Ajaccio
The South of France. With added sun.
The South of France. With added sun.
Ajaccio’s heart belongs in the French Riviera. The port was popularised by British bon vivants. Painted by Matisse. And built during the belle époque. Rococo mansions overlook an antique fishing port. The big difference between a yacht charter in Ajaccio and the South of France? The town boasts more sand, seafood and annual sunshine hours than Cannes or St Tropez.
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Your Guide to Ajaccio
One son is harder to escape. French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio and gives his name to piazzas, pavement cafés and souvenir stores. (His bicorne hat would look great on TikTok.) Napoleon’s uncle established a more cultured legacy. His Musée Fesch fine art museum hosts France's finest collections of Botticelli, Bellini and Titian outside the Paris Louvre.
Families should gear up. Because on your Ajaccio yacht charter you'll plunge into the River Gravona, the most kid-friendly canyon in Corsica. This mountain river is fuelled by snowmelt and alive with trout. Don safety helmets and harnesses. Then tightrope walk, abseil, slide or jump (from a maximum of 9m) into 100% pure water. Adults only? Y.CO will arrange an eBike tour of vineyard Domaine Comte Peraldi. It’s been producing madcap Corsican wines since Napoleon’s day. Race you to the tasting room.
For yacht charter guests, Ajaccio’s greatest sight is a 20-minute sail from port. Welcome to the Iles Sanguinaire. Four timeless islands glow blood red in the setting sun. Stroll around your island like a lighthouse keeper of old (the last one left when the light became automated in 1985). Or dive within a Nature Reserve alive with amberjack, giant grouper and coral walls.
Too taxing? Take a jet ski safari to Plage de la Terre Sacre. It translates as 'Beach of the Sacred Earth'. This wild sand swoosh is as blessed as Corsica's 200 other beaches; 50 of which are within an hour’s sail away
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