Corsica holiday apartments, homes and villas

Why choose a holiday home in Corsica?

"During the early part of the month of March, in the year 1841, I traveled in Corsica. There is nothing more agreeable than a journey through this picturesque country." So begins the Dumas novel, The Corsican Brothers, and may echo your journal entry as you gather your memories of Corsica.

You can enjoy gourmet sausages and wine in the artist village of Pigna where a handcrafted cetera can be procured. This prized musical possession is a 16 string, 8 cord instrument akin to a lute. Try Corsican honey with chestnut bread when you dally along the vacant stretches of beach between the steep limestone cliffs of Bonifacio and the terrace cafes of bustling Bastia. Propriano to L'lle Rousse on the opposite side of the mountains are begging to be experienced via scooter.

The "Little Corporal", Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, would be amazed to find four international airports. Jets land at his birthplace of Ajaccio in Corse de Sud, Caliv, Figari, and Bastia in Haute Corse. Bonaparte would be surprised to see what is unchanged. The people, food, and music in Bonifacio, Porto Vecchio and Propriano still embrace polyphony, sanglier (wild boar), and brocciu (the scrumptious soft cheese unique to the island).

Each year over 40 country fairs are organized by local artists, crafters, and food producers. The fairs are sprinkled across the island where they are seasoned with a variety of themes. The diversity includes cheese, music, vino, olives, wood crafts, ocean, animals and art.

You will forever imprint the resting harbor at dawn in Bastia, watching the sun slipping away from a café in Porto, or the stunning fingered mountain peaks scratching at a cold blue sky in the interior region. You may find it difficult to leave after living among people who wear their hospitality like comfortable clothes.

Contribution post: 26 June 2010