By train through Europe, via Florence to Livorno at the Italian coast, covered quite a long haul, & filled the psyche with countless visual impressions and food for thoughts.
We entered Bastia by boat after a sleepless night in a cheap Italian hotel that we shared with myriads of cockroaches.
Driving across the Island from Bastia to Calvi brought out the right holiday enthusiasm. The delightful smell of lavender sneaked in through the open windows & welcomed us to this beautiful island.
For 3 weeks we stayed in a two-person tent in walking distance from the beach. We lived primarily on flutes & raw vegetables, spend the days swimming & sunbathing & dancing the nights away in Calvi.
We came home a month later suntanned, slimmed & full of steam and inspiration.
Having tried a vacation on the cheap makes it so much easier to understand the advantages of renting a Calvi villa for a family vacation. Many of the rental villas in Calvi has private pool & are very pleasant & tastefully furnished.
Did I mention the beaches? They are long, white, tempting and very clean. Furthermore the breeze makes even the hottest month bearable by the seaside, as long as you offer protection to your head from the constant burning sun. A cotton hat, that you can soak in the sea regularly, keeps your head cooled off. There is much to be said for a
Calvi Beach Holiday !
Calvi has no more than 6000 inhabitants. It is found on the North-West coast of the island - 59 km from Bastia. The town has ferry connections with the French mainland (Marseille, Nice, and Toulon) and luxurious yachts visit the harbor. Calvi is a charming old fishing town and fishing is still of some importance, even though tourism is now the big earner.
You will not be bored stiff with Calvi. You can watch the world go by from a seaside pavement cafe, shop stylish clothes in the old part of the town, eat delicious dinners at the various restaurants or visit the piano bar in the ancient Citadel for live music.
Water sport is not hard to find in the region and on the island as a whole you can ride horses, hike, walk the mountains & even play golf.
From June to September the Citadel houses art exhibitions by professional local artists from across the whole island of Corsica..
In late June The Calvi Jazz Festival attracts big names from the Jazz scene and you can attend concerts in the Citadel and jam sessions on the Quay Landry.
"Calvi On The Rocks" occur every year in July. It consists of electronic music & a digital arts festival with nightly concert in the Fortress.
I wish you a wonderful trip to Corsica - the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte - and whether you choose a hostel, a hotel or a villa vacation in Calvi I am sure you're going to appreciate the charming town & the lovely surroundings.
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