Schömnitzstein (now Hermannstein), affording a fine view of the Eger valley, is about a quarter of an hour distant to the left of the carriage road. We return along the Eger on the Giesshübler Sauerbrunn Strasse.
12. To Neudek we drive in two hours, passing Altrohlau. We visit an excellent rolling-mill, a wool-spinning manufactory, and the ruins of an old castle.
13. To the Gresshübler Sauerbrunn we drive in an hour and a half, past the villages of Drahowitz, Satteles, Schömnitz, and Eichenhof. This is the most favourite drive. It is worth while to alight at Eichenhof, and to walk the remaining portion on the footpath winding along the Eger on the left-hand side of the carriage road. We may for this excursion go by omnibus, starting daily from the Becherplatz.
14. The excursion to Marienbad, Königswarth, Eger, and Franzensbad takes two days. Immediately after drinking the waters, we drive past Petschau and Einsiedl through magnificent valleys to Marienbad, where we arrive at about 1 P.M., and remain over night. Next morning, we join in the promenade at the Marienbad springs; then drive past Königswarth (stopping here for an hour) to Eger and Franzensbad, where we can
