Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . HOUSE OF MARCUS ANTONIUS, POMPEII. visit should be made to thecharming islands of Procidaand Ischia. These lovelyislands have attracted nu-merous visitors in all ages,and their influence is asfascinating as ever; the clim-ate is genial and the soil ex-tremely productive, whilethe scenery is almost every-where singularly ascent of Mount Ve-suvius is unquestionably anexcursion of extreme inter-est; it can be accomplished. THE BLUE GROTTO, CAPRI. with ease by means of a cable railway. A visit to the e
Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . HOUSE OF MARCUS ANTONIUS, POMPEII. visit should be made to thecharming islands of Procidaand Ischia. These lovelyislands have attracted nu-merous visitors in all ages,and their influence is asfascinating as ever; the clim-ate is genial and the soil ex-tremely productive, whilethe scenery is almost every-where singularly ascent of Mount Ve-suvius is unquestionably anexcursion of extreme inter-est; it can be accomplished. THE BLUE GROTTO, CAPRI. with ease by means of a cable railway. A visit to the excavatedcities of Herculaneum and Pompeii will summon up a picture ofancient domestic life, these places being the most importantand almost the only sources of our acquaintance with it. The places of interest onthe south side of the bay areCastellamare, Sorrento andthe Island of Capri. Castel-lamare is a favorite sum-mer resort of the Neapoli-tans ; from here a beautifulroad leads to Sorrento,charmingly situated amidluxuriant lemon and orangegardens on rocks rising pre-cipitously from the whole day at leastshould be given to the Is-land of Capri, with its celebrated Blue Grotto. The Bay ofSalerno to the south of the Bay of Naples cannot indeed competewith it, but it is nevertheless replete with beauty and are situated the towns of Salerno and Amal-fi, conspicuous in the pages of mediaeval history,while farther south are the temples of Psestumwhich recall the golden period of Greek his-
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