Corsica Path Walking - Walk The Island Of Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica is part of The French & one of the country's distinguished patriarchs was born on this Mediterranean island: Napoleon Bonaparte.
Being just so near to Italy as Corsica is, you straight away become aware that it's not fully French, but somewhat more a mixup of French/Italian culture, language, food and lifestyle.
Most walking holidays will take you from the mountains, in the middle of the French island, down to Ajaccio by the coast.
Reaching Corsica by boat strike me as the appropriate way, and you can take a boat from Livorno & Genoa in Italy or from Marseilles, Nice or Toulon in France.
Arriving into the historic harbor of Bastia, facing east towards Italy, the baroque architecture oozes history going back to 1378. Bastia indicates "fortified site" and that is what Bastia was centuries ago - a fortified site.
Naturally you can choose to fly into Bastia Poretta airport - 20 km south from the town center. Flights roll in from mainland France, Germany, United Kingdom, Morocco, Sweden, Luxembourg and Italy.
Trains from Bastia can bring you to Ajaccio, Calvi or Ponte Leccia and you will find buses and coaches to take you in almost all directions.
Most walking holidays in Corsica starts, as mentioned, from the middle of the Mediterranean gem, and should you care to feel the pace of life in a rural village: - Bocognano, at an altitude of 650m, is the absolute place to do so. The locals get together for a game of petang and they still gather wild herbs for their home cuisine. A number of walking Corsican tours starts from here, & the setting is beautiful! It is joined to Bastia by railroad.
The native born Corsicans call Corsica 'Ile de Beaute' - the beautiful island. And so it is! The island is still untouched by mass-tourism & provides a breathtakingly diverse scenery. You will realize that the Corsican people are devoted to keep their unique culture alive.
Search for "2010 Walking Holidays in France" for the tour proposition of walking holidays.