UK - Bastia - Cap Corse

Titan’s VIP door-to-door travel service collects you from home for your flight to Bastia. On arrival, we transfer to our hotel in Cap Corse.

U Ricordu, Cap Corse (4-star)

Cap Corse - Calvi

Explore beautiful Cap Corse, an enchanting peninsula with glorious golden beaches, beautiful old terraces, and charming little bays; then continue to Bastia for a mini-train tour. We visit St Florent, a busy little fishing port with café terraces and a yachting marina, en route to Calvi and our hotel.

• Excursion to Cap Corse peninsula (morning)
• Orientation tour of Bastia including mini-train (afternoon)

Hotel Revellata, Calvi (3-star) or similar

Porto - Ajaccio

Enjoy an effortlessly scenic journey through the Marsulinu Pass, the Fango Valley and La Croix Pass. We arrive in the UNESCO-listed Gulf of Porto, with its dramatic cliffs overlooking an intense deep blue sea. We’ll board a boat to view the stunning orange and red-granite formations of the Calanques de Piana from the water.

This afternoon we continue our captivating journey to the mesmerising Gorges of Spelunca, before visiting the charming village of Evisa surrounded by the mystic Aitone Forest and chestnut woods. We then continue to Ajaccio and our hotel for two nights.

• Boat cruise to view the Calanques de Piana (morning)

Hotel Campo dell'Oro, Ajaccio (4-star)

Ajaccio

Today we enjoy an insightful guided tour of the town of Ajaccio, the birthplace and home of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lose yourself in the tangled cobbled streets of this bustling town and its pastel-toned architecture. Continue to the inland areas of Bastelica and Bastelicaccia where the fauna and flora of this Mediterranean climate give colour and life to the beautiful scenery.

• Guided visit to Ajaccio (morning)
• Enjoy Corsican songs (evening)

Hotel Campo dell'Oro, Ajaccio (4-star)

Sartene - Porto-Vecchio

Enjoy a splendid journey through some of the charming Corsican villages on the way to Sartene. Scenically perched like an amphitheatre above the valley, Sartene was described by 19th-century French writer, Prosper Merimee, as “the most Corsican of the Corsican towns”.

We traverse many stunning regions including Alta Rocca, and pass the village of Zonza, in between green landscapes and charming shores, before crossing the Bavella Pass. Here we’ll be treated to sights of the dramatic Rocca Mountains gracing the skyline with majestic rocky needles. This afternoon travel through the Larone Pass and Solenzara before checking in to our hotel, in pretty, coastal Porto-Vecchio.

Hotel Shegara, Porto-Vecchio (3-star)

Bonifacio

This morning we depart for wonderful Bonifacio, a fishing village on the southern tip of Corsica only a short distance from Sardinia. This beautiful, historic town is situated atop dominating limestone cliffs and we embark on a boat trip to explore majestic marine caves and to view the imposing cliffs from below.

Once back ashore and after free time for lunch, a mini-train will take us on a tour of the historic city and medieval citadel. We’re treated to more breathtaking views before the scenic return journey to our hotel.

• Boat trip in Bonifacio and mini-train tour (all day)

Hotel Shegara, Porto-Vecchio (3-star)

Aléria - Bastia

Travel along the ‘Mother of Pearl Coast’ on the Tyrrhenian Sea for some of the most breathtaking scenery of Corsica, where long beaches of fine sand and crystalline waters will occupy our view. Travel to Aléria, for a delicious tasting of Corsican wines.

Arriving in Corte - a charming town situated at the confluence of a number of rivers - we enjoy a tour of the citadel by mini-train, then continue to Bastia and our hotel.

• Corsican wine tasting (morning)
• Corte mini-train tour (morning)

Hotel des Gouverneurs, Bastia (4-star)

Day 8 Bastia - UK

Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the UK. Upon arrival, your Titan vehicle will be waiting for the journey home.

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