In Corsica (Corsica) a lot of magnificent scenery, beautiful bays, interesting attractions, clean beaches and figures of Napoleon. But there are still few people there, so these are tourists from Russia.
The main resorts are Calvi, Ajaccio, Bonifacio, Bastia.
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How to get here
Flight to Paris or Nice, then - domestic flights to Ajaccio, Bastia, Figari and Calvi (about one and a half hours) or by ferry NGV from Nice or Marseille (about three hours). You can also fly past France, as a point of docking: for example, with the help of Lufthansa through Frankfurt.
Ferries connect Corsica with Nice, Marseilles and Toulon, and from April to October - also with the ports of Italy: Genoa and Livorno. Small boats sail through the strait between Bonifaccio and Sardinia from April to September.
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Climate of Corsica
On the island is always a warm and dry summer, mild winters, lots of sun and little rain. The average annual temperature is about +20 ° C, and in summer the heat can reach +36 ° C. The best month for rest is September, but it is almost impossible to confirm the hotel numbers at this time.
Kitchen Corsica
A gastronomic trip through Corsica should start from the market in Ajaccio .With the freshest gifts of the sea, you can get acquainted thoroughly in the morning fish market, the abundance of which may be envied by many Mediterranean port cities: stingray, tuna, sea rooster, trout, sardines, swordfish, lobsters, anchovies and t .e .On weekends, the port breaks its tents and the local delicatessen market .Thanks to the proximity of Sardinia, you can try both Corsican and Sardinian delicacies .Merchants will generously offer you to taste smoked sausages with pepper and spices, hams coppa and prizuttu, liver sausages figatellu, soft fat cheese from sheep's milk brocciu, numerous varieties of honey (floral, chestnut, summer fruity, citrus), strawberry and fig jams and, of course same, still warm sweet pastries and local hand-made bread .Corsican olive oil is best bought in the markets in Saint-Lucy-de-Tallano in March and in Montegrosso in July .
In the menu of the restaurant or a small cafe is to find soup from chestnuts with onions and garlic on meat broth, dishes with young goat, panzetta bacon with egg and baked potatoes, scrambled eggs with mint and cheese brocciu. The most popular delicacy of the Corsicans themselves is a sausage from the liver, fried over an open fire.
A special place in the Corsican culinary tradition is taken by a sweet chestnut. From it prepare soups, bread, all kinds of desserts and pastries, beer, liquor, side dishes. And local mandarin is very special and is a mandatory ingredient of Christmas pudding.
Corsica also boasts of its own distinctive wines: light red wines with notes of flowers, fruits and coffee made from Sciaccarelli, rich red wines with a scent of fruits, licorice and violets (Niellucciu, Patrimonio region), dry white wines of a greenish-yellow hue with fragrant halftone apples, almonds and flowers (varieties Vermentinu) .In 8 regions, the islands also produce fortified orange, mandarin, plum and nut wine, liqueurs from mint, myrtle, strawberry, chestnut, an appetizer from the cinchona of Cap Corse and a local variety of vodka - aquavita .
Entertainment, excursions and attractions in Corsica
In Corsica, there are many ancient pretty towns that can dispel the resort's boredom vacationers. For example, on the west coast Saint-Florent stands out with its nightlife and a lot of street cafes.
The city of Corte is the "heart" of the entire Corsican history .It is a lively resort city with a large number of higher education institutions, in which a total of more than 4,000 students study .No less famous and Propriano, where the services of tourists - all kinds of recreation: sea walks, sports entertainment, restaurants, shopping, excursions .At 15 km from it is the ancient city of Sarten, famous for the annual Christian ceremony held here every year - the procession "catenacciu", when the penitents, barefoot and in chains, carry a wooden cross through the Old Town to the local "Golgofa" .Another pretty town of Porto-Vecchio lies to the north-west of Bonifacio .It is famous for its cozy bays and clean beaches .
- Admire the greatness of St. Nicolas Square in Bastia.
- To see with my own eyes the eerie procession "katenachchu" (it's good not to take part in it).
