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Cap Corse
Like a finger pointing northwards, the mountainous Cap Corse overflows with sleepy villages squeezed between aquamarine seas and sheer cliffs. A world unto itself, the region evokes real images of Genoa and Pisa - perhaps more so than any other part of the island.
The magnificent Cap of Corsica has the singularity of being almost another island, for in the north, Corsicas mountainous spine juts far into the sea, creating one of the islands most extraordinarily beautiful spectacles. On the west coast of the Cap, narrow roads wind above a dramatically serrated coastline, dotted with little coves, whilst the sea washes on the rocks below and woods and maquis outline the peaks above. In spectacularly beautiful villages which cling tenaciously to the steep slopes, the baroque churches and elegant mansions contrast with simple slate-roofed cottages and a sublime landscape.The wealth which built the palatial houses came not from Cap Corses fishermen and farmers but from their sons who sought fortune in the gold mines of
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are splendid.The really fit can descend the hundreds of steps from Nonza to the beach, whilst the less energetic can reach the beach - huge enough to feel deserted even in the height of summer - by car. Away from the beach there is the rest of fascinating Cap Corse to explore, whilst St Florent - and the vineyards of Patrimonio - are less than a 30-minute drive away.
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family who invented Corsicas own home-grown, martini-like aperitif aptly
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South America. Fortunes were also made from alcohol by the Cap Corse
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named Cap Corse. The whole of Cap Corse is theatrical and Nonza, halfway up the west coast, is sheer melodrama.The vast sweep of the famous black beach, which is really a greeny-grey, highlights the distinctive deep blue of the sea. Soaring above the beach is a beetling cliff, topped by a tower, on whose slightly gentler opposite slopes snuggle the narrow streets and higgledy-piggledy houses of Nonza village. From this delightful maze of cottages, where luscious tropical plants stand out vibrantly against sober slate roofs, the views across the sea to the coast of the Gulf of St Florent
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