Joseph Charles Residences
Travel Blogs from Ile Rousse
The Birth Place of Napoleon.
... who was born in this lovely city. Unfortunately it was a public holiday (All Saints Day) here today and many places of interest including shops were closed. This did bring some relief to Stuart and many other male passengers on the ship. Feeling we had walked enough to warrant lunch we found a very busy little restaurant for some local faire. We ordered local mussels in white wine and garlic, which we accompanied with a dry white ...
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 ...
One day visiting the centre - Corte
... goat cheese, plate of local smallgoods and leek beignets (leek scallops?), for main meal veal and broccu in a beautiful sauce, and veal tripesall cooked by the owner's wife. Desert was a chestnut flan like a creme brulée with chestnuts. we then tested (on the house) home made myrthe liqueur which seems to be blackcurrant. The host Alain, kept us ...
2 days in Calvi 18/19 June 20212
Left Porto early morning. Drove through the mountains looking over the gulf of Girolata, then inland stopped for coffee in a small cafe/restaurant. The owner talked to us about the Balagne region and suggested the 10km drive to Montestremo, following the river. Took his advice, had a dip under a bridge, saw a bit of snow left on ...
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 tower built long time ago by the Maures. They were used to lit ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Restaurant
- Free parking