A charming little Mediterranean port; near by the ancient château of the Seigneurs of Baux. Hotel: Lieutand.* Distances in kilometres: Marseilles, 31; La Ciotat, 11; Bandol, 34. CIOTAT (LA) Bouches-du-Rhône. C. 9,895 h. Great ship-building works, but beautifully situated on Baie de la Ciotat. Hotel: De l’Univers.** Distances in kilometres: Cassis, 11; Marseilles, 43. COGOLIN Var. 2,102 h. Delightfully situated in the valley of the Giscle, at the head of the Golfe de St. Tropez. Hotel: Cauvet.* Sights: Butte des Moulins, Château des Grimaldi. Excursions: Grimaud and La Garde-Freinet. Distances in kilometres: St. Tropez, 10; Fréjus, 34; Nice, 104; St. Raphaël, 37; Hyères, 44; Toulon, 62. FRÉJUS Var. C. 3,612 h. Hotels: Du Midi.* Sights: Roman Arena (Ruins), Old Ramparts, Citadel, Cathedral (XI. and XII. centuries), and Bishop’s Palace. Excursions: St. Raphaël and the Corniche d’Or, Auberge des Adrets and Route de l’Estérel, Mont Vinaigre (616 metres). Distances in kilometres: Cannes, 35; Nice, 78; St. Raphaël, 3; Ste. Maxime, 21. GRASSE Alpes-Maritimes. S. P. 9,426 h. More or less of a Riviera resort, though seventeen kilometres from the coast at Cannes, situated at an altitude of 333 metres. Hotels: Grand Hotel,*** De la Poste.** Sights: Cathedral (XII. and XIII. centuries), Jardin Public, La Cours, Source de la Foux, Sommet au Jeu de Ballon. Excursions: Ste. Cezane, Dolmens, Grottes, Source de la Siagnole, Le Bar and Gorges du Loup. Distances in kilometres: Cannes, 17; Cagnes, 20; Le Bar, 10; Vence, 28; Draguignan, 59. HYÈRES Var. C. 9,949 h. The oldest and most southerly of the French Mediterranean resorts. Hotels: Grand Hotel,*** Hôtel des Hespérides.** Sights: Eglise St. Louis (XII. century), Château, Place, and Ave. des Palmiers, Jardin d’Acclimation. Excursions: Mont des Oiseaux, Salines d’Hyères, Giens and the Iles d’Or (Iles d’Hyères). MARSEILLES Bouches-du Rhône. P. 396,033 h. The second city of France, and the first Mediterranean port. Hotels: Du Louvre et de la Paix,*** Grand Hotel,*** De la Poste, Du Touring (the two latter for rooms only--2 francs 50 centimes and upwards). Sights: Cannebière, Bourse, Vieux Port, Pointe des Catalans, N. D. de la Garde, Palais de Longchamps, Chemin de la Corniche, Le Prado, Cathedral Ste. Marie Majeure. Excursions: Château d’If, Martigues, Sausset, Carry, Port de Bouc, Aubagne, Roquevaire, Grotte de la Ste. Baume, Estaque. Distances in kilometres: Paris, 818; Avignon, 97; Arles, 91; Salon, 51; Martigues, 40; Aix, 28; Toulon, 64. MARTIGUES Bouches-du-Rhône. C. 4,689 h. “La Venise Provençale,” celebrated for “_bouillabaisse_.” Hotel: Chabas.*