Re: Cycle Tour of Corsica

[Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee]

Been there 3 times.
I've seen nearly all of it.

It's BRILLIANT.

Do it yourself.

Be sure and see

Porto and Piana
Col de Vergio.
I could go on.

[Michael MacClancy]

In message >, Rod King
> writes
>Hi
>
>Does anyone have any experiences of touring Corsica. I am thinking of next
>May. I think that there is an organised tour about this time by the Frend
>Cyclotouristes.
>
>Regards
>
>Rod King
>
>

Corsica is a wonderful destination. East coast is flat and rather
boring, west coast is hilly with lots of bays and inlets, centre is very
mountainous. Don't miss the Calanche (between Piana and Porto) or
Bonifacio.

I found the following tour recommended in a guidebook.

1. Bastia-Corte (75km) Bastia - Casamozza - Ponte Leccia - Col di S.
Quilico (559m) - Corte
2. Corte - Aleria - Solenzara (80km)
3. Solenzara - Porto Vecchio (45km) easy climbs
4. Porto Vecchio - Bonifacio (30km) two small climbs
5. Bonifacio - Sartene - Propriano (70km) roads getting worse, more
potholes, bends and hills
6. Propriano - Filitosa - Porticcio (70km) lonely, narrow coast road,
pass at 500m
7. Porticcio - Sagone (70km) Col de Bastiano (464m)
8. Sagone - Porte (50km) Col de Lava (498m) very steep descent to Porto
9. Porto - Galeria (50km) Col de Palmerella (408m)
10. Galeria - Calvi - L'Ile Rousse (55km) small passes
11. L'Ile Rousse - St. Florent (40km) Bocca di Vezzu (421m), very quiet
12. St. Florent - Nonza - Centuri Port (60km) Cap Corse, an excellent
finish, really a Corsica in miniature but constantly up and down
13. Centuri Port - Miomo (60km) Col de Serra (365m)
14. Miomo - Bastia (6km)

Month/max Temp/min temp/sun hours/rain days

May/21C/10C/10hours/6days
June/25C/14C/11hours/2days
--
Michael MacClancy

[MSeries]

Funily enough I have not been to Corsica but I was thumbing through my
French Road Atlas comparing the Tour Route with the Raid Pyrenean
Route and I noticed the Corsica page. It looked pretty interesting
with some very ziggy roads which usually means spectacular mountain
scenary.

"Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" > wrote in message >...
> Been there 3 times.
> I've seen nearly all of it.
>
> It's BRILLIANT.
>
> Do it yourself.
>
> Be sure and see
>
> Porto and Piana
> Col de Vergio.
> I could go on.