Corsica Selfguided moderate cycling tour

From Cap Corse to the Castagniccia and Marana
Independent cycling circuit Duration: 7 days to 12 days

The "basic rate" includes: the transfer of the luggage, nights Bed & Breakfast in double rooms in hotels or guesthouses.

This price does not include: Transfer to the meeting point and to the drop off point, the transfer not planned in the program, the meals, the bikes, the insurances, drinks, the visits of sites, the optional activities and the personal expenses.

For booking one these packages, please complete our booking form.

PROGRAM of the 7 days tour.

Day 1 Bastia
Your tour starts in Bastia at your hotel in the afternoon. Time to discover the capital of the Upper-Corsica. The old port is superb as well as the freely accessible citadel and the old city which offers a superb panorama on the sea and the neighbourhoods. For dinner, we advise you the old port with its particular atmosphere.

If you arrive by boat the hotel is at 150m. From the airport you can take the shuttlebus (€
10) or taxi (€22).
Night at the hotel in Bastia.

Day 2 From the Cape to the Gulf of Saint-Florent.
Rented bikes will be brought to your hotel, for adjustment and for handling the surety you'll have to give with a credit card.
According to the chosen route, you will be able to discover the village of Patrimonio, famous in the whole Corsica for its vineyards. Tastings are possible in the cellars of the village. This route offers superb point of views on the Gulf of Saint-Florent. In Saint-Florent, do not fail to visit the citadel and to stroll around the port and its small commercial streets.

Riding Distances: approximately 46 or more km.
Night stay at Saint Florent

Day 3 The Desert of Agriates.
Today you leave to go to the heart of the Agriates Desert. From hamlet to hamlet, you cross this superb desert which will bring you closer to the sea again. According to the chosen layout, you will be able to follow a way which will take you into the heights of Balagne to see superb landscapes before going down towards the littoral and its Genoese Towers. You will arrive soon at Ile Rousse. Do not miss the sunset on the end of the islands which will make you understand why this city was named Ile Rousse. The heart of the city is very animated in summer time and abounds with colors.

Day 6 Descent through Castagniccia and Marana.
This last day of bicycle is not the least. It will take you along the villages of Castagniccia known for their chapels, their numerous natural sources as well as their ancestral culture of sweet chestnut. Royal Milan, this impressive raptor is widespread in this zone and you will surely see it hovering over your heads. You will see Campitello and San Michele-de-Murato before arriving at the coast. Your stop for the night will be in a village close to the airport.
Riding distance: approximately 52 or 75 km.
Night in Lucciana.

Day 7 End of stay after breakfast.
You'll have to call a taxi to bring you to the airport ( € 20).

We can constantly modify the stages of your stay in reasons of events independent of our will, particularly caused by climatic and natural events.
In the 8-day tour you will stay an extra night in Feliceto.
In the 9-day tour you will ride to the Golf of Porto.

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