PART IV.
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION FOR
TOURISTS.
§ 1. Palestine as a Tourist Resort.
Attractions of Palestine.—Palestine as a resort for tourists possesses unique attractions, religious, historical, climatic and archaeological, which need not be enlarged upon here.
By the quickest route, under normal conditions, Palestine is reached from London in six to seven days and from Cairo in eighteen hours.
The best season to visit Palestine is from January to June.
For climate, see Part V.
Communications.—Rapid and comfortable communication between Egypt and Palestine is provided daily by trains from Kantara East. In Palestine itself communication is assured by an efficient railway system, by motor-car services and by an extensive road system, all the first and second class roads being suitable for motoring.
Hotels.—In the principal towns very fair accommodation and cooking can be relied upon. Some of the hotels are not of first-rate European standard, but they are clean, and a stay in them is comfortable.
All the points here mentioned are dealt with in detail below.
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