By boat
You can travel to Corsica by ferry from France or Italy.
Ports of arrival:
Porto-Vecchio – Tél. : 04.95.70.06.03 (6 km)
Bastia – Tél. : 04.95.54.66.99 (143 km)
Propriano – Tél. : 04.95.76.21.51 (76 km)
Ajaccio – Tél. : 04.95.29.66.66 (131 km)
Ferry companies:
CORSICA LINEA: www.corsicalinea.com
In partnership with this company, we invite you to contact our reservation service to receive a promotional code.
CORSICA FERRIES : www.corsica-ferries.fr
MOBYLINES : www.mobylines.fr
LA MÉRIDIONALE : Tél. : 0.810.201.320 / www.lameridionale.fr
By airplane
Airlines (regular routes and charters) operate the whole year round and more frequently in high season linking the four island airports to the largest French and main European cities.
Corsica Airports:
Figari Sud Corse – Tél. : 04.95.71.10.10 (23 km)
Bastia – Tél. : 04.95.54.54.54 (149 km)
Ajaccio – Tél. : 04.95.23.56.56 (131 km)
Calvi – Tél. : 04.95.65.88.88 (217 km)
Airline companies:
CCM : www.aircorsica.com
AIR FRANCE : www.airfrance.fr
EASYJET : www.easyjet.com
VOLOTEA : www.volotea.com
CORSICA IN A NUTSHELL
SIZE : 180km long and 80km wide, the Island of Beauty incorporates 1,050km of coastline
HIGHEST POINT: Monte Cinto at 2,706 metres
REGIONAL CAPITAL : Ajaccio
HIGH CORSICA DEPARTMENT (2B)
- Population: 136,000 inhabitants
- Surface area: 4,665km
- Pop. density: 29 inhab/km²
- Prefecture: Bastia – 45,000 inhabitants
- Sub-prefecture: Corte – 2,000 inhabitants
- Aléria: 2,000 inhabitants
SOUTH CORSICA DEPARTMENT (2A)
- Population: 125,000 inhabitants
- Surface area: 4,014 km
- Pop. density: 31 inhab/km²
- Prefecture: Ajaccio – 60,000 inhabitants
- Sub-prefecture: Sartène – 2,000 inhabitants
- Propriano: 3,200 inhabitants
- Bonifacio: 2,700 inhabitants
high corsica & SOUTH CORSICA
- Population: 261,000 inhabitants
- Surface area: 8,680 km
- Pop. density: 30 inhab/km²
miscellaneous information
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS :
The mandate of an assembly of 51 members elected for a period of six years and with headquarters in Ajaccio, is to manage the regional authority’s initiatives in areas of its involvement, in particular economic, social, educational and cultural development and regional infrastructure.
INFRASTRUCTURE :
Corsica has a major road network comprising five national roads, and a 232km long railway network divided into three lines (Ajaccio/Ponte-Leccia, Ponte-Leccia/Bastia and Ponte-Leccia /Calvi).
It has four airports ensuring connections to mainland France and Europe: Bastia Poretta, Ajaccio Campo dell’Oro, Calvi Sainte Catherine and Figari Sud Corse.
It has six ports: Bastia, Ajaccio, Calvi, Ile Rousse, Propriano, Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, which offer connections to mainland France and Italy.
ROAD DISTANCES
FROM AJACCIO TO :
BASTIA : 153 km – 2h25
CALVI: 167 km – 2h45
CORTE : 82 km – 1h20
P.VECCHIO : 147 km – 2h20
BONIFACIO : 132 km – 2h10
FROM BASTIA TO :
AJACCIO : 153 km – 2h25
CALVI: 111 km – 1h50
CORTE : 67 km – 1h05
P.VECCHIO : 143 km – 2h20
BONIFACIO : 169 km – 2h45
FROM CALVI TO :
AJACCIO : 167 km – 2h45
BASTIA : 111 km – 1h50
CORTE : 85 km – 1h25
P.VECCHIO : 210 km – 3h25
BONIFACIO : 232 km – 3h45
FROM CORTE TO :
AJACCIO : 82 km – 1h20
BASTIA : 67 km – 1h05
CALVI : 85 km – 1h25
P.VECCHIO : 119 km – 1h55
BONIFACIO : 146 km – 2h20
FROM P.VECCHIO TO :
AJACCIO : 147 km – 2h20
BASTIA : 143 km – 2h20
CALVI : 210 km – 3h25
CORTE : 119 km – 1h55
BONIFACIO : 27 km – 26 mn
FROM BONIFACIO TO :
AJACCIO : 132 km – 2h10
BASTIA : 169 km – 2h45
CALVI : 232 km – 3h45
CORTE : 146 km – 2h25
P.VECCHIO : 27 km – 26 mn