- Learn more about the life and fate of Napoleon in Ajaccio.
- To try local "aqua vita" - in actual fact "living water" turns out to be a very strong drink!
- Follow in the footsteps of Columbus in the charming Calvi.
Citadel and fortress
Long Genoese rule left a memory in the many fortifications of the island .The majestic strongholds of Bastia, Calvi and Bonifacio are already overgrown with modern serenity with their leisurely coffee shops, antique shops and artistic workshops, but from the sea they still amaze their imagination with their stern stone power .The remarkable examples of the era are the tower Nonza on Cape Corsica and the tower Capitello in the Gulf of Ajaccio .The bastion of Corte is a particularly rare specimen: it was built by the squires of the medieval Corsica .
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Sightseeing prehistoric
The historical site of Filitosa is a huge park of a prehistoric settlement, discovered in 1975. Here you can see the spherical stone houses-caves - dolmens, defenses, boulders-statues of ancient warriors - menhirs and the park of "dinosaurs" (the masses of darkened boulders, which, when viewed from different sides, assume the outlines of fossil giants). The park is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and dates back approximately 6,000 years BC. e. (The full rate of the visit is 6 euros.)
Reserves and diving
Eastern Corsica is notable for chestnut groves stretching from Bastia in the north to Solenzara in the southeast. Here is a beautiful nature reserve Buguglia, and in the reservoirs of Aleria, mussels and oysters are bred. Here you can remarkably dive, but amateurish sea hunting for crustaceans and the extraction of corals are prohibited. In two natural reserves - Scandola between Calvi and Porto and the islands of Lavezzi in the southernmost part of the island under protection is absolutely everything under water.
Leisure
Corsica - this is the ideal landscape for lovers of mountain walks and extreme .The mountain range of the island, stretching from the north-west to the southeast, has twenty peaks of more than 2 thousand heights .meters above sea level, the most majestic of which is Mount Sinto (2710 m) .It is full of centuries-old paths, adapted for hiking and horse riding .The most famous GR20 leads from Kalenzany to Konka (about 20 km) and requires about 10-15 days for the passage, during which you can observe many magnificent landscapes: the slopes strewn with strawberries, juniper, heather and myrtle, azure lakes and winding in valleys Sleeves of rivers .Local horse-riding centers offer a variety of programs in various formats: from hour walks and one-day routes and to many-day hikes with night stops in cozy chalets .
From other active entertainment: swimming in the sea kayaks around the cape Corsica, travel through the desert Agriates, sea walks, fishing, snorkeling, mountain hikes all over the island (on foot or on horseback), canoeing on the mountain rivers.
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Holidays and festivals
But you do not recognize the real Corsica, if you do not visit one of the city or rural holidays, during which the traditional entertainment of the Roman and Genoese courts returns, melodic Corsican songs sound and, of course, the sea and quadrille are performed .August 12, the inhabitants of the canton of Pioggiola are fighting for the title of the best bell ringer, on August 25 in Sermano the village violinists of the island come, traditional chansons of which accompany folk costumes with singing and street quadrille, and in the beginning of September real ones are organized at the fair in Nyolo, as in the era of knight tournaments, poetic competitions .
August 12 in Bastelik celebrate the people's hero and Condottier Francis I - Sampiero, who served as the prototype of Shakespeare's Othello. The streets of the city are filled with people in Renaissance costumes, they dance, sing, play musical instruments and, of course, perform serenades under the balconies of lovers. And Festa Antica ("Antique Holiday") in Aleria invites you to try Roman toga, taste traditional antique dishes in local restaurants and look at the craft fair (August 8 and 9). Napoleon is celebrated in Ajaccio on August 15.
Bastia hosts the November festival "Mediterranean Cinema" and the December "Musical Meetings", in Calvet there are the June Jazz Festival and the July musical "Polyphony". Among the major sporting events of the year - "Automobile arrival in Corsica", "Around Corsica by canoe", "Corsica Byke", "Corsica Raid Aventure", etc.
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