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Mediterranean · June to September

Corsica

Bonifacio’s calanque, the Lavezzi islands and the white sand of the south — the crossing everyone makes between the Riviera and Sardinia.

21 places on the chart: 6 harbour towns and ports, 8 islands, 6 anchorages and bays and 1 beach.

Open Corsica on the chart

Why the fleet comes here

Ajaccio
The largest harbour on the west coast
Bonifacio
The marina sits in a chalk calanque under the citadel; the entrance is invisible until you are in it
Calvi
The citadel and a deep bay, on the crossing from the Riviera
Porto-Vecchio
The gulf that serves Palombaggia and Santa Giulia
Palombaggia
The best-known beach in Corsica, tendered to from the Porto-Vecchio anchorage
Saint-Florent
The Gulf of Saint-Florent and the Agriates beaches behind it
Propriano
The harbour in the Gulf of Valinco
Cavallo
The private island of the Lavezzi archipelago
Lavezzi Islands
Granite islets in the Strait of Bonifacio, and the clearest day anchorages in Corsica
Girolata
A bay in the Scandola reserve with no road to it
Rondinara Bay
An almost circular bay between Bonifacio and Porto-Vecchio

Every place in Corsica