Introduction
Ajaccio is the capital and largest city on the French island of Corsica. The city is located in the central west of the island and has about 65,000 inhabitants, though the larger urban area has over 100,000 inhabitants.
Weather
Ajaccio has a Mediterranean climate with temperatures during the dry and warm summer (June-August) around 27-30 °C and averages lows around or just below 20 °C. Winters from December to February are mostly around 15 °C and nights around 5-7 °C. Most of the precipitation falls from October to March and the average annual amount is about 650 mm.
Getting There
By Plane
Ajaccio – Campo dell'Oro Airport (AJA) mainly has flights to other French cities including Paris, Lyon, Lille, Marseille and Bordeaux. International connections include Amsterdam, London and Geneva. Some flights are seasonal (April to October).
By Train
Chemins de fer de Corse travels between Ajaccio and both Bastia and Calvi.
By Boat
SNCM has ferries between both Ajaccio Porto Torres on Sardinia and to several mainland cities like Toulon, Nice and/or Marseille.
Sleep
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chez Mc Donald | Poggio 20173 Zevaco | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Hotel Celine | Portigliolo COTI-CHIAVARI | Hotel | - |
| Palazzu U Domu | 17 Rue Bonaparte | hotel | - |
| Hotel Marina Di Lava Corsica | Golfe de Lava Appietto | HOTEL | - |
Keep Connected
Phone
See also International Telephone Calls
Post
La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.
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