Austria-Hungary - with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest - handbook for travellers (1911) (14776739794)

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Title: Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Baedeker, Karl
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York C. Scribner
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation

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cus of theRomans, 34 M. long and 3-11 M. broad, is almost entirely in Italy,the N. end only (with Riva) belonging to Tyrol. The banks at the N.end are lofty and precipitous, but they become lower towards the S.,until they merge in the wide moraine-circuses on the edge of thegreat plain of Upper Italy. The water generally looks dark-blue. —Steamboats ply 3-6 times daily along the W. bank (Riva to Desenzano,in 4-5 hrs.; fare 4 fr. 45 or 2 fr. 50 c.) and once or twice along the E. bank (Riva to Peschiera, in 4y4 hrs.; 4 fr. 60, 2 fr. 60 c). West Bank. The chief stations are as follows. Limone, amidstlemon and olive groves, is the first Italian village. — Camjnone,with a cotton-mill. — Gargnano (Cervo), the northmost village ofthe Riviera, the warmest part of the shore. — Maderno (Bristol),at the foot of Monte Pizzocolo (5194 ft.). — Gardone Riviera(*Grand-H6tel, R. 3-8, B. l1/^ D. 5 fr., closed in summer: Baviera,Benaco, for passing tourists), a group of eight villages (Gardone
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a£aer *.~Debes,£eiprig\d£ Kilometer MftHLBACH. 27. Route. 223 di Sotto and di Sopra, Fasano di Sotto, etc.), frequented in springand autumn by pleasure-tourists, and in winter by nervous andpulmonary sufferers. The bills around afford a variety of walks,free from dust and affording fine views. — Said (Grand-Hotel Salo;Baviera; pop. 5000), tbe soutbmost place on tbe Riviera. — Sir-uiione (Hot. Regie Terme), near tbe 1ST. end of tbe foreland of tbatname, witb sulpbur-batbs, a large castle of tbe Scaligers, and late-Roman ruins, tbe so-called Grotto of Catullus. — Desenzano (Hot.Royal Mayer; Hot. Splendide). East Bank. Tbe cbief stations are Torbole (p. 221); Malcesine,witb a castle of tbe Scaligers; Torri del Benaco, witb a ruinedcastle. We tben steer round tbe headland of San Vigilio to Gar da,in its bay; lastly Peschiera (Hot. Montresor), a fortress at tbe S.E.end of tbe lake. — For furtber details, see Baedekers N. Italy. 27. From Pranzensfeste to Lienz throughthe Puster-T

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