Housed in the Palais Fesch, the construction of which started in 1827, this museum houses one of the largest collections of Italian paintings (Botticelli, Giovanni Bellini, Cosimo Tura, Titian etc) in France, as well as works from the French, Spani..

Porticcio , is one of the most reputed seaside resorts on the south coast and well situated opposiste Ajaccio. Beyond Porticcio the coast has some lovely sandy coves (in particular the lovely beach of Mare e Sole ) separated by rocky promontories t..

These islands of sombre red porphyry off the coast from the Pointe de la Parata stand guard at the entrance to the bay. Grand Sanguinaire is the farthest island from the bay and also the largest of the four islands which make up this archipelago. Enj..

Ajaccio bay has a very broad entrance since there is 17km separating Parata point in the North from the Capo di Muro in the South. Its pleasant borders, its calm and its harmonious colours make it famous.

Letizia square , a small square decorated with a bust of the king of Rome, lies just beyond the House where the emperor was born. The house has a very sober façade and is without decoration, save for the family arms. As you make your way from room t..

On the first floor of the town hall the baptism of Napoléon is told in Genoese, with paintings, portraits, statues of members of his family, and collections of coins and medals amounting to a display which fans and faithfuls of the leader will revel ..

This road allows you to explore the «Corniche of Ajaccio» which flanks the North coast of the bay and is dotted with pleasant little beaches. As you leave Ajaccio, take note of the huge funerary chapels where Ajaccio families are laid to rest and sta..

Taking you from lofty Ajaccio to the Vignola solar power station, the path snakes along at a slight downward slope through the Corsican scrub (fig trees from the Barbary coast and oak). The path looks over the town, the bay, then the bloody Islands (..

This old country house of the Bonaparte family is surounded by an age-old olive grove and is fitted out with 19C Corsican furniture.

This vast stretch of fine sand is surrounded by scraggy vegetation. There are two wild beaches, Petit Capo and Grand Capo.

General-De-Gaulle square forms a balcony from which you can see a view far out across the bay of Ajaccio. It's the old Diamond square which links the old town with the new quarters that are being developed along the route des Sanguinaires.

The hall of the prefecture houses a Roman sarcophagus dating from the 3C AD

This avenue edged by palm and plane trees running up from General-de-Gaulle square to Austerlitz square, benefits from the antiquated charm of the high façade of the Corsican territorial Assembly (formerly the hotel Continental)

This is the old carrughjudrittu (otherwise known as a straight road) which used to divide the town into two distinct quarters - the poor quarter Macello (Boucherie) in the North, and the middle class area in the South.

Designed by architect Giacomo della Porta, this Cathedral was built between 1582 and 1593. Napoleon Bonaparte was baptised here in 1771. Outside, you will notice its very simple façade. Inside, you will see the hign marble altar surmounted by 4 black..

A very sobre high façade and a door with abutments and a marble lintel surmounted by the Ornano family coat-of-arms.

The monochrome ochre trompe-l'oeil which decorate these windows give the hotel a slight Italian palace feel ... whilst the monumental white marble door with its emblazoned gable adds solemnity.

This museum covers, from Prehistory, the different stages of human settlement in Corse, investigating the megalithic era, barbaric attacks, the War of Independence (1729-1769), the role of Corsica in conflicts during the last two centuries and the Co..

Formerly Palm tree Square, this is a large rectangle which faces the port and which is shaded by palm and plane trees. Bordered on its South side by little restaurants with benches outside, this is the focal point of Ajaccio life. Noteworthy is the s..

A plaque commemorates Vincentella Perini, a symbolic figure of the Resistance movement who was better known as Danielle Casanova. Born in this house on 9 January 1909, she died at Auschwitz.