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Grand Tour of Corsica

8 DAYS | 7 NIGHTS

Day 1: Arrival in Bastia – Region of Calvi / Île Rousse (-/-/D) Day 6: Porto Vecchio – Bonifacio – Porto Vecchio (B/L/D)
Welcome of your tour escort at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Remainder of the Depart for Bonifacio. The upper town, perched on a steep promontory, dominates the
day is free. Dinner and overnight in Calvi/Île Rousse area. Mediterranean. Board a boat trip to discover the marine caves and the impressive
cliffs. Return ashore. Visit Bonifacio by mini-train. Lunch during the excursion. Dinner
Day 2: Calvi – Cap Corse – Calvi (B/L/D) and overnight in Porto Vecchio.
Morning departure for Cap Corse, a narrow peninsula with little bays, golden beaches
and precipitous cliffs. Experience Nonza with its stone-roofed houses, perched on a Day 7: Porto Vecchio – Solenzara – Aleria – Corte – Bastia (B/L/D)
steep rock, Pino, a village constructed like a balcony above the sea and the St. Lucie Depart for Solenzara, along the pearl coast. Continue to Aleria across a landscape
pass. Here you can enjoy superb views of the Gulf of Aliso, the port of Santa Severa lined with pine woods. Arrive for lunch in Corte, in the heart of a Corsican regional
and Erbalunga. Also Miomo, with its Genovese tower clinging to schist cliffs above a natural park. Tour Corte by mini-train. Leisure time. Continue to the Niolu, a land of
pebble beach, Pietranera and Bastia. This Genovese city is characterised by its Me- mountain people and shepherds, then on to Calacuccia – from the dam, enjoy the
diterranean charm. Visit the city by mini-train: the alleys lined with high houses, the view over the lake, the magnificent peaks of the Niolu and the dramatic gorges of
coloured facades, the Place de l’Hotel de Ville, St. Nicolas square, the market square Scala di Santa Regina. Continue on to the region of Bastia / Calvi. Dinner with Corsi-
and the old port. Depart for Patrimonio to enjoy a tasting of Corsican wines. Continue can songs and guitars. Overnight in Porto Vecchio.
to St. Florent through the Desert of Agriates. Lunch during the excursion. Return to
the hotel in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Calvi/Île Rousse area. Day 8: Departure from Bastia (B/-/-)
Transfer to the airport in Bastia.
Day 3: Calvi – Porto – Ajaccio (B/L/D)
Depart for the Marsulinu Pass, the Valley of Fango and the La Croix Pass. Arrive in the Our prices include:
Gulf of Porto, featured in the UNESCO World Heritage listings, a marvellous site of red • Deluxe motor coach throughout as per itinerary
granite cliffs above an intense blue sea. Enjoy a cruise from Porto to the Calanques • English-speaking tour escort throughout
of Piana (1h30) situated in the south of the Scandola nature reserve. Lunch in Porto. • Accommodation in 3 hotels in double/ twin room
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Continue on to the Gorges of Spelunca. Visit Evisa, a village surrounded by chestnut • 2 nights with half board in Calvi/Île Rousse area
woods. Continue en route to Vico and Sagone before reaching Ajaccio. Dinner and • 2 nights with half board in Ajaccio
overnight in Ajaccio. • 2 nights with half board in Porto Vecchio
• 1 night with half board in Bastia
Day 4: Ajaccio and tour of the maquis (B/L/D) • 1/4l of wine per person and meal
Depart for a guided tour of Ajaccio - postitioned in the heart of one of the world’s • 6 lunches
most beautiful bays, with a mountainous backdrop and facing the Sanguinaires Is- • Patrimonio: tasting of Corsican wines
lands. Lunch. In the afternoon, continue towards the inland areas of the island and • Mini-train rides in Bastia, Bonifacio and Corte
encounter the Mediterranean fauna and flora of Cauro, Bastelica, the Tolla Dam and • Boat trip “caves and cliffs” in Bonifacio
Bastelicaccia. Dinner and overnight in Ajaccio. • Evening with Corsican songs and guitars
• Guided visit: Ajaccio
Day 5: Ajaccio – Propriano – Sartene – Bavella pass – region of Porto Vecchio • Porterage at hotel in / out
(B/L/D) • All taxes and charges
Depart for Cauro and the villages of Petreto and Olmeto, then Propriano, in the heart
of the Gulf of Valinco. Continue on to Sartene, the “most Corsican of the Corsican
towns”, according to the writer Prosper Merimee and perched like an amphitheatre
above the Rizzanese Valley. Proceed to the region of Alta Rocca, the villages of Aulle- PACKAGE PRICE PP
ne, Quenza and Zonza and the Bavella Pass, with its majestic rocky needles. Lunch. IN DOUBLE ROOM FROM
1,075 €
Continue via the Larone Pass and Solenzara. Dinner and overnight in Porto Vecchio.

based on 30 persons

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