Corsica

One beach at the top of the cape, a 2-euro car park the council described to us in writing, and the boat that got cancelled for rough sea.

The Restonica needs an app, a booked seat and 4 euros. The other gorge out of Corte needs nothing, and the swimming is two and a half hours up it.

Two adults and a car, Nice-Bastia by day and Bastia-Toulon overnight: what the crossing cost in August 2026, and the hire rules if you do not.

The most photographed beach in Corsica is public land. A long argument over permits decides, section by section, where it is worth sitting.

Napoleon said he could recognise the island with his eyes closed. The maquis is in the honey, the charcuterie, and everything you packed.

The road signs have been shot, and that is the way in. Forty minutes inland: villages, forest cooking, paghjella, and a long argument with France.

The mistake is trying to drive around it. One week in the south alone, where the villas, the beaches and the tables sit within reach of each other.