Walking on Corsica (eBook)

25 mountain and coastal day walks

Gillian Price (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 2. Auflage
144 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78362-884-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Guidebook describing 25 day walks on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. The graded routes, which cover both the coast and the mountainous inland, showcase Corsica's beautiful landscapes, visiting cliffs, inlets, forests, river gorges, waterfalls, maquis shrubland, peaks and historic sites. With information about history, plants and wildlife.

Autor

Gillian Price has trekked throughout Asia and the Himalayas, but now lives in Venice. Gillian has steadily explored the mountain ranges of Italy, and Corsica, and brought them to life for visitors in a series of outstanding guides for Cicerone. She is an active member of the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) and Mountain Wilderness.

Inhalt

Introduction
Corsica
Plant life
Wildlife
When to go
Getting to Corsica
Local transport
Accommodation
Food and drink
What to take
Waymarking and maps
Emergencies
Using this guide
The Far North
Walk 1 Cap Corse Sentier du Douanier: Macinaggio-Barcaggio
Walk 2 St-Florent coastal route
The North-West
Walk 3 Bonifatu loop: La Boucle de Ficaghiola
Walk 4 The Fango river valley
Walk 5 Visiting Girolata
Walk 6 Spilonca gorge
Walk 7 The Calanche: l'ancien chemin des muletiers
Walk 8 Capu Rossu
Walk 9 The Aïtone forest
The Centre
Walk 10 Beneath Paglia Orba and Capu Tafunatu
Walk 11 Lac de Nino
Walk 12 The Tavignano river valley
Walk 13 Glacial lakes in the Restonica valley
Walk 14 La Cascade des Anglais
The South-West
Walk 15 Punta Parata loop
Walk 16 Ajaccio Sentier des Douaniers: to Plage Saint Antoine
Walk 17 Porto Pollo-Cupabia circuit
The South
Walk 18 Zonza-Quenza circuit
Walk 19 Trou de la Bombe
Walk 20 Foce Finosa
Walk 21 Punta di a Vacca Morta
Walk 22 Piscia di Gallo waterfall
The Far South
Walk 23 Capu de Fenu
Walk 24 Strada Vecia Madonetta, Bonifacio
Walk 25 The white cliffs of Bonifacio
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Glossary of French and Corsican terms
Appendix C Useful contacts
Appendix D Accommodation
Appendix E Further reading

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 25 colour Lovell Johns maps, over 80 colour photos.
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Ajaccio • Bonifacio • Corse • Corte • Evisa • island walking • L and #039 • L'Ospedale • Macinaggio • Ospedale • Zonza
• ISBN-10: 1-78362-884-7 / 1783628847
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78362-884-1 / 9781783628841