CORSICA    CORSE

                                                                 Mare a Mare Sud - from coast to coast south

Tips: A low cost airlines flight to Marseille, the bus to town center, a half-hour walk to the harbour, and with the night ferry (12 hours) to Ajaccio. 45 minutes after arrival of the ferry - so, next day - there is a bus going to the other site of the island, to Porto Vecchio and it’s here the way-marked route “ Mare a Mare Sud “ begins. From coast to coast, from sea to sea.

You also can fly directly.

The route is of an unique beauty and well marked ( orange stripes).

Maps: La Carte Touristique Locale nr.74 , scale 1:100.000.

Accommodation: Some Gites d’étappe are closed until April, but with a little improvisation you find a place to sleep and eat.

In early spring we walked in very nice temperatures; while walking on the beach , lying under palm trees, you can see the snow in the mountains.

 

March 2003: from coast to coast, from east to west, at Corsica..

Height: from sea level - 1068m.

 

 

Day 1: Porto Vecchio - Cartalavone

Day 2: Cartalavone - Levie

Day 3: Levie - Jellicu

Day 4: Jellicu - Ste Lucie de Tallano

Day 5: Ste Lucie de Tallano - Burgo

And the bus to Ajaccio.

 

On the route: pigs, rivers with melting water, hidden villages, the famous maquis, the views at the snow on tops of the mountains in the distance, flowers everywhere, archaeological remains of former residents, there is so much to see…….In Jellicu resides Pierot, horse-breeder and swineherd, high in the mountains, owner of a Gite d’étappe, a remarkable and fascinating man.

walking hiking corsica

Ste Lucie de Tallano

On the way to Burgo

Map