Castellu Rossu Hotel

Biking / Bicycle in Corsica

by sdoca

Happy New Year 2005!

If you take the boat in Nice you are probably heading for Bastia. My advice is
definitely to rent a car. Usually Europecar is the cheapest for a 3 doors
economic car.

The island is small but still 182km long on 83km large. Corsica is a mountain in
the sea. you are very couragous to bike there!! The roads are quite narrow and
it goes high in the mountain. The most straight road is on the East Coast from
Bastia going South. The rest of the island is full of roads in the mountain,
quite steep and you should be a trained biker.

This person did a trip of 8 days, maybe it would give you ideas:
http://members.aol.com/ottoaxel/corsica/

and this other traveller biked it as well:
http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0204/corsica.html

pictures of italian travellers
www.bikeadventures.it/ corsica.htm

french bikers pics: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/in.terra.corsa/sejour%20vtt.htm

All informaiton in english about Corsica on this web site:
http://www.corsica-isula.com/
the author is AMerican and live there! Regarding the weather, summers are long - from May till October. By June the
ambient temperature is in the mid-20s°C (mid 70s°F). The average for the year is
12° and the average (about 54°F) and quarterly temperatures average:
Quarter °C °F
Jan-Mar
14
high 50s

Apr-Jun
21
about 70

Jul-Sep
27
about 80

Oct-Dec
18
mid 60s


Obviously, in high summer these averages mask much higher coastal temperatures,
though of course the reverse is true, the higher you go. If you are mountain
walker, bear in mind that the famous GR20 path is generally open only between
mid-July to the end of October. It is not to be undertaken lightly at any season
and even in the six weeks from June, ice axes, ropes and the other
mountaineering paraphernalia are needed. In 2002 I had breakfast outside in
January.

I have swam in Corsica in June, from the 15th of June it starts being quite
warm, most of the islander already swim in May!

I hope this email helps you a little. Again the website
http://www.corsica-isula.com/ in English gives most answers.

I would also advice that you look int an itinerary and start thiking of booking
soon. Also it is a small island all Corsican who live elsewhere come back in the
summer and the island is then full again! But June is definitely the best month
to go as is September just before and just after the July-AUgust rush,
host-rstaurant, shop owner and loclas are all devoted to you the first tourists
(in June) and last tourists (in Spetember).

Best wishes
PACE E SALUTE (HAPPY NEW YEAR IN cORSICAN)

A beautiful Island in the Mediterranean

by whvcebu

"Bastia"

Prior to check in to the ferry to Livorno (Italy) we checked out the city and the scenic harbor.

Bastia is on the Northern tip of Corse (Belonging to France) an old harbor city that is very impressive.