The best roads of Corsica

We welcome you at the airport in Bastia and transport you directly to Cape Corsica, avoiding the busy roads. You will then have time to test your new bike, if you rented one through us, or to discover your hotel and its area located close to beautiful stone villages and a small marina famous for its diving. We advise you the restaurant next to the hotel for your dinner as it is one of the best in Cape Corsica specialized in Corsican food.
Night in a 3* hotel.

This morning, you will go North, following the coastline. You will pass next to beautiful genoese towers, cross vineyards and reach the Maccinaggio port. Then a nice climb will await for you to reach the Mattei windmill before enjoying a beautiful descent to Centuri. Centuri is renowned for being the first lobsters' fishing port in France. A great occasion to taste it in one of the many little restaurant in the marina.
About 41 km (D+ : 559m ; D- : 565m ; Min. : 0m ; Max. : 362m)
or 55 km (D+ : 856m ; D- : 860m ; Min. : 1m ; Max. : 361m) depending on the chosen option.

Night in a hotel right in the marina from where you will have a fantastic sunset..

You leave Centuri and follow the road overlooking the sea. Views are amazing on this dramatic coast offering hidden and sheltered creeks ideal for swimming in clear turquoise waters. You will carry on towards Nonza where its Paoline tower and its black pebbles beach is worth a stop. Later, you will cross Patrimonio, known as the birth place to the best wine in Corsica. Its vineyards, its beautiful church will ensure you a good time in the village. Wine tasting is offered in many of the ceilars. Then you will arrive in Saint Florent, your stop for 2 nights.
About 57 km (D+ : 826m ; D- : 829m ; Min. : 1m ; Max. : 202m)

Enjoy your time in Saint-Florent, its little harbour and its white sand beach. Saint-Florent is a small local sea resort from where you can also board a shuttle to one of the most beautiful beach of the island, Saleccia.
We also suggest a 50km loop around the Nebbiu's villages.

Distance : 50km (D+ : 816 ; D- : 813m ; Min. : 0m ; Max. : 467m)

An amazing ride accross a protected route with stunning landscapes. Following the sea shore in a distance and amid the Corsican scrub, the road ondulates in a luxurious granitic and green environment, surprising knowing that you are supposed to be in a desert! Once at the Vezzu pass, you will get beautiful views on the mountains.
A great descent will follow toward the Balagne area where different roads' options are proposed to you. Arriving in Ile Rousse, you will hopefully be able to enjoy a dring looking at the sunset over the rocky island of Ile Rousse explaining the name of the little town.
About 48 km (D+ : 612m ; D- : 611m ; Min. : 0 ; Max. : 365m)
69 km (D+ : 1066m ; D- : 1068m ; Min. : 0m ; Max. : 466m)
or 80 km (D+ : 1279m ; D- : 1281m ; Min. : 0m ; Max. : 683m) depending on the chosen option.
Night in a hotel in the centre of Ile Rousse.

You will leave Ile Rousse and the major road to get inland and reach some of the most beautiful villages in Corsica: Pigna, Sant Antonino... Great opportunities are given to you to taste some fantastic local food in amazing places and restaurants (listed in your Europe Active road-book). You can also taste the local lime juice in Sant Antonino to kick you up the next hill! The artisans' road will then welcome you before the descent to Calvi, a little Saint Tropez in Corsica.
About 24 km (D+ : 364m ; D- : 335m ; Min. : 2m ; Max. : 198m)
30 km (D+ : 487m ; D- : 457m ; Min. : 2m ; Max. : 362m)
or 35 km (D+ : 647m ; D- : 618m ; Min. : 2m ; Max. : 531m) depending on the chosen option.

Night in hotel in Calvi.

End of your holiday after breakfast. Contact us if you want us to organize a transfer to Calvi or Bastia airport.

Very good trip. We enjoyed it very much.
This is our second time cycling Corsica with Europe active. Well done.

Thank you for your services, we enjoyed our stay in Corsica very much.