Corsica

On this page dozens of photos, travel diary and tips to spend a memorable holiday in Corsica.

Information and travel tips for Corsica

Why go? For the sea, clearly, especially if you like to find coves all for you (in general a short walk is enough); But also for the spectacular mountains: the interior offers infinite possibilities for excursions. Corsica is for you even if you love the arrocated villages: from court and Nonza, there is something for all tastes. If you want nightlife, instead, you are pointing the wrong island.

When to go? In summer there is obviously the best climate for sea and mountain, but also the other seasons can be excellent. Those who love trekking, for example, will find it better to take the paths at sea level in spring or in September-October. In winter, skiing is also possible, and the island is cold wild. The most tourist and chaotic period goes from mid-July to 20 August; Prices are raised, but it is still possible to find free rooms (if you are quite flexible) and isolated beaches (if you walk or pay).
How to move? Reaching Corsica from Italy is really a child's play. From Livorno the ferries are generally rather cheap, especially if you have flexible dates and if you divide the expenses of the machine to take you behind. If you are passionate motorcyclists or if you have a camper van ... well, you are really gentlemen.
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How much does it cost? Even in full August, booking at the last, I managed to find a ferry from Livorno to Bastia or Ile Rousse to 200 euros round trip for two people more car in tow ... In short, not bad. In low season you can save, while if you are unlucky you could also spend the double. Dining out, with fixed menus (generally excellent) costs 20 euros each (much more to the card or if you break with fish). As in the rest of France (the courses are distinguished, but not in this), wine and bottled water cost a lot: you can save with the carafes. A double room base at the hotel ranges from 60 to 90 euros per night in high season; Have a tent with you, to save, can always be useful.
Keep in mind that in what it costs I take into account the whole journey ... from the middle for the airport of departure to the drink passing to meals and souvenirs.
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Where to go? We propose an itinerary in the north of Corsica: Calvi, Le Calanche, Court, your finger, Bastia.
Other destinations? in Corsica there is much more: in the north, for example, the beaches of the desert of the agriates; The South, starting from Bonifacio, the Lavezzi Islands and the beaches of southeastern Corsica ... Well it's all to be discovered (more touristy in high season). The interior deserves numerous excursions.

Travel Diary in Corsica

Here I describe a short trip to the north of the island, a small great taste of the wonders of Corsica.
For a holiday of a few days in August, in fact, the North has from the Its both the lower crowding and the rapidity (and convenience) of the maritime connections with Livorno.
In this case the ferry takes us from Tuscany to Ile Rousse . We arrive at 6:30 am and Ile Rousse we drive up to Calvi , where we stop at breakfast and visit the historic citadel.

We share for 9, before parking becomes for a fee, and following the coast, we meet the Reveled peninsula , with its water of all the shades of the blue. The road is slow but super panoramic: we continue and arrive at Galeria (without having met traffic ... which is a fundamental thing to feel on vacation!).

Here the torrent mud throws into the sea forming a lagoon with a particular ecosystem that can be visited in canoe ... a trip that does not attract particularly. Therefore, we prefer to throw ourselves on the very long beach and play like children.

In the photos you will have noticed the typical crowding of August 16th ...
Our goal of the first day of travel is Porto , but before reaching it, the panoramic road, some splendid beaches at the bottom of Callette.

In the background there is the Natural Reserve of Scandola , with its red fire promontory. Since we enjoy the itinerary we like to improvise, we park and try to travel a steep path. 20 minutes later we are on the sea. That wonderful beach was waiting for us.

There are few other people, perhaps coming from the Girolata through other paths; We look for a paradisiac place and we dive.
An exotic holiday place with blackberries and Mediterranean scrub, sin for the abundance of wasps.

Let's go back to the car and drive to Porto and then, along the incredible Calanche , A Piana , which we elect to your destination for the first night of the Our travel itinerary. In fact the town perched in the hills, on the sea, is very picturesque.
The day has already been very long but are still 15:30, we take the first hotel room (82 euros without breakfast), and leave to visit The famous Calanche, this absurd set of red pinnacles and peaked cliffs. Take a panoramic path that offers really remarkable views.

