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For three weeks we stayed in a tiny tent in walking
distance from the beach. We lived essentially on flutes &
raw vegetables, spend the days swimming and sunbathing
and dancing the nights away in Calvi.

We returned home a month later bronzed by the sun,
slimmed and full of energy & inspiration.

Having tried a vacation on the cheap makes it so much
easier to acknowledge the advantages of renting a Calvi
villa for a family holiday. Many of the rental villas in Calvi
has private pool and are very pleasant and tastefully
furnished.

Did I touch on the beaches? They are long, white, tempting
& wonderfully clean. Furthermore the gentle wind makes
even the hottest month bearable by the seaside, as long
as you offer protection to your head from the constant
sharp 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 with Calvi. You can watch the world
go by from a seaside pavement cafe, shop trendy clothes
in the old part of the town, eat gourmet dinners at the
diverse restaurants or visit the piano bar in the old Citadel
for live music.

Water sport is not in short supply 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..
At the end of June each year The Calvi Jazz Festival
attracts big names from the Jazz scene and you can attend
concerts in the Citadel & jam sessions on the Quay Landry.

“Calvi On The Rocks” takes place every year in July. It
consists of electronic music & a digital arts festival with
nightly concert in the Citadel.

I wish you a wonderful trip to Corsica – the birthplace of
Napoleon Bonaparte – and whether you decide on a
hostel, a hotel or a villa vacation in Calvi I am confident
you will take pleasure in the charming town & the lovely
surroundings.
Lazy Days in Calvi
A Corsican Beach Vacation
My first journey to Corsica was accomplished on a budget. We
were both poor students who would prefer to spend the
summer being penniless in the sun, than staying at home
being both poor and totally at the mercy of the
North-European weather gods.
The French Shop
Mastering the Art of
French Cooking:
Volumes 1 and 2
By Julia Child,
Louisette Bertholle,
Simone Beck
By train all the way through Europe, via Florence to
Livorno at the Italian coast, covered quite a long haul, and
filled the psyche with everlasting visual impressions and
food for thoughts.

We catched the ferry from Livorno to Bastia - after a
restless night in a budget Italian hotel – room-mating with
myriads of cockroaches. Driving across the Island from
Bastia to Calvi lurked out the right holiday mood. The
sweet fragrance of lavender sneaked in through the open
windows and welcomed us to this beautiful island.
Corsica
(Walk and Eat)
By Pat Underwood,
John Underwood,
Noel Rochford
Walking Holidays
in France
Find different areas
of France for your
walking holiday,
among them the
tour suggestion:
Corsican
Mountains &
Villages
Airports in Corsica: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi & Figari
Flights from mainland France, Germany, England, Morocco,
Sweden, Luxembourg & Italy.
Corsica
(Cadogan Guides)
By Dana Facaros,
Michael Pauls
Corsica: Diving Guide
By Kurt Amsler
Dream Hunters of
Corsica
By Dorothy
Carrington
Lacy Days in Calvi
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