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 Holidays
in Corsica ‹‹
The South, Bonifacio
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the Alta-Rocca
The Lavezzi Isles
[Ph. Desjobert]
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Like a masterpiece that the final touch must sublimate, the gods only
could give Corsica, in its extreme south, a unique place of interest.
This one takes the look of a white ship which proudly attacks the open
sea : Bonifacio !
No one can resist neither the fascination of this old town which is dazzingly
white, nor the appeal of its old alleys which climb up toward the sky,
and bordered by the cliffs from where the isles of Lavezzi and Cavallo,
or Sardinia can be seen, you will be maybe pray to a vertigo which you
could not say if it is physical or, in front of so much audacious beauty,
just simply mystic !
But the south it is also - harmonizing charm of yesteryear and dynamism
of today - Porto-Vecchio and its splendid littoral which is "beaded"
of gulfs and beaches with names which are evocative of escapism Sogno,
Santa Giulia, Cola Rossa, Rondinara, Pinarello...
L'Alta Rocca ! The name of this hinterland, land of asylum of
people of the plain in the time of the invaders, "flaps" with
the pride of its ancient lords, fortresses builders.
Today privileged welcome land for the traditions or archaeology lovers,
the Alta Rocca offers not only the exhuberant peaks of Bavella,
but also the plateau of Cuscione and its sheepfolds, the Levie
museum and its " Lady of Bonifacio" which dates
from 6570 years Before Christ, the historic sites of Cucuruzzu or
of Capula, Sainte Lucie of Tallano and its convent...
To perpetuate its tradition of hospitality, this region seems to have
wanted to combine a big variety of roundnesses, of differences in height,
of foliage in order to permit to everyone to practice the sport of nature
of his own choosing: from the hiking, the pony trek to the climbing, through
the mountain biking, the canyoning, the swimming in river, or the ski
touring.
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