FRANCE - Corsica - Scandola -
Piana Calanques - Gulf of Porto
The coast of the Gulf of Porto is one of Corsica's most spectacular landscapes and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. You have to discover it from the road and also with an afternoon cruise for the best pictures (departs from Porto harbor and takes around 4 hours to Piana Calanches, Scandola and Girolata). Stacked slabs, towering pinnacles and gnarled, archs and claw-like outcrops of rock were formed by volcanic eruptions at Scandola 250 million years ago and a subsequent erosion has fashioned spectacular shapes in the rock. The colours are remarkable and vary from charcoal grey, deep green to incandescent reds and rusty purples which strike a vivid contrast with the green maquis and the cobalt blue sea. The hamlet of Girolata is overlooked by a Genoese fort and only accessible by boat.
BEST TIME to VISIT PIANA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to CORSICA
From May to October
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise - old Genoese tower
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Driving
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - View from the road
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Driving - Traffic jam as all tourists wants to make pictures
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Driving
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - view from Piana
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise - crystal clear water
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise - Arch
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Girolata is only accessible by boat or by a 7 kms trail - Cruise - Genoese tower
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Many cruises are departing from Porto Harbor - We recommand the one which visits the right side of the Gulf (Girolata and Scandola) and the left side (Piana Calanques) as landscapes are different - As it is the western coast : best time is afternoon
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Trees found the way to grow on red rocks
Gulf of Porto - Girolata beach is normally crowded with tourists, but there was other guests when we came
Gulf of Porto - Sailing
Traffic jam with unusual "vehicles" on a small road
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - the Genoese tower near the Porto harbor
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
the village of Piana at sunrise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
lovely bay with a yatch
lovely bay
beautiful pristine coastline
rocky coastline
scenic road with pinky rocks - one rock had a hole
scenic road with pinky rocks and sea views
Coastline
scenic road with pinky rocks and sea views
village of Piana
hotel with a swimming pool overlooking this amazing landscape
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise - Gull
Gulf of Porto - Calanques de Piana (Calanches) - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Girolata - Cruise - Genoese Tower
Gulf of Porto - Natural Reserve of Scandola - Cruise
Gulf of Porto - Trees are growing on the rocks
scenic narrow road
typical tiny village
Gulf of Porto and the village of Porto
landscape
scenic road
coastline
bay and a village
restaurant with a beautiful seaview
coastline
scenic road
bay and coastline