Paris to Cairo
How long did it take to travel from Paris to Cairo in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 7 days door to door, 3 000 fr. in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Getting to the port
- Paris → Marseille (by rail, about 13 h 12, estimate); Alexandrie → Le Caire (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Paris
- Sailing
- Tuesday 17 March 1925
- Steamer
- Train Azur · Trains de Luxe · Calais – Paris – Marseilles – Nice
- Calls
- Marseille
- Arrival
- Cairo, Tuesday 24 March 1925
- Door to door
- 7 days
- Fare · First Class
- 3 000 fr.
- Fare · Second Class
- 1 920 fr.
- Fare · Third Class
- 670 fr.
Transbordement à Marseille sur la Messageries Transocéaniques
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Port Said → Cairo (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Paris
- Sailing
- Saturday 16 September 1933
- Steamer
- City of Glasgow · Empire Air Routes · London – Paris – Genoa – Naples – Piraeus – Alexandria – Baghdad – Basra – Karachi
- Calls
- Genoa, Naples, Piraeus, Alexandria
- Night stops
- Genoa, Piraeus
- via
- Lyons and Marseilles, Corfu, Tobruk
- Arrival
- Cairo, Wednesday 20 September 1933
- Door to door
- 4 days
- Fare · Single class
- £75
Transfer at Alexandria to the Messageries Transocéaniques
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