Haute-Corse: what to see and do
29 sites listed in the département. Dominated by the peaks of Cap Corse and the turquoise waters of the Désert des Agriates, Haute-Corse offers mountain and coastal landscapes of rare intensity. Bastia, a Genoese city, and the Balagne, garden of Corsica, complete this unspoilt island identity.
Arche de Padule
At the exit of the Tavignanu defile, at the top of the Pinerole, the Padule arch is almost inaccessible at the end of the world. The quest for it makes its rare visitors real adventurers of the lost ark.
Calvi
Main town of the Balagne, dominated by its Genoese citadel perched on a rocky pinnacle facing a vast gulf lined with fine-sand beaches.
Cascade de la Bujia
A must-see: the Bujia waterfall is nestled in a chestnut forest, in the commune of San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo in Haute-Corse.
Désert des Agriates
Wedged between Cap Corse and the Balagne, the Agriates desert is a hostile and mysterious zone.
La Cascade des Pozzi
In the Renoso massif, in Corsica, the Pozzi waterfall lies at the bottom of the second plateau of the same name, a vast high-altitude flat shaped by glacial erosion.
La cascade de Radule
Located in the middle of the Vergio massif, not far from the pass of the same name, the Radule waterfall is one of the most beautiful falls of the Golo, the longest river in Corsica.
La vallée du Fango
The Corsican river Fango offers magnificent panoramas, between waterfalls, pools and slides...
Lac de Capitello
Nestled in the Rotondo massif, above the Restonica valley, Lac de Capitello is the deepest of the Corsican lakes at about 42 metres.
Lac de Melo
A stone's throw from Corte, two sites of wild beauty: on the one hand the Restonica valley leading to Lac de Melo at an altitude of 1,711 m and on the other the Tavignano gorges, among the most beautiful on the island.
Plage de Saleccia
White-sand beach in the Agriates desert, in Haute-Corse, bordered by dunes and a pine grove.
Chaos de Bocca Rezza
Cirque de Bonifatu
Fort de Matra
Gorges de la Restonica
The Restonica river rises at 1,711 m altitude in the Rotondo massif, not far from Corte, in Haute-Corse.
La Cascade de l’Ucelluline
La Citadelle de Corte
Lac de Bastani
Lac de l'Oriente
Le lac de Bracca
Le long de la Tartagine
Musée de Bastia
The creation of a museum in Bastia goes back more than a century.
Musée régional d'anthropologie de la corse
Plage de l'Ostriconi
A vast wild sand beach at the mouth of the Ostriconi, at the gates of the Agriates desert.
Sant Antonino
The village's origin is said to go back to the ninth century, according to the legend of Ugo Colonna and his companions.
Bastia
Cascade de Struccia
Cascade du Meli
Corte
