Every year, thousands of you cross the Mediterranean Sea to spend your holidays on the Island of Beauty , and we understand you:it’s an absolutely magnificent place! Corsica is a small paradise on earth for sports activities :a splendid coastline, an incredible mountain relief, and many waterways. Whether you are with family or friends, everyone will find something to have fun during their stay in Corsica . Here are the essential activities that you absolutely must do this summer!
Summer in Corsica is the best season to challenge the white waters by canyoning, rafting or even canoeing ! Discover, for example, the most beautiful canyons of the Island of Beauty, located in particular in the massif de Bavella :the Pulischellu, that of Purcaraccia and the Vacca canyon. In the Gulf of Valinco, near Propriano, you will also find the Baracci canyon. In rafting, you can face the longest river on the island, the Golo . which flows for almost 90 km.
Who has never heard of the very famous Sentier de Grande Randonnée 20, aka the GR20 ? A renowned route that crosses the island from north to south, passing through the mountains, the GR20 attracts many trekking enthusiasts every year. There are other alternatives offering various hiking trails, the best known of which are mare e monti, and mare a mare . Among the most essential hikes in Corsica accessible to all with an easy level and whose panoramas are breathtaking, you will find the Genoese tower and the famous lion of Roccapina , then the Restonica Valley with the route that takes you to Lake Melo and Capitello , without forgetting the bomb hole at the Col de Bavella and finally Mount Gozzi which dominates the Gulf of Lava, Ajaccio and the Gravona Valley.
If you go on vacation to an island, chances are you like sports activities at sea ! It's a multitude of sports that you can do in Corsican waters, no matter where you are on the island as long as you are by the sea:jet ski, flyboard, windsurfing, kitesurfing etc And if it is not precisely for sports at sea but rather for a sea trip by boat that you have chosen Corsica, there are also very beautiful places to visit from the sea route such as the creeks of Piano for example, and even the Natural Reserve of Scandola listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the limestone cliffs of Bonifacio and the caves.
cycling is very fashionable on the island of Beauty! Whether you are more of a mountain bike (all-terrain bike), VTC (all-terrain bike) or road bike, beginner, intermediate or advanced level, you will certainly find the circuit that suits you best. In the height of the summer season, tours on the coast are obviously very popular. Prefer small mountain roads to evolve in a calmer and cooler atmosphere.
Corsica is a privileged place for climbing enthusiasts, thanks to its rocks and cliffs ! Corsica is a mountain in the sea. It is also the place to discover the famous "tafoni “, these forms that the erosion of the granite has created and which give an atypical side to the Corsican mountain landscape. Among the most beautiful climbing sites, you will find the Bavella pass, the Restonica and Niolo valleys.
If the reliefs are breathtaking, the seabed of Corsica have absolutely nothing to envy!! Underwater, you will discover a whole different paradise. If you are looking for a magical place to dive, do not hesitate to go to the Scandola Nature Reserve. To observe an impressive marine fauna, there is another nature reserve, at the southern tip of the island, some 10 km by boat from Bonifacio:the Lavezzi Islands . In addition to evolving in clear turquoise water and a privileged wild landscape, you will discover an original spot:the Sec du Pelu nicknamed "Mérouville ! You will have understood, it is a real population of about thirty groupers waiting for you 🙂
