Corsica
Getting there
BY AIR
Corsica has 4 airports: Ajaccio Campo Dell'Oro is the biggest,
followed by Bastia-Poretta. Calvi and Figari are 2 minor airports.
If you're coming from the UK, you'll probably need to fly via
France.
From France
Air France and
Air Corsica fly to Ajaccio
from Paris Orly, Marseilles, Nice and Lyon.
EasyJet flies in all year from Paris
Charles de Gaulle, then from London Gatwick between 1 May and 25
September; from Basel and Geneva (30 April to 29 October); and from
April 2012 from Lyon. Thomson fly
charter flights in over the summer, too.
Air France and
Air Corsica fly to Bastia from
Nice, Marseilles and Paris Orly.
EasyJet flies in all year from Paris
Charles de Gaulle, then seasonally from various destinations:
London Gatwick (1 May to 25 September); Geneva (14 May to 29
October); Lyon (28 March to 29 October).
Air France operated by Brit Air also
flies in seasonally from Montpellier, Nantes and Quimper; and from
Barcelona, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Toulouse (operated by
Régional).
Air France fly to Calvi all
year round from Nice, Marseilles and Paris Orly. In high season,
there are also flights from Toulouse and Nantes.
Air Corsica fly to Figari Sud
Corse from Marseilles, Nice and Lyon.
From elsewhere in Europe
Lufthansa fly to Bastia from
Hamburg and Frankfurt (April to October), as do
Luxair from Luxembourg City.
Air Berlin fly to Calvi from
Cologne and Bonn.
By BOAT
Ajaccio is well-connected by ferry. You can sail from Nice,
Marseilles and Toulon. The crossing takes 6-12 hours depending on
where you depart and who you sail with. You can also cross to Porto
Torres on Sardinia (4 hours). Ferries to Bastia sail from Nice in
France and from Livorno and Genoa in Italy.
When To Go
April and May are good times to come in terms of sunshine + price, but there is more going on from June through September. Like all hotels on Corsica prices soar in July and August, but the north tends to be less expensive than the south. The south is a little more popular, but for what it’s worth, we preferred the north.