The answer to the first part of this question depends upon the proposed length of the visit.

To those who can take a winter holiday, any time between October and May is a suitable time, and a stay throughout the whole of that period would provide a wonderful escape from the rigours of the English autumn and winter.

But for those who have limited time and in view of the much colder days of England’s winter, it is much better to face the cold before than after the home-coming.

Prudence, however, dictates that one should, if possible, avoid returning from the warmth of the South to the chilly air of England in early Spring.

Where should one alight in the delectable land?

This also is a question to which a brief direct answer cannot be given.

The climate does not suit all invalids, and those going in search of health should first seek the advice of a medical man, who will probably indicate a suitable destination.

Those who are not invalids and yet not very robust should not expose themselves to the Mistral, a bitterly cold wind which conies down the valley of the Rhone and then turns eastward, getting less terrible the farther it goes, so that the strongest loses its bite before reaching Menton.

Those whom these considerations do not concern, and who wish to be in the midst of gaiety and at a centre of movement, should select a large town-it may be two or more, if the visit is to be a long one.

On the other hands, those who prefer quietude, or accommodation making modest demands on slender purse, will select one of the smaller resorts, some of which, as will be seen from later pages, are within easy reach of a great centre.

The stream of winter visitors begins in October. Its flow perceptibly increases in November and augments daily until it has attained its greatest volume in the first two months of the New Year.

Then an ebb begins.

This period suits those who do not need a bracing climate and can support a high temperature even at night. There is an abundance of beautiful fruit at prices much lower than in England, and the sea bathing is delightful.

From early June to September there arrive increasing numbers of Worldwide tourists, both those who remain in one centre and the motorists who tour the length of the Riviera.

This period is it time of longer days, of an even less number of rainy days, and of a sun which raises the temperature of the Mediterranean to a point far higher than that of the seas having northern coasts.

It is a temperature to be happy in.

Long hours can be spent in the water, and on quitting it one is not met by a chilly atmosphere, but by the warmth of a sun in a cloudless sky and the air which it has heated.

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