Bonifacio - Ghisonaccia
We were awoken just before 7am by bells ringing in the close vicinity of the tent. On investigation, it turned out to be a flock of sheep wandering around the campsite.
Since we were awake, we got up, showered, ate some breakfast and packed up the tent and loaded the car. There was a slight breeze, but it was sunny and relatively warm.
From the campsite, we returned to the main road the N198 via the smaller D60. Once on the main road, we crossed the impressively named Col de Permentile at a very unimpressive altitude of 45 metres! After this, we got a move on as the road is very straight for miles.
We made a detour to look at the beach at Santa Guilia just south of Port-Vecchio. It is a beautiful cove with azure water surrounded by white and beach - it looked very inviting, but as it was before 9 in the morning we decided to carry on.
Turning into Porto-Vecchio, we initially followed signs to the port, but it wasn't very impressive so continued into the old town above the more modern port. We were lucky and found a parking place very close to the town centre and from there walked in to the main town square. It is very pretty and we found a cafe to sit and enjoy a coffee - well I did! There are many small shops selling local produce and the wonderful smells coming from some of them wafted out onto the street tantalizing the nose. Mostly this was from the wonderful smoked meats hanging from the ceilings of the shops. Charcuterie is a speciality of Corsica.
Moving on from Porto-Vecchio, we continued on up the main road passing through a number of small villages and the slightly larger Solenzara before passing the French Air Force base at Travo. Not long after this, we arrived in the edge of Ghisonaccia, a fairly non-descript modern town. Here, we turned off onto the 'Rue de la Mer'and after 5 km found outselves outside the Arinella Bianca campsite.
This campsite turned out to be a very well kept and rather upmarket place, but the pitches looked good and we found one we liked and moved in!
After erecting the tent and having lunch, I had a wander around the campsite and found the sandy beach, which was almost deserted, the bar, the restaurant and 'Well-being' facility which will be described tomorrow. There was also a Sauna and Hamman which hadn't opened for the season. I also found the shop which will open on Saturday 17 May.
We then drove back into Ghisonaccia and found a large LeClerc and did a bit of shopping for an evening meal.
Although it was less windy than the last couple of day and we were able to sit outside for a while using the wifi internet, it was certainly cool by the time we went to bed.
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