Villa Ghiatone
Guest House
In the heart of the gulf of Ajaccio
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The Surroundings

• The gulf of Ajaccio

  • Ajaccio
    Imperial city, Napoleon and its memorabilia, the citadel, the old city, the fishermen’s harbour, its casino, the ”Iles Sanguinaires”, home of Tino Rossi…….. Life at its best…..
  • Porticcio
    Quiet in winter, dynamic and frivolous in summer, this little village can be the first stop of a beautiful trip along the coast to “La Tour Genoise” at  “La point de la Castagna”, after a detour to “La Punta di e Sette Nave” ( tip of the seven ships), “La Tour de l’Isolella, the Verghia Beach pine woods or the Portigliolo Beach……
    
      
• The Cinarca valley

  The Cinarca Valley is located between Ajaccio and Cargese. Villages were built set back in the mountain as a way of protecting themselves from barbaric invasions. They overlook the sea, dominating ancient farm lands: vignards on the hills, corn in the plain of Liamone.
  
  Below, are the ruins of the castle of the counts of Cinarca-Capraja-. First, you can see the gulf of the Liscia, its adorable Tuccia beach resort and the village named after it, which, before being a diocese, was a Roman city.

  Finally, in the distance, you can see the tip of Cargese where, in March 1676, seven hundred Greeks from Peloponese, running away from the Turks, took shelter.
  
    

• The gulf of Cargèse Piana Porto
   
  • Cargese
  • Piana and its rocky inlets
  • Porto
    
     
• The gulf of Valinco

Located on the western coast, south of the gulf of Ajaccio, its harbours, the city of Propriano and its marina.
In the eighteenth century, just like on a child’s drawing, there were only four little houses hidden away in that magnificent Valinco. Its rich country side protected from the winds, made it a very popular place as far back as the antiquity. For trading, fishing or sailing, this harbour is a great link between the mountain and the sea.

A little further away, the city of Sartene seems to be extending the mountain. What a surprising site! An acropolis of granite with winding streets holding on to the rock.
The holy Friday procession of “Catenacciu” in itself, makes Sartene a unique place.

 

Villa Ghiatone
Allée du maquis - 20166 Pietrosella
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