| _Paris_ | | | Best to train to | | _Melun_ | | | _Melun_, although one | | _Fontainebleau_ | 21 | _Cadran Bleu._| can ride to | | _Pithiviers_ | 48 | _La Poste._ | _Versailles_, thence to| | | | | _Sceaux_ and | | | | | _Fontainebleau_, or | | | | | direct by _Villeneuve | | | | | St. George_. There is, | | | | | however ever, much | | | | | traffic and paving. | | _Orléans_ | 32 | _Du Loiret._ | Cross the _Loire_ at | | _Chambord_ | 50 | _Du Palais_ | _Beaugency_. | | | | (expensive).| | | _Blois_ | 15 |_D’Angleterre._| | | _Amboise_ | 32 | _Lion d’Or._ | Cross river at | | _Chenonceau_ | 16 | _Bon _ | _Ouzain_ for _Château | | | | Laboureur. | de Chaumont_. | | _Tours_ | 32 | _Grand | Excursions may be | | | | Monarque._ | made from _Tours_ to | | _Langeais_ | 24 | _Lion d’Or._ | _Lôches_, _Bourges_, | | _Saumur_ | 39 | _Budan._ | _Chinon_, _Chartres_, | | _Les Rosiers_ | 16 | _De La Poste._| &c. All the highroads | | _Angers_ | 31 | _De Londres._ | about here are good. | | | | | | | | | | (This route, with the| | | | | numerous excursions to | | | | | be made on the banks of| | | | | the _Loire_, is one of | | | | | the most interesting in| | | | | France, and can be made| | | | | into a roundtrip by | | | | | adding any of the | | | | | routes to _Paris_, and | | | | | return by _St. Malo_, | | | | | _Havre_, or _Dieppe_). | +------------------+-------------+---------------+------------------------+

FROM PARIS TO LYONS, BY WAY OF DIJON. (_See also_ ROUTE 1.)

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+------------------+-------------+---------------+------------------------+ | | | | | | Towns. | Distance in | Hotels. | Remarks on Roads, &c. | | | Kilometres. | | | +------------------+-------------+---------------+------------------------+ | _Paris_ | | | Train to _Melun_. | | _Melun_ | | | | | _Montéreau_ | 30 | _Grand | | | | | Monarque._ | | | _Pont-sur-Yonne_ | 25 | _De l’Ecu._ | | | _Sens_ | 12 | _De l’Ecu._ | | | _Le Thiel_ | 11 | | Hilly. | | _Cérisier_ | 8 | | | | _Arces_ | 10 | | | | _St. Florentin_ | 16 | | | | _Flogny_ | 13 | | | | _Tonnerre_ | 15 | _Lion d’Or._ | | | _Ancy-le-Franc_ | 18 | | | | _Aizy-sur- | 16 | | | | Armançon_ | | | | | _Montbard_ | 11 | | | | _Fain_ | 9 | | | | _Villeneuve- | 13 | | | | les-Couvres_ | | | | | _Chanceaux_ | 14 | | | | _St. Seine_ | 12 | | | | _Val de Suzon_ | 10 | | | | _Dijon_ | 17 |_De la Cloche._| | | _Beaune_ | 38 | | | | _Châlons-sur | 30 | _Du Commerce._| | | -Saône_ | | | | | _Tournus_ | 30 | _Du Sauvage._ | | | _Macon_ | 30 | _Du Sauvage._ | | | _Villefranche_ | 38 | _De l’Europe._| | | _Trévoux_ | 10 | _De la | Less hilly than | | | | Terrasse._ | Route 1. | | _Lyons_ | 29 | _Des | | | | | Négociants._| | | | | ROUTE 10. | | | | FROM LYONS TO MARSEILLES. | | | | _Lyons_ | | | Take right bank of the | | _Vienne_ | 35 | _Du Nord._ | _Rhône_ to _Vienne._ | | _Tain_ | 55 | | | | _Valance_ | 18 | _Des | | | | | Négociants._| | | _Montélimart_ | 44 | _De la Poste._| Good, but hilly. | | _Orange_ | 53 | _De la Poste._| | | _Avignon_ | 27 | _Du Louvre._ | | | _Tarascon_ | 23 | _Du Louvre._ | | | _Arles_ | 16 | _Forum._ | (Or, from _Arles_, | | _Salon_ | 40 | _Grand._ | train to _St. Chamas_, | | _Marseilles_ | 48 | _Genève._ | and ride thence, about | | | | | 30 kilometres, to | | | | | _Martigues_, and thence| | | | | to _Marseilles_, about | | | | | 50 kilometres). | +------------------+-------------+---------------+------------------------+

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