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EXPERIENCE Corsica

The picturesque fishing
village of Erbalunga on the
eastern coast of Cap Corse

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2 the west, the massif of central On the way south along the
vertiginous lower corniche,
Corsica to the south and the
Cap Corse Italian island of Elba to the east. be sure to turn left up the hill
Further up the coast, the to Canari, which is one of the
! A6 ⌂ Haute-Corse
k Bastia @ Bastia g Bastia restored Tour de Losse is one larger villages in this area. It
n Port de Plaisance, Macin- of a significant number of has a jewel of a 12th­century
16th­century Genoese towers
Pisan church, Santa Maria
aggio; Port Toga, Pietra-
bugno; www.macinaggio along the coast – part of an Assunta, a magnificent view
rogliano-capcorse.fr elaborate defence system that across the sea and a convivial
enabled all Corsican towns to hotel­restaurant. All of the
Cap Corse is the northern tip be warned within two hours of by roads in this thickly wooded
of Corsica, 40 km (25 miles) in impending barbarian raids. area seem to lead somewhere
length but seldom more than The 18th­century fishing interesting. There are dozens
12 km (7 miles) wide, pointing port of Centuri, near the tip of picturesque hamlets in the
like an accus atory finger of the peninsula on the west vicinity, and it also should be
towards Genoa. coast, is an ideal spot to stop borne in mind that from this
There are two roads out for a delicious seafood feast. point onwards the landscape
of Bastia to the cape: the D81 Pino, a pretty village strag­ becomes steadily less attrac­
leading west across the moun­ gling down the moun tainside tive, as the road winds on past
tains and joining up with the further to the south, has no the old asbestos workings and
D80 after the charming wine hotel, only a little church dedi­ beaches of black sand below
village of Patri monio; and the cated to the Virgin, which is the village of Nonza.
D80 trav elling north along the full of model ships placed
eastern shore to Erbalunga there by mariners who were
and Macin aggio. The road is grateful for her protection. 3
narrow and twisting, giving a
taste of what awaits in the St-Florent
rest of Corsica. ! A6 ⌂ Haute-Corse @
From the pretty coastal Did You Know? n Bâti ment Adminis tratif,
village of Lavasina, the D54 BP 53; www.corsica-
leads left off the D80 to Pozzo; Cap Corse was first saintflorent.com
from here it is a 5­hour round named by Greco-
trip on foot to the 1,307­m­ Roman geographer St­Florent is almost a Corsican
(4,288­ft­) summit of Monte and astronomer St­Tropez – chic, affluent and
Stello, the cape’s highest peak. Ptolemy. packed with yachts. Its citadel,
The 360­degree view from which mounts photography
the top takes in St­Florent to exhibitions, dates from 1439,
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