U Palazzu

hotel Pigna Corsica

The Balagne

"One says of Balagne that it is: " an island in the island "…. "The old attic at corn of Corsica…"
A rich area, that nature with equipped with all diversities.

You will be able to discover there:

- The Mediterranean and its pleasures:
The beaches (immense and superb), the small splits has the shelters of the tamaris, a natural reserve (Scandola) which one visits in boat, and all sports of the sea.
- For in love ones with nature :
A golf with the feet of the mountains, footpaths, various and varied, but always offering the magic of the spectacle of nature (departure of the GR. 20 in Calenzana), You will also discover a back country made of villages “at the edge of water” having preserved their authenticity, or often trônent Romance vaults and old convents.
- If you are amateurs of products of the soil, welcome to the paradise of the taste and the odors, do not hesitate to visit the vineyards (Zilia, Lumio, Calvi), and fields of olive-tree, and unearth the craftsmen of the tastes which often officiate in these villages.
- Dimensioned culture, everywhere in balagne are installed the craftsmen of art (Pigna, Lumio) as for the spectacles, they abound during the estival season (theatres in the open air, auditorium) and festivals (Jazz, Festivoce, polyphonies).

Finally in addition to the beauty of their site, Calvi, and the Ile Rousse abound in small shops, or shopping in the hurdy-gurdies lanes is a true happiness.