exlcn-
give tour, which exceeded nine weeks, was
but aoo IN cold Der caDita IL was very success
u in every respect, and so pleased the excursion
dsts that the frm are organizing Just such another
party and have chartered the new steamer 30
1tv,a. OF the Anchor line Tor tile purpose leaving
here tuesday, June 80. Tne above quotanon IN "a.
cluued hotels, porters, guides carriages ices lor
,sigIt.seeinr omntpuses and every possible ex-
pense that the tourist could naturally incur.
They nave another party sailing 0y tac Egyp., OF
mined upon is from New YORK to Liverpool Lon
don, Paris, Lyons Marseiles, Toulon, NICE, MOI
AGO. Genoa Florence, Rome Naples, Pom
peii, vesuvlus, Sorrenti, Pisa, Venice verona,
lillian, Vienna, Geneva Berne. Baden-Baden,
HeIdelberg. Worms, Wiesbaden down the Rhine,