By train thru Europe, via Florence to Livorno at the Italian seaboard, covered quite a long haul, and filled the psyche with endless visual impressions & food for thoughts.

We arrived in Bastia by boat after a restless night in a dirtcheap Italian hotel room-mating with myriads of cockroaches.

Driving across the Island from Bastia to Calvi lurked out the right holiday enthusiasm. The sweet smell of lavender sneaked in through the open windows and welcomed us to this magnificent island.

For three weeks we slept in a two-person tent in walking distance from the the coast. We lived essentially on flutes & raw vegetables, spend the days bathing and sunbathing & dancing the nights away in Calvi.

We went back home a month later bronzed by the sun, slimmed and full of getupandgo and inspiration.

Having experienced a vacation on the cheap makes it so much easier to acknowledge the advantages of renting a Calvi villa for a family vacation. Many of the rental villas in Calvi has private pool and are very pleasant and tastefully furnished.

Did I touch on the beaches? They are long, white, irresistible & exceptionally clean. Furthermore the gentle wind makes even the hottest month bearable by the seaside, as long as you give protection to your head from the constant roasting sun. A cotton hat, that you can dip in the sea regularly, keeps your head cooled off. There is much to be said for a Calvi Beach Holiday !

Calvi has no more than 6000 inhabitants. It is found on the North-West coast of the island - 59 km from Bastia. The town has ferry connections with the French mainland (Marseille, Nice, and Toulon) and luxurious yachts visit the harbor. Calvi is a charming old fishing town and fishing is still of some importance, even though tourism is now the big earner.

You will not be bored with Calvi. You can follow the world go by from a seaside pavement cafe, shop trendy clothes in the ancient part of the town, eat wellprepared dinners at the diverse restaurants or drop in on the piano bar in the magnificent Citadel for live music.

Water sport is not in short supply in the region and in Corsica as a whole you can go horse-riding , hike, walk the mountains and even play golf.

From June to September the Citadel houses art exhibitions by professional local artists from across the whole island of Corsica..

At the end of June each year The Calvi Jazz Festival attracts big names from the Jazz scene & you can be present at concerts in the Citadel and jam sessions on the Quay Landry.

"Calvi On The Rocks" takes place every year in July. It consists of electronic music & a digital arts festival with nightly concert in the Citadel.

I hope you have a fabulous trip to Corsica - the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte - & whether you settle on a hostel, a hotel or a villa vacation in Calvi I am certain you will appreciate the charming town and the lovely surroundings.

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