LONDON (CNN) -- "Corsica is France, but it is not French." Travel travel writer Paul Theroux hit on Corsica's most enduring paradox when he wrote about the Mediterranean island whose towering peaks ...

Corsica is one of the few French territories to have a repertoire of songs that are steeped in history and still in use today, songs that blend the sacred and the secular and which will be given pride ...

In southern Aléria, on the island of Corsica, a homeowner planning to build a new house discovered that dozens of people already resided there -- in a massive ancient cemetery dating to Etruscan and ...

We take our first walk around the port town, home to the French Foreign Legion until 1963; the handsome building that was their headquarters lies abandoned. We fantasise about buying it to turn into ...

THE blue Corsican sky rained men as we breakfasted on warm baguettes and chestnut flavoured honey on the terrace of our villa overlooking the bay of Calvi on the island’s north-west coast. As they ...

THE snow-capped mountains sparkling against clear blue skies reminded me of the Alps. As I strolled hours later, sand between my toes, it was clear Corsica has it all. This summer it has become easier ...

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Corsica, the largest Mediterranean island of France, is a particularly versatile vacation destination. In addition to high mountains, beautiful nature parks, and dreamy beaches, Corsica also offers ...

“The sea and the mountains. Rivers and hills and the ‘maquis’. In Corsica, we have all these across a small island and this means we have some of the best produce in the world — it’s just that we didn ...