Cagliari Amazing Corsica French Island Private Tour

Cagliari Amazing Corsica French Island Private Tour

Live a unique and fascinating experience traveling through the sardinian country side towards the french island. Enjoy 3 days private excursion to discover the the cities of Bonifacio and Ajaccio with transfer by mini van with wifi, accomodation with breakfast.

Itinerary

Day 1: Sardinia - Corsica

Stop At: Cagliari, Cagliari, Province of Cagliari, Sardinia
Departing from Cagliari, drive for 3.5 hours in a minivan through the amazing Sardinian countryside towards the northeast of the island, where you get the ferry to Corsica.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Ajaccio, Ajaccio, Communaute d'Agglomeration du Pays Ajaccien, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Once you reach the port of Bonifacio, drive for 2.5 hours through the amazing Corsican countryside towards Ajaccio.
Your private guide will take you to your hotel and you will have time at leasure during the evening.
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3 star hotel

Day 2: Ajaccio

Stop At: Ajaccio, Ajaccio, Communaute d'Agglomeration du Pays Ajaccien, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
After you breakfast at the hotel, you will check-out and enjoy a guided walking tour in Ajaccio, the hometown of Napoleon.
During this tour you will visit the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, where Napoleon was baptised on July 21th, 1771.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Monument commemoratif de Napoleon Ier, Place D Austerlitz, 20000 Ajaccio, Communaute d'Agglomeration du Pays Ajaccien, Corsica France
Place Austerlitz, called the Casone in memory of an old building, is the place where according to legend, Napoleon made during his childhood. Sheltered under big rocks, from where the term "Cave Napoleon," this young boy fascinated by the great figures of history then dreamed of conquests and glory ... .The statue of Napoleon dressed as colonel guard is the work of sculptor Seurre. It is a replica of the statue lying invalids. The monument inaugurated in 1938 recalled its incline the victories and achievements of the emperor.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Casa Napoleon, 3 rue du Cardinal Fesch, 20000 Ajaccio, Communaute d'Agglomeration du Pays Ajaccien, Corsica France
Napoleon was born in this house on 15 August 1769. He lived there until the age of nine when he left to go to school at the Collège d’Autun in France. At this time, his parents, Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte occupied the first floor with use of the kitchen on the ground floor. Their home was extended in 1774 with a terrace built by Napoleon’s father. The second and third floors, which belonged to other family members, were purchased over the course of time. The Bonaparte family, as Republican sympathisers, had to leave the island when it was occupied by the British in 1793. Four years later, when Corsica was back in French hands, Letizia Bonaparte, Napoleon’s mother, returned to Ajaccio, and with the large compensation payments made to those who had been looted during the British occupation, she extended and refurbished the house. A bright gallery was built, and the rooms were furnished with chests of drawers from Milan and chairs ordered from Marseille. Napoleon stayed there for the last time on his return from Egypt, from 28 September to 6 October 1799. In 1843, Joseph Bonaparte inherited the house, which passed down to Napoleon III in 1852.

During the Second Empire, the Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie paid a visit to the house on 14 September 1860. On 29 August 1869, the Empress visited it once again with her son, the Prince Impérial, to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Napoleon I, the founder of the Napoleonic dynasty. Other famous visitors eagerly followed: Gustave Flaubert, Pierre Loti, the Prince de Joinville, Joseph Conrad, Boni de Castellane, Elisabeth of Austria, Edward VII and many more. In 1923, Prince Victor Napoleon, who succeeded Empress Eugenie, donated it to the State. It was then listed as a Historic Monument. Finally, in 1967, the house became a national museum, now administered by the Musée National des Châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau. The building was extended in 2004 with the purchase of a neighbouring house, providing further exhibition space devoted to the Second Empire and temporary exhibitions. Restoration campaigns carried out at regular intervals have revealed the original decors commissioned by Napoleon III and Eugenie.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sartene, Sartene, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
After lunch, you will continue towards Sartene, a picturesque medieval town built on a hilltop, where you will have some time at leisure to explore this fascinating place.
Finally, you will go to Bonifacio and here you will have some time at leisure.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Bonifacio in a 3 star hotel

Day 3: Corsica - Sardinia

Pass By: Bonifacio, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
After your breakfast at the hotel and your check-out, you will enjoy a guided walking tour in Bonifacio.

Stop At: Le Gouvernail de la Corse, Quartier St-François, 20169 Bonifacio, Corsica France
Le Gouvernail (The Rudder): An unusual view over the Strait. Situated just by the marine cemetery at the far end of the peninsula, this military site is a long tunnel of 168 steps dug into the cliff.
This stairway ends in an underground room 10 m above sea level and offers the most unusual view over the Strait of Bonifacio. Below, the shape of Le Gouvernail (The Rudder) inspired the local fishermen to give its name.

Built in 1880 by French military engineers, Le Gouvernail (the Rudder) was the watchtower at the entry to the port and the Strait of Bonifacio. Equipped with a powerful projector able to illuminate the Strait right to the Sardinian coastline during the night.
(Open from July - September)
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Escalier du Roi d'Aragon (King Aragon Steps), Bonifacio, Corsica France
The King of Aragon’s Stairway - The King of Aragon’s Stairway is unusual, and according to a legend, was built overnight by the hands of the King of Aragon’s troops in 1420. Having descended these 187 steps you will be astounded by the numerous and incredible views of the sea, Sardinia, and the cliffs, all at 180°.
A few metres above the sea, following a path built into the cliff, you will walk alongside the blue turquoise water. Thus coming to the Saint Barthelemy soft water well that was naturally tunnelled by the Stairway. No longer in use today.
(Open from July to September)
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Eglise Sainte Marie Majeure, Bonifacio, Corsica France
The presence of this church is attested from the 13th century deeds in which the oldest dates back to 1222.
The western façade has three entrances is pierced by a large rose which was at that time, the main light of the church. The set corresponding to the nave, the aisles and apses was redesigned in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The building entrance is preceded by a loggia, where met the "Council of Elders" elected every three months and in charge of tax administration and the civil city. The loggia was then considered the heart of the medieval city.
Inside the church, movable heritage, including the high altar and side altars, bear witness to the glorious past of the city market.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Bastion de L'Etendard, 8 rue du Corps de Garde, 20169 Bonifacio, Corsica France
You will travel through the centuries and understand Bonifacio a little more by visiting the Landscape Garden with its 10 views, plus the “1000 years of history” exhibition in the underground halls. Open from April to October every day!

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cagliari, Cagliari, Province of Cagliari, Sardinia
After lunch, you will take the ferry to Sardinia, your local guide will be keen to make the tour as personal as possible. He will assist you with his expertise and recall interesting anecdotes for you before driving you back to your hotel.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.