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Calvi & the Balagne
Guarded by a mighty waterfront citadel and hemmed by fragrant pines, Calvi has long been a popular destination with travellers. So dazzling are the waters and so pearly white are the sands that youd be forgiven for thinking that you are in the Caribbean.
The medieval hilltop citadel of Calvi takes centre stage in a marvellous natural arena - a circle of craggy mountains encompassing six kilometres of fine, pearly-white sand, hemmed by the fragrant shade of a forest of that most evocative of Mediterranean trees, the umbrella pine. With such physical splendours: a superb beach, a beautiful old town, an exhilarating ring of peaks and a sheltered harbour, it is no surprise that Calvi has long been a popular destination for travellers.The beach is within walking
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villages is astonishing, especially for the keen photographer as every bend surmounted on the narrow lanes brings yet another breathtakingly perfect hamlet and a cry to stop the car.The only simple solution, and it is a very pleasurable one, is to walk or to cycle.
distance of the Calvi centre and the coastline to the east can be explored by the little train, the 'Trinichellu'. Between Calvi and Ile Rousse, the little village of Algajola lies at the end of one of the most spectacular beaches of the Balagne, its houses fitting snugly around a restored castle which sits on the rocks right by the waters edge. Ile Rousse, 50 minutes by the little train east of Calvi, lies right on a couple of beautiful sandy beaches. Out on a limb is the red island, the Ile Rousse which provides shelter for the towns small harbour. Many visitors to the Balagne coast do not realise that something equally stunning and much more peaceful lies just inland; postcard-pretty
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villages set in a landscape of olive groves, orchards and vineyards with the sea below and craggy peaks above.The diversity and beauty of these
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