Category: The Route
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Our last city visit in Corsica was to Porto-Vecchio (Portivechju in Corsu) proper, just a short drive from our campsite. We had already seen most of the outskirts of Porto-Vecchio (the Burger King, the Auchan, the Decathlon etc.) but this time we wanted to go the Centre Ville. The name means Old Port and is…
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Inmiddels zijn we bijna 5 weken op pad en staan op het punt om in te pakken om naar Sardinië te gaan. Een hoop ervaringen en wijsheden verder. Corsica is wel een schitterend eiland. Heel mooie natuur, leuke steden en dorpen en fraaie vergezichten. Aar dat kun je allemaal lezen in de andere blogs. Na…
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If Corsica is known as the Island of Beauty, then among all the other beautiful things we have seen, Bonifacio must be one of the reasons behind the name. Kris and I agree that Bonifacio is probably the most beautiful city/town we have seen in our time in Corsica. It is about a 38 km…
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After spending 10 nights at La Sagone, it was time for us to be on the move again. While La Sagone was a wonderfully quiet campsite (after the madness of people coming and going in Biguglia), there was just too little shade. Our last couple of days there were mostly spent moving our table and…
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Today we took a relatively short drive north of Sagone to see the Calanques de Piana in Piana, which lies roughly halfway between Ajaccio and Calvi on the Gulf of Porto. These jagged cliffs, made of red ochre, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a recurring item on the must-see lists. After driving along…
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Today we travelled 38 km south to Ajaccio (Aiacciu/Aghjacciu in Corsican), the capital and largest city of Corsica. The inhabitants of Ajaccio are referred to as “Ajacciens” for males and “Ajacciennes” for females in French. And the most famous of “Ajacciens” is Napoleon Bonepart, who was born in Ajaccio in 1769. Among many other things,…
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After having spent 12 nights at Camping San Damiano, it was time to move on. We left Bigulia at about 11:15 to take a cross-country trip of 170 km to our next campsite, La Sagone, somewhere between Sagone and Vico. We had already driven the first part of the route to Corte, but after that,…
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Our next stop in exploring Corsica is Corte, a commune in the Haute-Corse (high Corsica). It is the 4th largest commune in Corsica after Ajaccio (the capital), Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio. It was the seat of government of Pasquale Paoli (the same gentleman we came across in L’Île-Rousse) from 1755 to 1769. Today it is the…
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Today (Thursday, June 19), we took a trip to L’Île-Rousse, Lìsula Rossa in Corsican. Founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port not in the hands of the Genoese. It takes its name from the reddish color of the rocky islet that serves as a natural harbor. It was about a 90-minute drive…
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One of the things on the wish list to take home with us is an artisanal and authentic Corsican knife, most likely the shepherd’s knife or “curnicciulu”. It is crafted according to a centuries-long tradition (the Romans were the first to develop the folding knife, of which this is an example), and it varies slightly…