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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Corsica

France's 'Isle of Beauty': granite peaks, the GR20, Bonifacio cliffs and Napoleon's birthplace.

42.150° N9.080° E
site access marine
Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte (AJA)
Calanche de Piana
Scandola Nature Reserve
Bonifacio citadel and cliffs
Formation
Granite spine with 20+ summits over 2,000 m; glacial cirques, red porphyry calanches
Population
355,528
Water
Mediterranean Sea
Access
easy

Every required movement

The passage
to Corsica.

Fly to Ajaccio (AJA), Bastia (BIA), Calvi (CLY) or Figari (FSC); ferries from Nice, Toulon, Marseille, Livorno and Savona.

  1. 01
    Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte (AJA)

    Nearest recorded air access

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  2. 02
    Water crossing

    Corsica Ferries, Corsica Linea and La Méridionale from mainland France and Italy.

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  3. 03
    Entry check

    Schengen rules (France).

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Mountainous French Mediterranean island north of Sardinia. Independent Corsican Republic (1755–1769) under Pasquale Paoli before French annexation; birthplace of Napoleon in Ajaccio (1769). The Gulf of Porto with Piana, Girolata and Scandola is UNESCO-listed.

Greek, Etruscan and Roman outposts; Vandal, Byzantine and Saracen raids; Pisan then Genoese rule; independent Corsican Republic 1755; French from 1768; British interlude 1794–96.

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The useful
details.

Coordinates
42.15° N · 9.08° E
Sovereignty
France · part of country
Nearest mainland
~170 km southeast of mainland France; 12 km north of Sardinia
Best recorded window
May–June and September (hiking and beaches without August crowds).
Permits / entry
Schengen rules (France).
Languages
French, Corsican

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