Bonifacio

A beautifully located city – the most characteristic for the whole southern France – lies in the far southern part of Corse. It is situated on a narrow, long and unavailable headland with a beautiful sight on the sea. Surrounded by a wall, it makes an impression as if it was submerging into the water.

The precipice on which the city was built is made of limestone, which is rather unusual on Corse. Most of the land is made of granite.

In the city there is a harbour where ships can cruise and have connection with Sardinia. In Bonifacio itself it is worth to see its citadel with a tower, barracks, the Holy Bartelemy well and the famous king of Aragony stairs which were forged in stone to allow people to get to the well.

There is a 70 km shore around the city with a beach made of fine sand, many small gulfs and islands of various size. This area is included in the international sea park – a nature reserve. One may see here incredible fauna and flora both marine and continental. The sightseeing takes place only with a ship. Only then is it possible to fully admire the beauty of steep slopes which touch the seawater and the breath-taking landscape.

Places worth seeing are: the sea cave called ‘dragon’s cave’ – an isolated huge stone wall rising several dozen metres above water called ‘a grain of sand’ and, of course, an outstandingly beautiful sea bottom called ‘oriental carpet’.

A journey to Bonifacio is, above all, like a fascinating view of nature itself.