Private villa, cottage, hotel and apartment holidays in Corsica, Island of Beauty.

Corsica, no-one ever goes just once

Not so much an island as a range of mountains in the Mediterranean – a spectacular jumble of alpine peaks and rugged rock which topples down through forests of pine, oak and sweet chestnut to an amiable coastline of glorious gulfs, fishing harbours and sickle beaches of soft sand.

This French island, closer to Italy than the Riviera, is endowed with staggering beauty. Ten minutes from any airport, the scenery begins – and not a corner has been ‘spoiled’.

Resorts that have evolved out of old ports offer the expected pleasures: water sports, simple and sophisticated places to eat, a fizzy night life for the young and sleepless. But it is never hard to find peace and quiet.

There are pristine beaches, a rich underwater world, lovely wild tracts to walk as you inhale the intoxicating mix of sea air laced with the scent of herbs from the maquis, the undergrowth that fleeces the island’s flanks. Click here for more.