Corsica Island Holiday - Walk The Mediterranean Island

Corsica belongs to The French and one of the country's renowned patriarchs was born on this Mediterranean island: Napoleon Bonaparte.

Being so close to Italy as Corsica is, you straight away get the feeling that it's not all French, but somewhat more a fusion of French/Italian culture, language, food and lifestyle.

Most walking holidays will take you from the mountains, in the center of the island, down to Ajaccio by the sea.

Arriving to Corsica by ship seems to be the suitable way, and you can sail from Livorno and Genoa in Italy or from Marseilles, Nice or Toulon in France.

Arriving into the historic port of Bastia, facing east towards Italy, the baroque architecture oozes history going back to 1378. Bastia indicates "fortified site" and that is what Bastia was centuries ago - a fortified site.

Of course you can choose to fly into Bastia Poretta airport - 20 km south from the town center. Flights arrive from mainland France, Germany, England, Morocco, Sweden, Luxembourg and Italy.

Trains from Bastia can bring you to Ajaccio, Calvi or Ponte Leccia and you will find buses & coaches to take you in almost all directions.

Most walking holidays in Corsica starts, as mentioned, from the center of the island, and if you would like to experience the pace of life in a rural village: - Bocognano, at an altitude of 650m, is the perfect place to do so. The locals get together for a game of petang and they still collect wild herbs for their home cooking. A number of walking Corsican holidays starts from here, and the surroundings are beautiful! It is joined to Bastia by train.

The locals call Corsica 'Ile de Beaute' - the beautiful island. And so it is! Corsica is still untouched by mass-tourism and offers a breathtakingly diverse landscape. You will find that the people in Corsica are devoted to keep their unique culture alive and kicking.

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