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Holidays Corsica.

Island of Corsica  -  Island of Beauty.

Departments Corse : Haute Corse [ 2 b ] and Corse du Sud [ 2 a ]

Bastia - Cap Corse - Nebbio, Plaine Orientale - Castagniccia - Casinca - Fiumorbu, Bonifacio - Alta Rocca - Porto Vecchio, Travo - Valinco - Sartenals, Ajaccio - Porto - Cote Occidentale, Corté - Niolo - Giussani, Balagne - Calvi - Galeria.

Capital City of Corse: Ajaccio


car hire, holiday homes, hostels, hotels, travel agencies, travel guides, transportation / travelling to corse

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Camping and Caravanning

 Camping Chiappa  -  naturist camping
In the middle of a vast protected zone, in the south of Corsica, in Porto-Vecchio, is the vacation village without clothing of La Chiappa, of a surface of 65 hectares, where no cars are allowed, with a 3 km coastline alternating range of sand and rocks...
 Corse Campings  -  Guide of Corsica Camp sites
 Eurocampings  -  ACSI International Camping Guide - Corse

Car Hire Corse

 Holiday Autos  -    
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

 Sixt  -   
Pick-Up Station / Return Station: Ajaccio Airport and Bastia Airport

Holiday Homes / Cottages / Apartments

   - find your perfect holiday cottage in Corsica with Cottages4You
All properties are visited and quality assessed. Search and book online now.
Cottages4you is the leading UK provider of self-catered holidays

 Bungalow.net  -  Holiday homes France 

 Euro Relais  -  Holiday Cottages in Corse
Charming chalet, villa, castle or mill? Country cottage, mansion or farmhouse? Discover their special holiday homes and book online!

 Soleara  -  Cottages in France  

 French Life  -  Corsica Cottages
French Country Cottages offer a choice of over 900 properties, many with a swimming pool, in the most beautiful areas of France. Check availability in Corsica and book online.
 Villas du Sud

Hotels in Corsica

 Hotels in Corse  -  Hotel Guide Corse
Hotels in Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Lucciana, Porto, Saint-Florent, Cagnano, Monticello, Aléria, Porto-Vecchio, Corte, Santa-Lucia-di-Moriani , and more.

 Hotels in Ajaccio

 Hotels in Bastia 

More hotels? - see the page Hotels

Hostels / Bed & Breakfast / Budget Accommodation

 Gites de France Région Corse 
 Gîtes et refuges 
Accommodations especially for hikers, mountaineers, rock climbers, nordic and mountain skiers, and for those practicing cycling, mountain biking, canoe-kayaking, canyoning, horse-riding and makes the site a must for any lover of outdoors sporting activities wishing to prepare both itinerary and stopovers at any time of the year.

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

National Parks

 Parc naturel régional de Corse

Travel Agents / Tour Operator

  -  Create your perfect trip  -  Flight, Hotel and Car



 Trains Touristiques  -  Railways Corsica
 Giraschi Voyages  -  Corsica tourism, transport, lodgings, locations Corsica
 Eurocorse  -  Transport and tourism in Corsica
 Balagn'ane  -  Hiking with donkeys
 Corse Voyages
 Les Beaux Voyages  -  Corsica Autocariste

Travel Guides Corsica / Related books

Travel Guides Corsia [ Amazon.co.uk ]

The Rough Guide to Corsica  - Theo Taylor, David Abram (Editor)
One of the Mediterranean's most accessible, yet least spoilt islands, with some of its best beaches and most beautiful mountain scenery, Corsica is an increasingly popular holiday destination. This guide features detailed town write-ups, as well as fully up-to-date hotel and restaurant listings. This edition includes a new chapter on long-distance walks, including a full account of GR20 - regarded as Europe's leading "haute route".
Paperback 480 pages (February 27, 2003); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1843530473
Corsica - Eyewitness Travel Guide  - Fabrizio Ardito
This guide covers everything Corsica has to offer, from child-friendly beach resorts to severe hiking trails. Major towns, such as Bastia and Bonifacio have their main sights plotted on a detailed map and illustrated tours take the reader around the island to explore local crafts and beautiful scenery. It also provides information on: where to shop, where to eat and a variety of practical information.
Paperback 216 pages (May 1, 2003); Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; Language: English; ISBN: 0751336378
Corsica: Car Tours and Walks - Noel Rochford
Pocket-sized full-colour motoring and walking guides with fold-out touring maps and large-scale topographical walking maps. Reviewed in the press as the 'walkers' bibles' and 'the hallowed blue books'. 45 titles in print, especially strong on destinations in southern Europe.
Paperback 136 pages (January 15, 2005); Publisher: Sunflower Books; Language: English; ISBN: 1856912736

Transport / How do I travel to Corsica

 Airport Ajaccio  -  Aéroport d'Ajaccio  -  Campo dell'Oro [ AJA ]
 Airport Bastia  -  Aéroport de Bastia Poretta  -  located 20 km form the city center 
 Sud Corse [ FSC ]
 Saint Catherine [ CLY ] 
 Poretta [ BIA ]

Freedom Flights  -  UK seat only operator - London - Bastia

 
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 CCM Airlines

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  price comparison flights possible

    -  Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
Rail Europe is the UK's leading supplier of European Rail tickets. Whether you want to take a short break or a fortnight, your train journey by Eurostar, and connection to Europe with the SNCF range of products, are available to book online.

