Bonifacio

France as a country is like a superlative: It’s the largest country in Western Europe, bordering six other nations. It’s also the oldest country in Europe, existing in its present form since the 15th century

Some come to follow the trail of France's great philosophers, writers and artists, or to immerse in the beautiful language it gave the world. And others still are drawn to the country's geographical diversity with its long coastlines, massive mountain ranges and breathtaking farmland vistas. France has been the world's most popular tourist destination for over twenty years. People come to France for many a reason: its cities contain some of the greatest treasures on the continent, its countryside is prosperous and well-tended and it boasts dozens of major tourist attractions. France is one of the most geographically diverse countries in Europe, containing areas as different from each other as urban chic Paris, the sunny French Riviera, long Atlantic beaches, the winter sports resorts of the French Alps, the castles of the Loire Valley, rugged Celtic Brittany and the historian's dream that is Normandy. France is a country of rich emotions and turbulent politics but also a place of rational thinking and Enlightenment treasures. Above all, it is renowned for its cuisine, culture and history. Whatever you want from a holiday, you're about to find it in France.

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Corsica's attraction lies partly in its mild climate and the diversity of its landscape, which combines mountain ranges culminating in peaks, beaches and creeks with waters clear enough to rival those of any remote tropical island. Although it has been French since the 18th century, it has preserved a distinctive island identity that finds expression in its own language, a typical cuisine centred on game, and the famous goat's and sheep's cheeses in their various facets. As the island was so often fought over, the main towns were heavily fortified. So they typically contain a walled citadel and old harbour, often pedestrianised, and dotted with restaurants and bars. The finest citadel is Bonifacio; arguably the most charming old harbour is Bastia. Ajaccio as the chief city has less old-world charm but has the best museums and galleries. Corsica is also the island where the french emperor Napoleon De Bonaparte was born, so you find lots of museums and representation of him. The waters around the island offer excellent opportunities for diving and watersports, while inland the mountains draw hikers and climbers. Lastly, visitors come to appreciate Corsica's distinctive and stubbornly separatist culture.

Corsica

Vast enclosure, the citadel occupies the entire plateau of the promontory which ends the peninsula. It probably delimited the city before the domination of the Genoese. It is to them that it owes the present old town built in the thirteenth century.

Citadelle de Bonifacio

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