“Often conquered, never subdued,” Corsica will challenge you. The infinite sea, never-ending roads, interminable passes: can you solve the riddle of this place without losing your bearings? A place so untamed that even the boars run wild. Just hop on your bicycle, and the cycling cavalcade will lead you to the ends of the earth . . . and to the very edges of bottomless cliffs. Enigmatic, the island cultivates mystery. Why do its pinhead-shaped stones seem so intent on throwing themselves into the sea? Like an outstretched hand, with the hollows of its phalanxes and rocky folds, the island seems to beckon. Truly impregnable? Remember, “often conquered…”
From day to day
Short route: 494 km • Long route: 780 km
Day 1 – Arrival in Nice.
Day 2 – Crossing by boat to Bastia.
Day 3 - Bastia, Cap Corse tour via Erbalunga, Luri, Pino, Nonza, Saint-Florent (89 km).
Day 4 - Saint-Florent, Agriates Desert, l'Île Rousse, Corbara, Sant-Antonino, Cateri, Lumio, Calvi (75 km).
Day 5 – Free day or looped route in Balagne via Monte Maggiore, Avapessa, Speluncato, Monticello (87 km).
Day 6 - Calvi, Notre-Dame-de-la-Serra, Galéria, Col de la Croix, Partinello, Porto (80 km).
Day 7 – Free day or looped route via Evisa, the Aitone forest (72 km).
Day 8 - Porto, calanche di Piana, Cargèse, Sagone, Col de San Bastiano, Ajaccio (82 km).
Day 9 - Ajaccio, Porticcio, Marmontaja, Olmeto-plage, Propriano (74 km).
Day 10 - Propriano, Sartène, Pianottoli-Caldarello, Figari, Sotta, Porto Vecchio (64 km).
Day 11 – Free day or round-trip tp Col de Bavella via l'Ospedale, Zonza (100 ou 111km).
Day 12 - Porto Vecchio, Pointe de la Chiappa, Bonifacio (30 or 46 km).
Day 13 – Free day and bus transfer to Bastia in the afternoon.
Day 14 – Crossing by boat to Nice.
Day 15 – Trip to Nice airport and return trip to Montreal.
Itinerary subject to change.