19. From Marseilles to Oran.
615 M. Steamboat Lines (agents at Marseilles, see p. [120]; at Oran, p. [176]). Comp. Générale Transatlantique, rapide on Thurs. and Sat. aft. (in reverse direction Tues. and Thurs.), in 41 hrs., fare 81 or 59 fr.; Transports Maritimes, Tues. (returning Sat.), in 38 hrs., 75 or 55 fr.; cargo-boat Frid. (returning Tues.), in 46 hrs., 60 or 40 fr.; Navigation Mixte (Touache Co.), Wed. (returning Sat.), in 54 hrs., 60 or 40 fr.
Travellers in S. France may take a steamer of the Navigation Mixte from Cette (a seaport 90 M. to the W. of Marseilles) to Porte Vendres and Oran (Thurs. night), in 45 hrs., fare 90 or 65 fr.
Marseilles and its harbour, see p. [119].
Steering out into the Gulf of Lions and the Balearic Sea, the steamers at first either follow the same course as those to Gibraltar (R. 17), or a more easterly course, past Majorca and Dragonera (p. [112]), towards the rock-bound strait between Iviza (p. [112]) and the flat island of Formentera, the southmost of the Balearic group. In passing we obtain a fine view of the town of Iviza, with its old castle and loftily situated cathedral (see Baedeker’s Spain and Portugal).
Nearing the Algerian coast, we first sight the range of hills culminating in Jebel Orouze (p. [199]), which separates the bays of Arzew (p. [199]) and Oran. Entering the outer *Gulf of Oran, we survey its full extent from the Pointe de l’Aiguille to Cape Carbon (p. [264]). On the left, rises the curiously shaped Jebel Kahar or Montagne des Lions (p. [184]). In the foreground, in the inner bay bounded by Pointe Canastel and the headland of Mers el-Kébir (p. [183]), lies the town of Oran, with the old fort of Santa Cruz rising high above it (p. [175]).