Ajaccio, Corsica
Friendly capital of this captivating 'Isle of Beauty', whose rugged coastline and flawless beaches enclose a fragrant maquis-carpeted interior dotted with mellow old hill-towns.
Fought over by Greek, Roman, Vandal, Byzantine and Saracen, Corsica was sold by Genoa to France in 1768 - a fateful day for Europe, for a year later one Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio (his birthplace is now a museum).
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Ajaccio City Tour (Tour C)
AJACCIO, CORSICA
From the pier it is a short drive to reach the main streets of the ‘Imperial City’. We will pass by the Cours Napoleon, the Church of St Roch, the Prefecture, the Cours Grandval, the English quarter and the Regional Assembly.
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Calanches de Piana (Tour D)
AJACCIO, CORSICA
Our tour takes us to the Calanches de Piana – a pink granite coastline that has been engraved and sculpted by erosion – where an incredible panorama will unfold before our eyes as we follow the coastline towards Porto.
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The Gorges of Prunelli (Tour A)
AJACCIO, CORSICA
This drive up the gorges of Prunelli will provide an easy but immensely varied tour to explore the area surrounding Ajaccio. We will see the landscape dramatically change from gardens and orchards to huge forests of chestnut and pine trees;
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Tortoise Protection Centre (Tour E)
AJACCIO, CORSICA
‘A Cupulatta’, the only Tortoise Protection Centre in Europe. There are only three protection centres in the world; the other two are located in Africa and America. In this specialised reserve, approximately 130 different species can be seen
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Vizzavona (Tour B)
AJACCIO, CORSICA
Leaving the pier by coach, within a few minutes we will be surrounded by typical Corsican vegetation, the ‘Macchia’ – a green, brown or multicoloured bush depending on the season…but always sweet smelling.As we arrive in the village of Bocognano, we’ll find ourselves in the middle of a mountain
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