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Corsica
Calvi, Porticcio, Porto Vecchio, ProprianoCorsica is a dramatically beatiful Mediterranean island located directly north of the Italian island of Sardinia. This wild, rugged and unspoiled French island is the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte and Balzac described Corsica as "a French island basking in the Italian sun". Corsica is a mountainous island surrounded by long sandy beaches and turquoise waters. Corsica allows you to combine a beach vacation with interesting sightseeing. There are fortress towns, ports, citadels and prehistoric sites to explore. There are numerous watersports around the coast, a golf course in the extreme south, boats for hire and fishing trips. Inland wild flowers along the road sides and in the mountains, lush pastures, rocky crags, stone cottages. The island really is full of dramatic scenery, both inland and along the coast.
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