¬A¬ handbook for travellers in Southern Germany : being a guide to Würtemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, ecc., the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Danube from Ulm to the Black Sea
charged one-third extra. Furniture very scanty—attend ance had. The New Kurhaus is a large build ing, looking outside very much like an ancient basilica, surrounded by an open arcade. The walls of the great hall within are covered with arabesques, vile in taste and execution. Table- d’hote in it daily during the season- very indifferent, wine worse. Charge, 48 kr., but, to visitors staving not more than 3 days, 1 fl. No gambling is allowed. The Fürstenbau, King Lewis’s resi dence, a modest country
house, stands on the slope of the hill on the western side of the valley, not far from the Kurhaus, from which a broad alley leads up to it. It has a pretty flower- garden, laid out in terraces, command ing a pleasing view of the valley. On one of them stands a very ancient oak. Here the late king used to pass some time every summer, and write verses expressing his love for peace and con tentment and rural life. The other edifices, called Kellerbau, Rothes Haus, Hirsch, Schwan, &c., are lodging