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Did You Know? Côte Orientale
French novelist ! A7 ⌂ Haute-Corse & EAT
Prosper Mérimée once Corse-du-Sud k Bastia
described Sartène as g Bastia, Porto-Vecchio Le Pirate
“the most Corsican of n 80 av St-Alexandra, Local seafood and
Cosica’s towns”. Alé ria; rue Maréchal produce, with second-
Leclerc, Porto-Vecchio; to-none harbour views.
www.oriente-corsica.com
! A6 ⌂ Le Port,
The flat alluvial plain which Erbalunga ∑ restaurant
was founded by the Genoese stretches from Bastia to lepirate.com
in the 16th century. It survived Solenzara has been rich farm­ ¡¡¡
endless attacks and kidnap­ land since 1945, the year it
pings by Barbary pirates and was finally drained and rid of Le Week End
centuries of feuding by the malaria. More recently, resorts Family-run favourite
town’s leading families. and high­rise hotels have serving just-landed fish
Despite all this, Sartène has mush roomed along the coast, and lobster from a tank.
a reputation for deep piety, cashing in on its long beaches. ! A7 ⌂ Route des
and Good Friday’s Catenacciu The best sight in Mariana is Sanguinaires, Ajaccio
(“chained one”) is the island’s the early 12th­century cathe­ ∑ hotel-le-weekend.com
oldest and most intense dral of Mariana known as La
ceremony, reenacting Christ’s Canonica. Nearby is the older ¡¡¡
ascent to Golgotha. Église de San Perteo, sur­
In the town centre, the rounded by meadows. Pozzo di Mastri
Musée Départemental de la About halfway down the Regional French cuisine
Préhistoire et d’Archéologie coast, the port of Aléria, orig­ served with style in a
has a collection of Neolithic, inally a Greek colony and the beautiful farmhouse.
Bronze and Iron Age arti facts. base for Rome’s conquest of ! A7 ⌂ Lieu dit Pozzo di
Connoisseurs praise the Corsica in 259 BC, has a rich Mastri Figari
town’s satisfying wine which archaeological heritage. Just ∑ pozzodimastri.com
is famous in the region. outside town, a museum ¡¡¡
housed in the 15th­century
Musée Départemental Fort de Matra chron icles daily
de la Préhistoire et life in Roman Aléria. Le Casadelmar
d’Archéologie Near the southern tip of Two Michelin stars,
" ⌂ Blvd Jacques Nicolaï the island is an extremely one creative Italian
# Oct–May: 10am–5pm popular resort, per fect for chef and many
Tue–Sat; Jun–Sep: 10am– a seaside holiday, with white­ memorable dishes.
6pm Tue–Sat) ∑ prehistoire- sand beaches notably at ! A7 ⌂ Porto-Vecchio
corse.org Palombaggia and Pinarello. ∑ casadelmar.fr
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