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Corsica cycling tours Cap Corse I 8 / 13 days cycling in Corsica All details in Chambres d'hôtes, double rooms: 8 days : 690 Euros per person (minimum of 2 persons) selfguided inn to inn cycling tour; 8 days, 7 nights, 7 days of walking Cap Corse II 8 days (5 days cycling) in Corsica All details
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From Cap Corse to the Castagniccia Via the Agriates’ Desert and Balagne Independent cycling circuit Duration: 8 days to 13 days
PROGRAMME of the 8 days tour. Day 1 –Bastia Your stay starts in Bastia at your hotel in the afternoon. That leaves you time to discover the capital of the Upper-Corsica. The old port is superb as well as the freely accessible citadel and the old city which offers a superb panorama on the sea and the neighbourhoods. For dinner, we advise you the old port with its particular atmosphere. If you arrive by boat the hotel is at 150m. From the airport you can take the shuttlebus (€7) or taxi (€22) Night at the hotel in Bastia Day 2 – The Corsica Cape The morning, you mount your bicycle and leave northwest, on a road which follows the sea, passes by the wooded inland and joins the other side of the island and its superb cliffs. The course is strewn with Genoese and Paoline towers as well as old convents and mills. The seascapes with their small fishing ports are splendid. The stop for the night is near Nonza and allows the following day to join the original layout towards Balagne. Do not miss the tower of Nonza which overhangs the coast and its black pebble beaches. Riding distances: approximately 38kms, 51kms or 67kms. Night stay in Ogliastro. Day 3 – From the Cape to the Gulf of Saint-Florent. You leave the Corsica Cape to go southward, in direction of Saint-Florent. According to the chosen route, you will be able to discover the village of Patrimonio, famous in the whole Corsica for its vineyards. Tastings are possible in the cellars of the village. This route offers superb point of views on the Gulf of Saint-Florent. In Saint-Florent, do not fail to visit the citadel and to stroll around the port and its small commercial streets. Riding Distances: approximately 22kms, 41kms or 46kms. Night stay at Saint-Florent. Day 4 – The Desert of Agriates. Today you leave to go to the heart of the Agriates Desert. From hamlet to hamlet, you cross this superb desert which will bring you closer to the sea again. According to the chosen layout, you will be able to follow a way which will take you into the heights of Balagne to see superb landscapes before going down towards the littoral and its Genoese Towers. You will arrive soon at Ile Rousse, your stop for the night. Do not miss the sunset on the end of the islands which will make you understand why this city was named Ile Rousse. The heart of the city is very animated in summer time and abounds with colors. Riding Distances: approximately 33kms, 43kms or 54kms. Night stay at Monticello Ile Rousse. Day 5 – Villages of Balagne. This day offers several options. The most motivated will follow the coast to Calvi and its beautiful citadel before going up to the villages of Balagne. This area is bewitching. These stone villages perched in the middle of nowhere have an astonishing beauty and kept themselves from modernism. Your stop for the night will be in one of these typical villages of Balagne. Riding Distances: approximately 33kms, 43kms or 54kms. Night in Piogiolla Balagne. Day 6 – The Corsica Inheritance. You will continue into the villages of Balagne by discovering superb testimonies of the past through old churches and convents. Your course is divided into two roads, one of them makes it possible to ride on some mountain passes located at more than 1200m of altitude. Then, you will follow the border of the Natural reserve of Corsica until you reach Ponte Leccia, your stop for the night. This day will be, without any doubt, marked by the numerous animals that you will meet wandering in freedom: cows, pigs, goats... Riding distance: approximately 45kms or 55kms (with the passes). Night in in Ponte Leccia Day 7 – Descent in Castagniccia. This last day of bicycle is not the least. It will take you along the villages of Castagniccia known for their chapels, their numerous natural sources as well as their ancestral culture of sweet chestnut. Royal Milan, this impressive raptor is widespread in this zone and you will surely see it hovering over your heads. You will cross many rivers and brooks before arriving at the coast. Your stop for the night will be in a village close to the airport. Riding distance: approximately 48kms or 58kms. Night in Luciana Day 8 – End of stay.
After
your breakfast,
End of stay.
We remind you that we can constantly be brought to modify stages of your stay in reasons of events independent of our will. We depend in particular on the climatic and natural events.
In the 9-day tour you will
stay an extra night in St.Florent at the sea for a restday. Additional information
ASSISTANCE
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
PORTING OF YOUR LUGGAGE ATTENTION: ONLY 1 LUGGAGE PER PERSON!
MEETING POINT
DROP OFF POINT
DEPARTURE DATES
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| Here is our latest cycling trip in Corsica, 8 days, 7
nights, 5 biking days, 2 beach days. Cap Corse II
Day1 Bastia
Day2 Bastia - Santa Severa
Day3 Santa Severa - Ogliastro
Day4 restday in Ogliastro (at the beach, black sand, very calm and nice
place!)
Day5 Ogliastro - Saint Florent
Day6 Saint Florent restday (small.lively town, lost of things to do: jet
ski, quad, boattrips to fantastic beaches..)
Day7 Saint Florent - Bastia or Poretta
day8 Leave after breakfast
price €720 p.p. Included bagage transsfers, B&B in hotels, auberges or in comfortabloe chambres d’hôtes (guesthouses), 2 rooms, booklet with maps and written instructions. Not included Transfer to meeting point and departure point. beverages, bikes, meals, site visits.
Bastia: hôtel 2* simple, clean, calm, ideally locatde in centre of town
Santa Severa: hôtel 2* panoramic view at the sea, pool with view on the
sea.
Ogliastro: hôtel 2* small bay,2 min from the sea. 2 restaurants nearby
(pizza.. and a very sepcial fish restaurant!!)
Saint Florent: hôtel 2* in centre of the village,10 sec. from
restaurants, shops, harbour, (shuttle bus to beaches) by bike in 10min
to Beach of Rroya (kayak...)
Poretta: hotel 2*, (if you want to stay nearby the airport, large rooms.
simpole hotel.or else in hotel in Bastia
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General information about Corsica
ACCOMMODATION:
These cycling tours have a variety of accommodations: hotels, chambres d'hôtes and gîtes with double rooms.In hotels you'll have bathroom en suite.
In chambres d'hotes you'll have private rooms and bathroom en suite.
WEATHER:
June and September are the best months to ride on Corisica.BOOKS :
General (French) information – tourism – gastronomie
- Corse, par A et F Rother (Arthaud)
- Guide Bleu de la Corse (Hachette)
- Guide pratique de la Corse par Olivier Jehasse (éditions de la Marge, Ajaccio)
- La bonne cuisine corse, par Christine Schapira (éditions Solar)
Geography – nature
- Parc naturel régional de la Corse, plantes et fleurs rencontrées, par Marcelle Conrad
- Roches et paysages de la Corse, par A. Gauthier (parc naturel régional et BRGM)
History – archeologie – art :
- Histoire de la Corse, par Michel Vergé Franceschi (éditions du Félin)
- Arts traditionnels de la Corse, par Loviconi (Edisud)PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Extra nights: in Ajaccio
Hôtel** Le Kallisté :+334 95 51 34 45
Hôtel** Le Dauphin : +334 95 51 29 96
Hôtel*** Albion : +334 95 21 66 70
Hôtel*** San Carlu : +334 95 21 13 84
Chambre d'hôtes chez Madame Battini : +334 95 21 83 04
