Located just 90 minutes by car from Ajaccio airport, Les Calanques de Piana is one of France’s best natural wonders.
The French writer Guy de Maupassant wrote that the Calanques de Piana were one of the wonders of Corsica and even one of the wonders of France. You can ramble in this incredible landscape and several trails have been created for hikers. The most popular as seen in the above photo, is the path "Towards the Castle", recognizable by the piles of stones left by hikers.
The Calanchi di Piana are real stacks of red granite up to 300/400 metres high (more or less like the Eiffel Tower), very impressive seen from the sea, but also from above. If you visit this wonderful place by sea, you will find many caves and some bays where you can stop for a swim: the water is crystal clear, turquoise, but often cold. The scenery is composed of the red of the porphyry and the blue of the basalt, rocks of all shapes and caves that recall the outline of islands such as Sardinia and Corsica.
