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Title: Paris and environs : with routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland : handbook for travellers
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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on isreached. 5 M. Meudon , see p. 307. — On the hill to the left is the newHospice de Fleury, an asylum for old men and women, erected andendowed by the Duchess of Galiera. 51/2 M. Bellevue, beautifully situated on the slope of the hills ofMeudon, see p. 307. 61/4 M. Sevres (p. 307). Fine view of the banks of the Seineand the park of St. (5loud (p. 306) to the right. 8 M. Chaville. — 83/4 M. Viroflay. 111/4 M. Versailles. Tramway. The cars start from the Quai du Louvre, and followthe high-road from Paris to Versailles by Sevres. Cars from Paris run every half-hour from 8 a. m. till 10 p.m.; fromVersailles every half-hour from 6 a.m. till 9.30 p.m. ; fare 1 fr., outside85 c.; to Sevres in 70 min., to Versailles in l^U hour. Another set of carsplies on the same line as far as Sevres (p. 307). For some distance the road skirts the Seine, passing the bridgesat the W. end of the city, and leading under the new Trocaderobridge, which crosses the Quai de Billy from the Pont dlena to the
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15. VERSAILLES. 283 Troead^ro Palace. It then passes the almost unbroken rows of housesbelonging to the suburbs of Passy and Auteuil (p. 167), intersectsthe fortifications (the road to St. Cloud diverges to the right), crossesthe Seine, and reaches Sevres. The drive from Sevres to Versaillesoccupies 40 min. more; the road passes under the railway viaduct,and soon reaches the Avenue de Paris. Terminus in the PlacedArmes. Versailles. Arrival. The Station of the Rive Droite Line is nearly 1 M. distantfrom the palace: omnibus 30 c.; cabs IV4 (one-horse) or IV2 fr. (two-horse), perhr. 2^/-2 fr. — The Station of the Rive Oauche Line is about V2 M.from the palace. The tramways extend to the palace, and may be usedfor passing from one station to the other. — The Chemin de Fer deGrande Ceinture, connecting Versailles with St. Germain (comp. p. 282),will be opened shortly. Hotels. *H6tel des Reservoirs, Rue des Reservoirs 9, with a goodrestaurant; Hotel du Petit Vatel, Rue des Reservoirs 26

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