A pretty harbour town on a wide gulf in northern Corsica, with a Genoese citadel, surrounded by the hills of the Conca d'Oru and the vineyards of Patrimonio, Corsica's oldest wine appellation. Visit the wine cellars and the Pisan Romanesque church of Santa Maria Assunta.
Take a boat from the harbour to the white beaches of Lotu and Saleccia in the wild Désert des Agriates.
A chain of four islands of red granite at the mouth of the Gulf of Ajaccio, which glow crimson at sunset.
A citadel town perched on white limestone cliffs at the southern tip of Corsica, its houses overhanging the sea, with views across the strait to Sard…
A huge Roman monument raised in 6 BC on a pass above Monaco to celebrate Emperor Augustus's conquest of the Alpine tribes, whose 45 names are carved …
A medieval village perched on a rocky peak 427 m above the Mediterranean, between Nice and Monaco.
Nice's famous seafront promenade curves for 7 km along the Baie des Anges, lined with palm trees and grand hotels such as the Negresco.
A 17th-century Franciscan monastery above the dramatic hill village of Saorge, whose tall houses cling to the cliffs of the Roya valley.
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