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the walls, with the antique houses and the Ca- cliffs overlooking the sea. Perched on a white
thedral Saint Jean Baptiste, from the XIII centu- cliff, protected by the citadel, dominates the sea
Corsica the wild island ry; the Church Saint Marie Majeure, in baroque and the touristic port. Excursion on a boat along
style, of pink tones. In the evening return in ho-
the shore.
6 days tel, dinner and overnight. Dialect: in Bonifacio is spoken the most antique
Typical cheeses: the most famous fresh Corsican ligurian language: the bonifaccino, a Genoese
cheese is the “brocciu”, from sheep or goat, pre- arcaic dialect which corresponds to the spoken
Corsica, “L’ile de Beauté”, is the most savage sent in many plates: omelette aubrocciu, bei- imported by the columns at the end of the XIII
island on the Mediterranean Sea: 120 mountains gnets de brocciu, canelloniaubrocciu . century.
high over 2000 meters, forests, rivers, waterfalls, In the evening arrival in Old Port, surrounded
but also level grounds with over 1000 km of coa- 3 Day: Corte - Ajaccio (150 km) by a typical Mediterranean vegetation with cen-
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sts with white beaches and a turquoise sea in the After the breakfast a visit of Corte, in the geo- turies-old olive trees, is one of the most visited
east part with deep inlets and granite promon- graphic heart of the island. The city was the cap- touristic localities on the isle. Accommodation in
tory at West, with over 8700 square kilometers ital of Corsica between the 1755 and 1769 year hotel, dinner and overnight. If you want to have a
of Mediterranean weather. and has conserved many testimonies from that pleasant night, in the zone of the touristic port is
period, such as the National Palace, that was the concentrated a good part of the night life.
1 Day: Bastia - Cap Corse (60 km) seat of the parliament. The old city still presents Typical sweets: the favorite Corsican sweet is Business Proposals in France
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Arrival in Bastia, an art and historian city. The an authentic character with its antique hous- “fiadone”, sweet based on cheese “brocciu” and
old city has conserved its authentic look: typical es and the Genoese shutters. After the lunch, a lemon. Delicious are also the “canistrellis”, dry
streets and antique buildings in the quart of Old- transfer to Ajaccio and a visit of the city. Sorted biscuits scented with lemon, anice, chestnut,
Land; the old picturesque port with the church around the port and the citadel, the old city of wine…
of Saint Jean Baptiste of the XVII century and Ajaccio presents fascinating streets on which are
the atmosphere of its caffè and restaurants. The rising high colored houses. Place Maréchal-Foch, 5 Day: Old Port - Bastia (190 km)
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Genoese citadel (New-Land) was built between ornate by a fountain, is magical with its palm Breakfast and a visit of Old Port. The citadel is the
the XV and XVII century. Inside its bastions there trees and its plane trees. In Rue Saint-Charles, most fascinating part with the antique village sur-
is the Palace of the Governors, the Cathedral there is the birth house of Napoleon Bonaparte, rounded by 5 bastions. In Republic Square is the
of Saint Marie of the XVII century and the Ora- which is today a museum where are exposed his magical Church of Saint Giovanni Battista, the
torical (chapel Saint Croix) from the XV century. personal memories. Other objects (documents Chapel of Saint Cross and the Patio, a magnifi-
After the lunch, meeting with the guide and de- and medals) are exposed in the Napoleon’s salon cent stone building, used in the past like a hospi-
parture for the excursion that represents the first which is inside the municipality. Accommodation tal of the Genoese solders. The hinterland of Old
pure stage: Cap Corse, a peninsula 40 km long in hotel, dinner and overnight. Port is rich of savage breath-taking landscapes
and 10-15 km large, defined as “the isle inside an A typical fish meal: along the coast you can taste with a vegetation and naturalistic paths inside
isle”. In the evening an accommodation in a hotel “aziminu”, a Corsican bouillabaisse based on rock the natural reserve “hospital’s forest”. Lunch and
in Bastia, dinner and overnight. fish. departure for the visit of the capital of antique
Typical aperitif: Cap Corse is based on wine, Corsica, Aléria. Founded by the Focesi in the IV
oranges and macerate and cinchona. 4 Day: Sartène - Bonifacio - Old Port (165 km) century BC, famous by its forum and its teplw.
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Breakfast and a visit of the medieval city Sartène, Aleria. In the evening arrival in Bastia, accommo-
2 Day: L’Île-Rousse- Calvi (225 km) perched on a rock, dominates the valley of the dation in hotel, dinner and overnight.
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Breakfast in hotel. An entire day excursion on creek Rizzanèse. The lookout watchtower, from Local beer: Pietra is the famous Corsican beer of
the Red Island (L’Île-Rousse) which name is in- the XVI century, is what’ left from the antique chestnut.
spired from the ocher color of the rocky island. walls. The grey granite houses, the vaulted arch-
The most visited place is the covered market, es and the cobbled streets are taking us back in 6th Day: Bastia - Return
from the 1850 year. On a granite rock, on a sea the past. Breakfast and visit of Bastia with time for shop-
side and human grandness, there is the famous The vineyards from Sartène are known for the ping.
bronze sculpture “Red Island mermaid”, almost production of wine from the brand of Denomina- Boarding for the return at home.
emulate the mermaid of Copenhagen. After the tion of Controlled Origin (AOC in France).
lunch, a visit of Calvi with its unmissable places: After the lunch, a visit of Bonifacio, famous be-
the fortifications of the citadel and the inside of cause of its high city and also for the limestone
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