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Bonifacio to Corte
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Corsica photos below. Click on any image to go to the next page,
Corte-Restonica Gorge.
Corsica
Beaches Guide | Corsica
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| Bonifacio | Corte
| Corsica Hiking
Rondinara
beach, between Bonifacio and Porto-Vecchio. Good.
Heading
north up the east coast from Bonifacio is an easy drive on the
reasonably wide and straight N198, all the way to Bastia in
the far north, two to three hours away. On the way the coastline
is littered with excellent beaches, the best in Corsica and
some would say in the Mediterranean. For more beach information
and pictures see bugbog's Corsica
Beaches page.
Corsica
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Porto
Vecchio, a place to park your boat, sleep and eat; not much
else. Disappointing.
The
main stop between Bonifacio and Bastia, Porto Vecchio, although
over 400 years old has little to offer except a tiny fortress,
a marina for sailors and a comfortable base to enjoy the superb
beaches both north and south of the port, though there are also
plenty of little guest house and hotels nearer to the beaches.
The Palombaggia and Santa Giulia beach areas, for example, are
awash with tourist hotels.
Porto Vecchio is very popular with Italians during the summer
season.
The
Pont Genois on the way from Aleria to Corte. Good.
The
next town on the N198, Aleria, dates from 564 BC and has a fine
museum - the Jerome Carcopini - a Genoese fortress and
an ancient Roman excavation to prove it. Apart from those, this
is another Corsican [French?] town ruined by moronic, or corrupt,
or both town planners. And there's more...
The view on entering historic Corte town by road from Aleria/Bonifacio.
Disappointing.
Any suggestions on how to deal with French town planners in
ten words or less?
Well,
yes. Corsican nationalists have some ideas, in spite of - or
possibly because of - the billions of Euros pumped into Corsican
development every year.
And
finally, two hours drive from Bonifacio, or half an hour from
north coast ports, Corte's old town, hub of both Corsican nationalism
and the best hiking on the island. Good.
Click on any image for more Corte and
walks pictures.