We return to Piana and, after a shower, we are ready for an excellent dinner based on earth products (on which in Corsica is almost always on the safe side).
The next morning we visit the long and very sandy beach of Arona ; Then the weather clouds over, ruining the colors of the landscapes. We renounce the beautiful walk to the tower on the peninsula that goes away after flat and we opt for a bath at Figajola beach .

Fantastic place, although a little crowded in August, but you know your own vacation.
There are beautiful cliffs to the west, but then the clouds swell and decide to leave for the interior, always with the idea D 'Make up our travel itinerary in Corsica And for some short photo walking here and there.
We arrive at Court Towards 19, Azzechiamo Hotel at the first (Central, with parking, 67 euros the double) and we go to the center to drink a beer Stone in a lively little square. The beautiful historic center of court is rich in bars and restaurants. We feel on vacation even more than by the sea. Alleys uphill and staircase between old stone houses lead to the fascinating viewpoint over the city.

At the same scenic point we return the morning after, to admire court and the surrounding mountains under a serene sky. So we take the car and we enter the nearby valley of the restonica. Here are numerous tourists, but between a path and a mountain and a fiumyling it is easy to enjoy nature in solitude. From the highest parking lot (for a fee, 6 euros) in an hour we arrive at the Lac du Melo following a steep, beautiful and frequented path. The pond is splendid.

We lunch and reside in the valley, where we stop to explore the river that forms an infinite series of fantastic puddles in summer you can bathe - the water is cold, but very clear.

Left court, we drive north and along panoramic roads we cross the desert of the agriates up to the renowned resort of sea and port of Saint Florent, where we decide to stop at the campsite.
we are on the sea, at the base of the finger of Corsica (the peninsula that stretches north), and is being touring, with a beautiful day of sea and sun, which we conclude our short, but very rich, holiday in Corsica.
The first noticeable point is Nonza, spectacularly perched on the Sea over an immense black beach.

We then take a canoe ride following the cliffs under which there are numerous fish.

We resume the car up to a simple restaurant with a splendid view of the sea, where with a stone (the typical racing beer) and a hot goat salad (in the sense of cheese) I fill myself with satisfaction.

We drive up to Centuri, where we stop to take another bathroom and admire the coast and the wild islet in front of Centuri. We resume the tour and admire the islet of the drawing from above (in front of Corso Corso, the northernmost point of the island). Here on the head there is long and wild and spectacular sandy beach beach. A little more to the east, reachable only on foot or by boat or canoeing, there are the Cala di Santa Maria with a medieval tower at sea, and the Genoese cala, with white sand and crystal clear water make it one of the most beautiful beaches of Corsica ... and not comfortable to reach, it is hardly crowded.

South of grinding the coast has beaches and strokes of roccetta; Shortly after we arrive at Erbalunga, a picturesque village; In the distance you will enter the italica Island of Capraia .

The restaurants of Erbalunga are beautiful but expensive, so we continue to Bastia, where we arrive in time to take a tour of the historic center, really characteristic with the houses on the harbor and the alleys behind. Thus we conclude our travel itinerary around the finger of Corsica, really wonderful.
we have dinner, let's drive to the nearby ferry port, we tot and arrive in Livorno at 6 am, ready to live another day.

Finally, I add some short consideration on Corsica? But yes. Then, places are spectacular; Personally the interior fond of me as much as the sea. The finger is splendid, and perhaps it would still be (slightly) more beautiful if visited in the opposite direction as we did, so as to always drive on the sea side lane, more panoramic, and with the sun always over the sea. There are even more spectacular zones of Corsica, but as far as North is concerned I would say that we have chosen the best destinations, to which the Costa degli Costa would be added. The beauty of this island is that you can visit it several times discovering new landscapes and experiencing new emotions. Even along your finger or in the Calanche area there are many other paths and itineraries and bays to explore. In short, it is absolutely worth the journey and for those who love nature and activities in nature (trekking, canoeing, snorkeling, but also sailing, climbing and even ski mountaineering), Corsica is really the ideal island.
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