Corsica

Introduction

Corte, Corsica

Corsica (Corse in French) is a French island, located southeast of the Mediterranean coastline of southern France and west of mainland Italy. About 300,000 people live on the island, most of them in the bigger cities like the capital Ajaccio.

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Geography

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Cities

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Mountains in Corsica

Corsica 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. Note that these averages are for coastal Corsica. Temperatures in summer can be much higher inland, though cooler at night. Also, snow in the mountains in winter is possible though not very common.

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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).
Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA) offers a range of flights to other French cities like Paris, Lille, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux and international flights to London, Berlin, Hamburg and a few other cities.
Figari Sud-Corse Airport (FSC) is the third largest airport on the island and has regular flights to Paris, Marseille, Nice, Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg, Rouen, Geneva, Vienna, Brussels and London.

By Train

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Italy

SNCM between both Ajaccio and Propriano on Corsica and Porto Torres on Sardinia.
SNCM between Bastia (Corsica) and Livorno.
Corsica Ferries between Bastia and Portaferrao (on Elba).
Corsica Ferries between Bastia and Savona and also Bastia and Livorno.
Corsica Ferries between Ile Rouse (Corsica) and Savona.
Corsica Ferries between Calvi (Corsica) and Savona.

Mainland France
The Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Mediterranée has a number of daily services between mainland France and the islands of the coast, most notably Corsica. Services run from Marseille, Toulon and Nice to Ajaccio, Propriano, Porto Vecchio and Bastia on Corsica.

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Getting Around

By Plane

By Train

Chemins de fer de Corse operates a couple of trainlines on Corsica. The main trainroute travels between Bastia and Ajaccio and a branch line runs from Ponte-Leccia to Calvi.