Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers . driatic,and also the boundary between Bosnia and the Herzegovina, ispierced by means of a tunnel 710 yds. in length, beyond which thetrain rapidly descends the romantic valley of the *Trescanica,traversing six tunnels, crossing the Lukas Ravine, and passingthe stations of Bradina, Brgjani, and Podorasac. 35 M. Konjica (915 ft.; Rail. Restaurant, with two bedrooms),a town of 2380 inhab., situated in a picturesque basin on theNarenta (trout), which is crossed by an old Turkish stone tempe
Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers . driatic,and also the boundary between Bosnia and the Herzegovina, ispierced by means of a tunnel 710 yds. in length, beyond which thetrain rapidly descends the romantic valley of the *Trescanica,traversing six tunnels, crossing the Lukas Ravine, and passingthe stations of Bradina, Brgjani, and Podorasac. 35 M. Konjica (915 ft.; Rail. Restaurant, with two bedrooms),a town of 2380 inhab., situated in a picturesque basin on theNarenta (trout), which is crossed by an old Turkish stone temperature here is already about 14° Fahr. warmer thanthat of Sarajevo. About 1272 M. to the S., beyond Borke, lies themountain-girdled Borke Lake (Boradko Jezero; 1320 ft.), 1/2 length. The railway now runs through the wild and romantic *WarentaValley, bounded on the right by the Cvrstnica and the Cabulja ^~-Jt<ulobol/eOit yrfMan Zmnut- 5j&?:*--. I Orlovuc o^. ^ S jfaqpfue, dot • _^ .»:!», \Putkor, C \\KleceiiricagmL. \ ** •Ba7ii(h>L yi. to Gravosa-Ragusa. MOSTAR. 72. Route. 425 Cabs. Within the town, per */4 hr. 1 K, each addit. 1/4 hr. 1/2 -K7outside the town, per V2 ^r- 2 if 80, each addit. 1/2 hr. 1 ^ 40 it. Post Office (PI. 9), Rudolf-Platz; Telegraph Office (PI. 11), tothe W. of the Konak. — Military Swimming Baths, at the N. Camp,40 h (cold water). Mostar (195 ft.), with 16,385 inhab. (about half of them Moham-medans) and a garrison of 3500 men, is the business-centre of theHerzegovina, and seat of a Rom. Cath. and a Greek bishop and of amnfti. The town stretches from N. to S., between the hills of Humto the W. and Podvelez to the E., on both sides of the Narenta,the banks of which are here nigged and rocky. Of the 30 mosquesonly the Karadzozbegova Mosque (PL 2; C, 2) in the Sauerwald-gasse deserves a visit. — Turning to the right on quitting theRailway Station (Bahnhof; PI. B, 1), we reach in 3 min. a bifur-cation. The road straight on (S.), follow
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