Identifier: rivieraorcoastfr00blac (find matches)
Title: The Riviera : or, The coast from Marseilles to Leghorn, including the interior towns of Carrara, Lucca, Pisa, and Pistoia
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Black, Charles Bertram, d. 1906
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Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
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eof Vallauris. Having ascended to about 100 ft. from the little chapelof St. Bernard, turn to the right to reach the tableland on the top,870 ft. above the sea. The Roman bricks, tiles, hQ\\u stones, etc.,found here, indicate this to have been the site of one of their settle-ments. On the south side of the plateau is a cave called the grotte-du-Chevre dOr. (See map, p. 51.) CANNET. Two miles K. from Cannes, by the spacious Boulevard Fonciere, isCannet, 265 ft., pop. 2600. Frequent communication between Cannesand Cannet by tram and omnibus. At the head of tlie boulevard isthe *H. Bretagne, 10 to 20 frs. : H. St. James. A little to the eastis the church Ste. Filomene, and opposite it is the Villa Sardou, wherein 1858 the accomplished tragedian Rachel died of consumption. Atthat time none of those good broad roads existed which now encirclethe house. Above the church is the Place, commanding a verypretty view. Cab to Cannet, leturning by the Grasse road, 7 or 9 frs. CANNES & ENVIRONS
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La Croisette. Antihes. Lighthoiise. 51 Drive to La Croisette, the first cape east from Cannes, by the beau-tiful road 2 ni. long, skirting the sea. Cab, 1 horse and 2 seats, 1^ fr.,or 2; frs. the hour. Two horses with 4 seats, 2 frs. Tram 6 sous.Omnibus 6 times daily, fare 30 c. This is a most enjoyable walk ordrive by the beautiful esplanade fronting the sea. Xear to La Croisetteis the entrance to the orange orchard Des Hesperides, occupying 4acres. The trees stand in rows 12 ft. apart, and were planted in 1852,when they were from 5 to 8 years old. In gardens in the countrythe oranges cost about a sou each, but in the Hesperides they aredearer. The best are those the second year on the tree. Frosts retardthe sweetening process, and in some years damage the trees. In thevillage of La Croisette there is a place for pigeon-shooting, and alsothe remains of fortifications begun by Richelieu, but never completed. Cannes to the Cap dAntibes, 7 m. E. Cab with 1 horse and 2 seats,18 frs. With

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