The French call Corsica the "Island of Beauty", and knowing that the island is not that far across the Mediterranean from Marseille, where people have a reputation for exaggeration, my expectations weren't necessarily sky high. I was however pleasantly surprised by what we saw, and I find the island's reputation well-deserved, even though we only saw southern Corsica.
Two days after we arrived was our wedding anniversary, and we were lucky to spend the day on board the Antika, a 14-metre long ketch that sails out of Porto Vecchio.
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| Antika |
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| Sails away |
The next day was spent diving at Dive Center Hippocampe. The morning's dive was at a site called 'Toro', where we saw a lot of groupers. After lunch we dived at 'Millenium' where there is a pit of barracudas!
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| Barracudas at Millenium dive spot |
Our final full day was spent visiting inland and the far south of Corsica.
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| view |
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| monument at Chera paying homage to Corsican resistants |
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| mountain road |
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| tiny hamlet |
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| tiny church! |
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| village of Sartène |
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| south coast of Corsica; Sardinia on the horizon |
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| at Bonifacio |
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| house in Bonifacio where Napeoleon stayed from 22 Jan to 3 March 1793 |
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| Bonifacio |
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| interior of the Sainte Marie Majeure Church, Bonifacio |
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