 SNCF  -  Train planner
 Trains Touristiques  -  Chemin de Fer Corse
Nicknamed "U trinighellu" (the trembler) by the inhabitants, between the sea and the mountains, this railway line offers you a whole host of varied landscapes.
Departing from Bastia and from Ajaccio, the train leaves behind the coastal plains and, in less than two hours, climbs the thousand metre gradient separating it from the station at Vizzavona.
To reach this majestic site, symbolising the very best of green tourism, the train winds its way, following the contours or rock walls, running beside rivers and torrents, sometimes being suspended several tens of metres above the ground on over one hundred stonework bridges. The highest and most famous of these bridges is the Vecchio Bridge built by Gustave Eiffel...

FerryCheap  -  fantastic fares from all of the UK's major ports to France

 CMN  -  La Meridionale  -  Ferry Marseille to Corse v.v.
 SNCM  -  Ferry.

 Autocars Cortenais  -  Corte / Bastia route and Corte / Aléria route

Corse-du-Sud/Haute-Corse (Michelin Local Maps)
Detailing the Corse-du-Sud / Haute-Corse region of France, this laminated fold-out map includes a complete index of place names and covers all regional specialities, heritage and traditions. It offers clear and concise mapping for stress-free travelling.
ISBN: 2061011802

 Maps International  -  Maps France   
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
Corsica Insight Flexi Map 
Flexi Map Corsica contains seven maps including Corsica North, Corsica South, Bonifacio, Ajaccio, Bastia, Corte and a locator map of the whole island. It also lists Top Ten recommended sights - from the weird, 12th -century Church of San Michele de Murato to the wild landscape of Scala di Santa Regina - as well as useful travel information, climate tables and local transport details.
Map (April 28, 2000); Publisher: Insight Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 9812343865.


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 Travel Insurance  -  travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Visit Corsica  -  Tourist Board Corsica

Corsica is a very mountainous island : the highest peak, Monte Cinto, reaches a height of 2 710 m high, and there are 50 other peaks above an elevation of 2 000 m high. The island average elevation is 568 m and its peaks look over more than1 000 km of shores. The west coast faces strong winds, and the most of it is made of deep and dazzling gulfs. The East shore is filled by the long and flat shore of the Aleria plain, the oriental plain. Corsica is a very mountainous island, the Monte Cinto highest peak reached an elevation of 710 m, and there is 50 other peaks above an elevation of 2 000 m.

The west coast faces strong winds, and the most of it is made of deep and dazzling gulfs. The East shore is filled by the long and flat shore of the Aleria plain, the oriental plain.

Vegetation is equally composed of forest and maquis (typical Corsican scrubland) and covers half of the territory. There are numerous water sources : lakes and rivers have given Corsica its surname of green island.
Erosion has created steep canyons and valleys and the deformed peaks are often fascinating landscapes.

The Greeks already called it "Kalliste", the most beautiful. Corsica is in this way a true anthology of all the world's greatest.

 Ajaccio  -  Capital City of Corsica  -  City of Ajaccio
Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays d'Ajaccio (CAPA : Afa, Alata, Appietto, Cuttoli Corticchiato, Peri, Sarrola Carcopino, Tavaco, Valle di Mezzana, Villanova

 Ajaccio Tourism  -  Tourist Board Ajaccio
Ajaccio occupies a sheltered position at the foot of wooded hills on the northern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio.

  Corse-du-Sud [ 2a ]  -  Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud  -  Government

