_Travel Pamphlets Reviewed
[We propose, from time to time, to notice publications sent to us by travel agencies and shipping companies, which we think may be of interest to readers.-,-En. Spectator.] Two interestin,g booklets have reached us from the P. & 0. Line, 14 Cockspur Street, London, S.W.1—World Tours and India and Ceylon. World Tours gives -very clearly a short outline of over twenty cruises arranged for the coming season. It also contains informative notes concerning each of the places to be visited, and a separate slip gives the fares and other necessary details. For travellers seeking a short trip only, the P. & o. Tour No. 1 to Spain and Morocco may appeal. The sea passage lasts eight days, and the liner leaves London at noon every Friday for Gibraltar. arriving on the following Tuesday. Then follows the short sea passage by Bland Line steanier to Tangier, the return journey from Gibraltar being made by P. & 0. steamer vid Plymouth. The minimum cost, first- class, of this voyage is £22 and second class £15. For the trav- eller with more time at his disposal, Tour No. 12 is attraet:ve. This cruise ,provides a four-months' sea passage, and is a "Round the World "Tour. _The ship leaver London fortnightly for Kobe or Yokohama, and theic is a choice Of routes. The minimum cost of this cruise, first class, is £265 and second-class saloon £183, which includes first class accommodation from Sydney to New Zealand.
The P. & 0. booklet India and Ceylon will interest anyone whoa wishes to spend a winter holiday in India for the first time.
Cevmsr- FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
From the Bibby '
Line 22- Pall Mill, London, S.W.1, a brightly- coloured "folder" tells of plans for issuing Christmas Holiday return tickets to Ceylon from Liverpool and from Marseilles. Amongst the places to be visited are Kandy, the last of the historical capitals of Lanka ; Nuwara Eliya, a beauty spot of the East ; Anu- radhapura, famous for its ruins—capital of the island from 437 B.C. to 8464.D.; the Rock Temple of Dambulla, dating from 100 s.c. and Sigiriya, the rock fortress rising out of the Paddyfields. The abundance of game provides good shooting, and there is also fishing, golf, and tennis ; and motoring is possible on good roads. The cost of this journey from Liverpool is £95, and from Marseilles £90, and tickets give the option of return by the Orient Line on adjustment of fare.
A WEST INDIES CRUISE.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.. America House, Corkspur Street, London, S.W.1, send an illustrated " folder " describing the arrangements made for the forthcoming cruise by motor liner Alcantara,' 22,500 tons, to the West Indies, from Southampton on January 17th, 1930. She calls at Madeira, Barbados, Trinidad-- where passengers may visit, and, if they so desire, may walk upon the liquid asphalt of the famous "Lake of Pitch," Clwistobal (for the Panama Canal), Jamaica, Havana, Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Azores. The cruise ends at Southamp- ton on February 28th, 1930. Cabins are allotted in rotation accord- ing to the dates when passengers order their tickets, and members of the cruise party receive priority of choice of cabins over inter- mediate passengers. At the various ports of call, comfortable launches will maintain free communication between ship and shore, and vice versa. "Part of the charm of these West Indian Isles is getting there" this" folder" tells us. Certainly, the Alcantara ' —up to date and comfortably furnished throughout—seems to be a medium of transport well worth choosing. The minimum eost of a cabin forzthie Cruise for two persons is 100 guineas, and for one
person 110 guineas. .
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