Walking in Corsica - A Walker's Guidebook - Europe
Walking on Corsica
Long-distance and short walks by Gillian Price
This guidebook gives details of three long-distance walking routes in Corsica - Mare e Monti, Mare-Mare Nord and Mare-Mare Sud - which cross the island, and also describes 18 day-walks in prime spots both in the rugged mountains of the interior and the softer southern coastal fringe. Good local information. More...
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Seasons
Any time of year for the coastal routes, but avoid July and August - too hot and very busy! March Read More... to May is best for flowers; May to September best for the mountains.Centres
Calvi, Cargese, Calenzana, Moriani, Corte, Porto-Vecchio, Propriano, Ajaccio and Bonifacio.Difficulty
Mainly fairly easy to moderate walking, with two shorter walks of a more challenging nature.Must See
Views of the Aiguilles de Bavella, ancient bridges and villages, mountain and coastal scenery to Read More... take your breath away.Sept 2011:
Mare e Monti Day 6 - pp45-46 - the path has been rerouted and no
longer touches on the D81 road. Follow waymarking carefully and you walk
directly into the village of Serriera.
September 2010
p33
The maps for Mare e Monti are sheets 4149OT, 4150OT and 4151OT
July 2007
p69 and pp123-6
The bridge over the River Tavignano is no longer a hanging structure, but has been rebuilt with steel and wooden beams.
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