Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1875-1875
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...other civilized country. We personally know that the railway between Syracuse and Messina is fully as good as any in Southern Europe; while the Florio steamers which ply along the Sicilian coast are decidedly the best, as far as accommodation and table go, that we have found upon the Mediterranean. The other misstatement is that Sicilian hotels are so dirty that you cannot sit down to dinner without washing your plate. The large hotels of Palermo, Messina, and Catania are among the best in Italy; while even the small Italian inns, such as the "Locanda del Sole" in Syracuse...