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EXPERIENCE Corsica 2

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7 DAYS

in Corsica 4

Day 1 dinner at La Voûte (place de la Fontaine).
At Calvi, check into 18th-century La
Start your day in Ajaccio’s (p546) Signoria (www.hotel-la-signoria.com).
palm-shaded main square, from where
you can explore the town’s historic core.
Highlights include Maison Bonaparte, the Day 3
birthplace of Napoléon, Corsica’s most
famous son. In the afternoon, ease your Go to the hotel’s private beach for a
way into Corsican time with a couple of paddle before breakfast, then spend a
hours lolling on the beach. The aptly- couple of hours exploring the nooks and
named plage de Mare e Sole (“beach of crannies of Calvi’s citadel – Horatio Nelson
sea and sun”) is exactly what you’re lost his right eye trying to capture this
looking for. At sunset, go for dinner in the fortress. Later, tour the wine estates and
lesser-known Quartier des Étrangers. vineyards around neighbouring villages
Sant’Antonino and Montemaggiore.
As evening descends, step onto the
Day 2 decked terrace at Octopussy (www.plage-
Head north to the hilltop town of Cargèse octopussy.com) to enjoy French classics,
(p549), pulling in at Les Calanches: these given a Corsican twist, and panoramic
soaring, salmon-pink cliffs are the island’s views of Calvi’s pretty port.
most photo genic pitstop. In Cargèse itself,
its fresh sea food and fabulous views for
lunch at A Volta (www.a-volta.com). In the Day 4
afternoon, take half a day’s boat trip out The northernmost tip of Corsica is the
to snorkel around the rocky shore of the off-grid option for those serious about
mesmerizing Scandola Nature Reserve. their peace and quiet. Start on the beach
Then, as evening falls, make for Calvi at Barcaggio, where you’ll have little more
(p548), stop ping in at Piana – which locals than cattle for company. The interior
maintain is France’s prettiest village – for hides a number of tumbledown villages
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