Notes of visits to Contrexéville and Royat-les-Bains / by F.R. Cruise.
- Francis Cruise
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Notes of visits to Contrexéville and Royat-les-Bains / by F.R. Cruise. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![a-ha]f hours brings to the summit of the Puy, with its ruined Temple of Mercury, now replaced by an Observatory, from which a magnificent view of the surrounding country stretches out on all sides. In every direction about Royat we find beautiful mountain passes, to ride, drive, or walk ; picturesque old towns and villages, and ruins of ancient castles and chateaux. Not a day of the whole course of three weeks need pass without a pleasant excursion, amid scenery lovely enough to please every eye, and monuments of the old feudal times, like Tournoel, grim and gaunt enough to make one rejoice that we do not live in such wicked and awful days of savagery, I shall not attempt to enumerate the various points of interest around Royat, as the local guide-books offer all needful information, and I only allude to them here to illustrate the attractive- ness of the place. As a matter of course, all the usual recreations of watering-places are found at Royat; a pretty terraced park, reading-rooms, Casino, theatre, music, and so forth. Let us now see what the waters of Royat are— what is their nature—and in what diseases they may be used with benefit. There are four springs, which much resemble each other, though differing in certain details.* As follows : The Eugenie. The Caesar. The St. Mart. The St. Victor. * It is important to know that these waters bear carriage remarkably well, and suffer little loss in the process.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22311798_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
