Hotel le Belvedere
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Corse...Ile de la moto
Ici, c'est le paradis des motocyclistes. Les routes sont sinueuses à souhait et les stationnements accessibles en priorité aux motos. Les motocyclistes le savent. On voit des motos partout. Les gens font le tour de l'île en moto, alors elles sont toutes très bien équipées, avec sacoches et tout et tout. Y a de quoi faire rêver tous les amateurs. Si …
2 days in Porto
Left Ajaccio in the morning; the GPS took us on a goat track rather than the main road. Met with the locals (cows and goats) on very windy roads large enough for one car...
Arrived in Porto for lunch, nice salads and icecreams. Booked 2 cruises for the next day, checked in our hotel (Belvedere), our room had a balcony with view on the Genoise …
The Birth Place of Napoleon.
... bit of that results in a large plate of everything. Once that is eaten you do battle with the beckoning of the desert table. With all of this digested dinner was next with a chef's Indian tasting menu in restaurant 2. The intention was to attend the show after dinner but feeling fully sated we chose the cabin. Just as well I wore my treasured wrist bands to bed as again we were hammered by rough seas with both of us nearly rolling out ...
Calvi. Corsica
... boarded a little bus which took us up to the top where there was a church with a guardian protecting those below. Cemetery was interesting with families having to buy little houses to bury their dead as they are not allowed to bury them in the ground. On bus again to a little village which proved a bit annoying as we were there for over an hour and nothing to see or do. Returned and were too tired to sightsee in the village near the port which looked beautiful. Came home and ...
Last day in Corsica - back to Ajaccio
... went for a long walk on the city Corso and browsed the local market selling all sorts of antiques and not so antique things.
Boarded the ferry on time at "pm and headed home to Toulon to the sound of a pianist playing the Titanic theme from Celine Dion... not encouraging but no iceberg except in our drinks...
What a beautiful trip, going back next time to do the northern part (Cap Corse and Bastia region plus the centre)
Thanks for sharing our adventure
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Amenities
- Restaurant
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