By train all the way through Europe, via Florence to Livorno at the Italian seaboard, covered quite a distance, and filled the soul with countless visual impressions and food for thoughts.
We arrived in Bastia by boat after a sleepless night in a dirtcheap Italian hotel room-mating with myriads of cockroaches.
Driving across the Island from Bastia to Calvi lurked out the right holiday spirit. The sweet smell of lavender sneaked in through the open windows & welcomed us to this beautiful island.
For three weeks we stayed in a two-person tent in walking distance from the sea. We lived essentially on flutes & raw vegetables, spend the days swimming and sunbathing & dancing the nights away in Calvi.
We came home a month later suntanned, slimmed and full of steam and inspiration.
Having experienced a vacation on the cheap makes it so much easier to pay respects to the advantages of renting a Calvi villa for a family vacation. Many of the rental villas in Calvi has private pool and are very relaxed & tastefully furnished.
Did I mention the beaches? They are long, white, irresistible and exceptionally clean. Furthermore the wind makes even the hottest month bearable by the seaside, as long as you shelter your head from the constant burning sun. A cotton hat, that you can dip 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 stiff 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 wellprepared dinners at the different restaurants or drop in on the piano bar in the ancient 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 and even play golf.
From June to September the Citadel houses art exhibitions by professional local artists from across the whole island of Corsica..
In late June The Calvi Jazz Festival attracts big names from the Jazz scene & you can be present at concerts in the Citadel and 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 Fortress.
I wish you a fantastic trip to Corsica - the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte - and whether you settle on a hostel, a hotel or a villa vacation in Calvi I am absolutely sure you will enjoy the charming town and the stunning surroundings.
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