A crumbling watchtower guards the glittering waters of the bay. The scent of myrtle and thyme drifts among the olive trees. High above, the mountains, silent and impenetrable, frame the scene. Corsica ...
Corsica is largely mountainous; high cliffs and rocky inlets characterise much of its coast. The interior boasts deep forests, glacial lakes, gorges, maquis-covered slopes and snow-capped granite ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’ve lived on the French island of Corsica on and off for 12 years, but I’ve been coming here for 45. My ...
The French island of Corsica is twice the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, or about half the area of the country of Wales. This isle of jagged limestone peaks is circled by whitecapped waves of ...
Napoleon’s birthplace, just across a narrow strait from Sardinia, is split into the peaceful and wild Haute-Corse and the more refined and touristy Corse-du-Sud Corsican perfume magnate François Coty ...
The 100th edition of the Tour de France will begin in the one region of France never traversed by Tour bicycles: Corsica. The stage takes the place of the Tour’s usual prologue time trial. The good ...
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