PROGRAMME 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.
Riding Distances: approximately 30 - 54km.
Night stay at Monticello .
Day 4 Villages of Balagne.
Before going up to the villages of Balagne you might visit Calvi. This area
is worth the detour. Stone villages perched in the middle of nowhere have
an astonishing beauty and have been from modernism. Your overnight will
be in one of the many typical villages of Balagne.
Riding Distances: approximately 43 or 54 km.
Night in Lama.(at 16 km from Ponte Leccia)
Day 5 The Corsica Inheritance.
Down and up the villages of Castagniccia
Riding distance: approximately 55kms.
Night in in Campana.
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 your breakfast, End of stay.
You'll have to call a taxi to bring you to the airport (€20).
We can constantly modify the stages ofyour 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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