 Haute-Corse [ 2b ]  -  Conseil Général de Haute-Corse  -  Government

 Bastia  -  Office de Tourisme de Bastia
 Bonifacio  -  Tourism Bonifacio
Bonifacio owes its renown to the majestic citadel that was built in the 9th century by Boniface II of Tuscany.
Its Genoese influence and vivid colours evoke the traditions of a region which has managed to protect its historical and cultural heritage, while at the same time ensuring its economic development.
The "Haute-Ville" (or Upper Town) which has most of the town's heritage of monuments and buildings, is built on a limestone peninsula 1,500 metres long, and 200 metres wide.
 Bozio  -  Le Bozio  -  Tourist board Bozio
 Calvi -  Tourism Calvi  -  see also La Balagne
Calvi coils in the North West of Corsica, like a beauty spot in the Beauty Island (as Corsica is called). A citadel looks as if it was standing on the water, looking at the snowy mountain which reflects its shadows in the sea . Boats moor at the bottom of this colourful sea site, spreading into a sand beach bordered with a pinewood. The purity of its water and the treasures of its heritage are the pride of its inhabitants.
 Corte  -  Office de Tourisme de Corte 
 Ghisonaccia  -  Office de Tourisme de Ghisonaccia 
Located between the sea and the mountains, half way from Bastia and Porto-Vecchio the Costa Serena opens itself onto large sandy beaches and offers you on the one hand, a large variety of accommodations, in holiday villages, hotel clubs, camping sites or mobile home.
 Ocana - Commune d'Ocana 
 Porticcio - Office de Tourisme de Porticcio
 Porto - Office de Tourisme de Porto  
 Porto Vecchio
Located at 25 km from the impressive Bonifacio, the city of Porto-Vecchio presents all the advantages of a seaside resort and shows some wonderful aspects that only its natural environment can reveal. Its age-old bastion and beautiful marina puts it in a strong position, it has a growing population and a prosperous touristic activity. During the last decades a drastic development helped it to overcome its isolation and now Porto -Vecchio appears among the best equipped areas of the island. Porto-Vecchio has thus become the third town of Corsica... 
 Porto Vecchio - Office de Tourisme de Porto Vecchio
 Propriano - Office de Tourisme de Propriano 
The bay is very large, Propriano stretches between Belvédère- Campornoro, Olmeto Plage and Porto Pollo.
This location is ideal for all those who want to tour around Southern Corsica (Ajaccio and Bonifacio are only 1 hr 1 5mins away by car).Once discovered, few are those who never return to Propriano (and we hope you will be back too !). At each visit you will discover new aspects of, "su paesi ch'è no tinimu tantu caru" (a Corsican saying which means 'our country which we love so much'). 
 Ucciani - Commune d'Ucciani 

 Costa Serena 
Come and spend your holiday in Corsica, in a special place called La Costa Serena.
On the other hand, still not far from the sea but more inland, you will have the opportunity to discover the genuine Corsica with its rivers and its mountains and the farmers who make this delicious local cheese and meat products or honey and liquors.
Ghisonaccia, Ghisoni, Aleria and the Moita Verde, Prunelli di Fiumorbu, Piedicorte and Vezzani
 Costa Verde 
 Gulf - Golf de Spérone
 Golf du Valenco -  le ciel, la montagne et la mer
 Gulf of Porto - Porto und Region 
 Spin a Cavalu
Old bridge across the small river Rizzanèze near Propriano - dates from the time of the Genuese
 Wintersport
Col de Vizzavona, le Verghellu, et le Col de Vergio.

 Académie de Corse 
 Association A Rinascita 
 Office de l'environnement de la Corse 
 Compagnie Corse Méditérannée 
 Corsica Raid Aventure 
 Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor [ 1769-1821 ] - most famous son of Corsica
 Maquis
Characteristic vegetation in Corse: rough, herby kind of bushes.
 News - journal Corse Matin - newspaper
 Sporting Club de Bastia
 Tutti Inseme
 University in Corse - Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli 

Cuisine - Corsica Cooking

  Recipes from Corsica  - Rolli Lucarotti
Paperback 192 pages (August 1, 2003); Publisher: Prospect Books; Language: English; ISBN: 1903018277

History of Corsica

 Napoleon Bonaparte - Wikipedia : Napoleon I of France
The house in Ajaccio in which Napoleon I was born in 1769 is preserved, and his associations with the town are everywhere emphasized by street-names and statues.
  Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of France  - J.G. Lockhart
By the age of 25, a disgraced, despondent, and suicidal Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1813) had been expelled from the army. One year later, he was the youngest general in France, and was winning victories with ragged troops who were at the point of starvation. In this exceptional biography, John Gibson Lockhart examines the life and career of the man who became France's foremost military leader and, in the process, gained the love of his people.
Paperback 396 pages (May 15, 2005); Publisher: Cosimo Classics; Language: English; ISBN: 1596051515

 French history timeline

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 Chanter  -  French Music Database
Toute la chanson francophone - Aznavour à Zebda, des centaines d'artistes et de concerts, achat de CD, sources de MP3.
Artists, Concerts, Charts, Shopping, MP3/MIDI Files, Radio, Lyrics & Music, Forum, and more
 Viafrance  -  all events in France
Furthermore regional information and intersting links within the French regions.

Web Portal / Corse Search Engine / Directory

 Ballade en Corse
 Corsicamedia  -  Corsican Directory  - classified by categories
 Corsica.net
 Destination Sud Corse  -  Portal Southern Corsica
Region : Porto Vecchio, Lecci, Sainte Lucie, Alta Rocca
 L'annuaire de la Corse - U-Corsu - Portal - Telephone Guide Corsica
 Terra Corsa
 Kyrnet

 Corsica - Backpackers Planet  -  links about Corsica

 Pages Jaunes  -  French Yellow Pages

 Google.fr  -  French Search Engine
 Voila  -  search engine 

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