Corsica

Bastia town is not very large and is short of budget accommodation but has a lively daily market, a handful of magnificent churches and is connected to an airport 16kms [10miles] away by shuttle bus; the town has its own stony beach though there's a much better sandy one a kilometre south, L'Arinella or head west by 4WD vehicle and scramble over to the island's best beach Plage de Saleccia or go north into the wilderness of Cap Corse. .