See also Baedeker’s Northern Italy.
b. Viâ Algiers.
1086 M. North German Lloyd on alternate Saturdays, in 3 days (to Algiers in 25 hrs., fare 66 or 44 marks; thence to Genoa 33 hrs., fare 77 or 55 marks). The Hamburg-American and the Austrian Lloyd steamers sometimes ply between Gibraltar and Algiers. The Navigation Mixte usually sends steamers from Gibraltar to Oran (hence to Algiers by railway). Steamers of the German Levant Line and others also are available as far as Algiers.—Agents at Gibraltar, see p. [53]; at Algiers, p. [219]; at Genoa, p. [114]. See also ‘Gibraltar Chronicle’.
The vessel steers to the E. from Gibraltar, between the Spanish coast, which remains in sight as far as the Cabo de Gata (comp. R. 15 a), and the flat volcanic island of Alborán (48 ft.), the ancient Drinaupa, now belonging to Spain. The distant Sierra Nevada (p. [49]) peeps here and there above the horizon.
Off Cape Ivi (lighthouse), beyond the mouth of the Chélif (p. [208]), we sight the Tell Atlas (p. [169]) on the Algerian coast. We then pass the very prominent Cape Ténès (p. [209]) and, beyond Cherchell (p. [244]), the massive Jebel Chenoua (p. [242]), near which we survey the beautiful Bay of Castiglione (p. [237]), backed by the hills of Sahel and extending to Mont Bouzaréah (p. [235]).
By Râs Acrata (p. [237]) we near the coast, pass the lighthouse on the low Cape Caxine (p. [237]) and the picturesque cliffs of Pointe Pescade (p. [237]), then St. Eugène (p. [236]) and the church of Notre-Dame d’Afrique (p. [236]), and enter the harbour of Algiers (p. [217]).
Leaving Algiers for Genoa the vessel steers to the N.N.E., affording a fine parting view of the Bay of Algiers and the coast as far as Cape Bengut (p. [127]). Corsica (p. [143]) is visible in clear weather only. We near the Riviera di Ponente off Porto Maurizio (p. [113]) and soon enter the harbour of Genoa (comp. p. [113]).
16. From Gibraltar to Naples.
1118 M. Cunard Line (from New York) and White Star (from New York or Boston), each two or three times a month, in 3 days (fare 5l. 10s.); Orient Royal (from London), fortnightly; North German Lloyd (from New York or Southampton), three or four times a month (120 or 88 marks); Hamburg-American Line (from New York), once or twice a month.
For Gibraltar, and the first part of the voyage, comp. p. [52] and R. 15 a. Astern appears the majestic Sierra Nevada (p. [49]).