HOLLAND

I. Plan of Tour.

The following tour of a week is recommended to the traveller qT
whose time is limited : — if

    

   

 

 

Day
From London to Rotterdam by steamboat; or from Antwerp }
to Rotterdam by railway 4
Rotterdam, and thence by railway to the Hague 4
To Scheveningen; also visit I Huis ten Bosch. a
To Leyden, and the same evening to Haarlem . 1 !
Haarlem, and in the evening to Amsterdam 4
Amsterdam, and Environs 4 f
To Utrecht and thence by railway to eater 3 1 ie!
A hasty glance at the principal places in Holland may thus :
be obtained in a week or ten days, but the traveller whose time
permits should devote a longer period to this interesting country.
The following will be found a pleasant and instructive tour ofa
fortnight: — Days |
From London, or from Antwerp, to Rotterdam 4 f igh
totterdam and Delft 1 i he |
The Hague and Schev eningen ey)
Leyden and Haarlem Sol cog kas Pear ales 11/, a
Alkmaar ; Helder, and back to Haarlem 3
Aisterdarn and Environs 3 |
Utrecht 1
Arnhem 4 A}
Il. Money and Travelling ee f

Monty. The Dutch currency y consists of florins (gulden or
guilder) and cents. The florin (4s. 81/, gd.) contains 100 cents, or i
20 stuivers, or 10 dubbeltjes. The only gold coins now issued. are
pieces of 10 fl., known as Gouten Tientjes; and the gold pieces of {
smaller de nomination still occasionally met with cannot be ex- i
changed without a slight los The silver coins are pieces of 24/> |
(rykes sdaalder) and 1 florin, and of 50, 25 (kwartje), 10 (dubbeltje),

and 5 (stuiver) cents. A stuive sr, or D cents, is worth 4d. English.
English , French, or German money is taken at the hotels and rail-
way-stations. The average exchange for a Napoleon is 9 fl. 40
for a sovereign 113/4-12fl., for a 20 mark piece 14 fl. 80 cents.

2 The hotels at the principal towns and resorts of tra- i
generally clean and comfortable, but inferior to those HH,
3elgium and Germany. In some respec ts they resemble the I

 

 

 

   

 

 
 
  

     

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