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20 Route 2. BLANKENBERGHE.
In the Town. In the Rue delEglise, near the Steps: Lic
B, 1), 60 R., B. 1's, déj. or S. 2'f2, D. 3-3'/2, pens. from
DE La Paix (Pl. x; B, 1, 2), 60 R. at 3-5, B. 1, déj. or S
pens. 6-10 fr.; Erome v’Or (Pl. e; B, 4), 50 R. from 3
212-8, pens. from 6 fr.; HétEL D’Honpr (Pl. h; B, 2),
D. 212-3, S.2, pens. from 61/2 fr.; Hor. p’ALLEMA
3-4, B. U/,, D. 21/2, pens. 6-9 fr., good; Hor. p’OrancEe; Hor. pe TROPE,
60 R. at 2-4, B. 3/51, D. 2-2'2, pens. 5-7 fr.; Hér. DE LET DE
Borur, unpretending ; Hér. pe Br ; H6r. pu CHEMIN-DE Farther
on, near the railway-station: Hor. pu Noxp (Pl. n; B, 2), with
R. from 2'/2, B. 1, déj. or D. 2, pens. from 5 fr.; Hor. 3
(Pl. f; B, 2), BR. from 3, B. 1, déj. or S. 2, D. 23/2-3, pens. from 6 fr.;
HOTELS DES VOYAGEURS, DU LOUVKE, DU CoMTE-DE-FLANDRE, which may
all be described as restaurants with rooms to let. — In the side-streets of
the Rue de lEg HOr. pe Bruees (Pl. u; B, 1), near the Steps, R. from
2'/o, B. 1, déj. or S. 2, D. 2!/.-3, pens. from 7 fr., and numerous smaller
hotels. Vhe drinking-water here, as at Ostend, is not very good.
Private Apartments (comp. p. i1) are numerous both on the Digue and
in the town. Rooms facing the sea cost 4-15 fr. per day; double-bedded
rooms 2 fr, extra.
Restaurants. At the Hofels; also, “Rocher de Cancale (with bedrooms
and pension), on the Digue (No. 111), D. 3, S. 2 fr. — Wing. L. Lefebore’s,
Rue de l’Eglise 18 (oysters, lobsters, etc.); Continental Bodega, Digue 104;
and at the Huftriére (Pl. A, 2; sez p. 15), near the Bassin de ue, —
Oafés: Wehrli, Café Vénitien, Delarue and others, all on the Digue.
Casino (Pl. 3, B,1; p. 21), reading and conversation rooms, ete.; con-
certs twice daily, dancing every evening; admission, 1 person before 4 p.m.
1 fr., after that 2 fr., whole day 3 fr., a week 12, a fortnight 22, a month 32,
six weeks 42, season 52 fr.; 2 pers 24, 39, 52, 62, 72 ; seats for
the concerts may be reserved for H0c. On the Pier (Pl. B, 4; p. 21) is
a Variety Theatre (two performances daily); adm. till 2 p.m. 25 c., for the
whole day 50 c. (10 days 41/2 20 days 8 fr.), reserved seat W21 fr.
extra. — Theatre, Rue de l’Eglise 33, for operettas and farces; perform-
ances (in French) from July 45th to Sept. 15th (2 & 21/2 fr.).
Post Office (Pl. 7; B, 4) behind the Casino; open 7-7, Sun. and holi-
days 9-12. — Telegraph Ojffice (Pl. 8; B, 2) at the railway-station.
Physicians. Dr. Dumon, Rue Van Maerlant; Dr. Butaye, Rue du Mou-
lin 23; Dr. van Damme, Rue Haute 8; Dr. in, Rue des Boulangers 66.
— Chemists. Pharmacte Centrale, Rue de Bzlise 47; Pharmacie des Bains,
Rue de lEglise 57; Ké@usfer Successeur, Rue de TEglise, at the Steps;
Pharmacie de la Plage, Rue des Boulangers 33.
Booksellers, Dietrich & Co., Rue des Pécheurs 68. — Newspapers. La
Vigie de la Céte (Sun. & Thurs., 20c., for the whole season 5 fr.), with a
visitors’ list for all Belgian bathing-places, except Ostend; L’ Echo des Plages
(Wed. & Sat., same prices). :
Bathing Machines 1 fr.; 30c. to the attendant (baigneur). Visitors who
make a stay of some time usually give a gratuity of a few francs on
their departure for the use of the chairs on the beach and the drying of
their bathing-costumes. — Tents on the beach, i fr. per day. — Warm
Baths at the Grand-H6tel des Bains and the Succursale du Lion-d’Or (p. 19),
Boats. For a row of 1-2 hrs. the charge is 5 fr. or less; for a party
1 fr. each. — Steamboats, comp. p. 12; ferry, see p. 2l.
English Church Services are held during the season (Aug. & Sept.) at
the Town Hall (Pl. 2; B, 2); chaplain, Rev. J. A. Hull of Bruges.
Blankenberghe, a small fishing-town with 6100 inhab., has
been known as a bathing-resort since 1840 and is now visited by
45,000 persons annually, half of whom are Germans. The charges
at the hotels are below Ostend rates, and the life generally is freer
and less conventional. — The only thoroughfare in the town is the
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