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4 A Littariccia B&B €€ other tasty Corsican produce. Lunch platters
(%04 95 70 41 33; www.littariccia.com; rte range from light to feisty – raviolis are one
de Palombaggia; d €100-215; aWs) This of the house specialities – and desserts are
B&B’s trump card is its fabulous location, in the sumptuous.
hills overlooking Plage de Palombaggia, with a
dreamy pool. The rooms are pretty but simple
and not all come with a sea view – or wi-fi. Zonza 7
4 Le Belvédère Hotel €€€ 4 Hameau de Cavanello B&B €
(%04 95 70 54 13; www.hbcorsica.com; rte (%04 95 78 66 82; www.locationzonza.com;
de Palombaggia; d €250-300, ste €380-510; Hameau de Cavanello; s €72-87, d €79-94;
hMay-Nov; aWs) Built out of an old family hMay–mid-Oct; aWs) For a rural setting,
estate tucked between eucalyptus, palm and Hameau de Cavanello, 2km towards the Col de
pine on the seashore, this 15-room hotel is quite Bavella, has a handful of cosy rooms (equipped
divine, darling. Decor is modern and exotic: with fridges and TVs) and a pool nesting in
a gregarious mix of traditional stone, wood, hectares of green meadows and forests with
marble and wrought iron. Public areas lounge magical views of the Aiguilles de Bavella.
between natural rock and sand, and as for the 4 Chez Pierrot B&B €€
sea-facing pool, you’ll be hard-pushed to move.
Rates tumble by 50% in the low season, making (%04 95 78 63 21; www.gitechezpierrot.free.
Le Belvédère a real bargain. fr; Plateau de Ghjallicu, Quenza; dm/d incl
half-board €45/120) If you’re after a typically
Corsican atmosphere and the most tranquil PROVENCE & SOUTHEAST FRANCE 25 SOUTHERN SEDUCTION EN CORSE
Porto-Vecchio 6 location imaginable, at an altitude of about
1200m, bookmark Chez Pierrot, southern
5 A Cantina di l’Orriu Corsican € Corsica’s most idiosyncratic venture. This
(%04 95 25 95 89; www.orriu.com; 5 cours multifaceted place – gîte, B&B, restaurant
Napoléon; mains €15-29; hnoon-2pm Wed-Sun, and equestrian centre – is run by charismatic
7-10pm Tue-Sun mid-Mar–Oct) Gourmets will Pierrot, a local character who’s been living here
be in heaven at this wonderful bar à vin, its since his early childhood. It’s on Plateau de
atmospheric old-stone interior packed to the Ghjallicu, about 5km uphill from Quenza. Horse-
rafters with sausages and cold meats hung riding excursions (€45, 1½ hours) are available
up to dry, cheeses, jars of jam and honey, and April to October.

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