This route here laid down, would give a traveller the opportunity of seeing several most interesting cities and much fine scenery. though of course they could not be explored thoroughly in such a flying visit. A great many of our countrymen, having no fixed plan to travel by, seem only to calculate how far from home they can go in a limited time, and are contented with what they can see from the deck of the steamer, and the window of the diligence. They would be much more gratified were they to portion out their time somewhat in the manner indicated above. Constantinople to See Hand-book Smyrna, by steam every week. The shortest and most agreeable way of reaching Constantinople or Athens, at present, is by the Austrian Lloyd Steamers from Trieste. Steamers leave Trieste - for Constantinople, by way of Corfu, Syra, Smyrna, &c., every Thursday-for Athens by Ancona, Brindisi, Corfu, Patras, Lutraki, and by carriages, across the Isth Those among the above routes which belong to Southern Germany are described in the second Volume of the Hand-book. The Swiss routes will be found in the HAND-BOOK FOR SWITZERLAND. |