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Escorted Motorcycle Touring Holidays

NEW! CORSICA TWO CENTRE HOLIDAY!

Tour E02 - France
9th May 2010 - 20th May 2010

Corsica

Come with us on this TWELVE day holiday and ride some of the best roads you will ever experience on Napoleon's Island - not a straight road anywhere!

Corsica is steeped in history and is indeed Europe's most exciting island. Many roads take you through spectacular gorges and over red granite mountains rising from sea level to 8000ft in five miles. Its a sensational motorcycling experience. Napoleon was born here and Nelson lost an eye fighting for the rights to fell the straight Corsican pine for his ships’ masts.

The tour will ride to Toulon in the south of France before taking the new fast ferry service to Corsica. We have organised accommodation in two locations on the Island to help you to explore the whole of Corsica during our stay. On the west coast our base will be a fabulous newly refurbished four star hotel in the centre of Ajaccio just fifty metres from Napoleons' birthplace where we will stay for three nights. The hotel has secure parking and all rooms have flat panel TV, aircon and wired internet access. From here we ride out to Bonifacio at the southernmost tip of Corsica to view the extraordinary Dolmens that date from prehistoric times.

After exploring the southernmost parts of this magical island, we ride cross country through some fabulous mountain scenery to arrive in a relaxed fishing village just north of the departure port of Bastia - our base for the next three nights of this fantastic two centre holiday. The hotel itself is attractive and well maintained with nice gardens, two good pools, lots of parking for the bikes and a patio area for breakfast. The croissants come from the bakery across the road so they are often hot straight from the oven - delicious! On our motorcycles we are ideally located at the entrance of Cap Corse for us to explore enchanting white sand beaches, rocky coves and the sheer beauty and wildness of this northern part of Corsica. Napoleon knew he was in Corsica by the scent of the maquis - ride your motorcycle and breathe an enchanting fragrance of mingling rosemary, pine, lavender and eucalyptus.

Upon our return to the French mainland using the fast ferry from Bastia we travel up through France stopping overnight en route then onward to catch the ferry for our return to the UK.

FOOTNOTE! This was such a fantastic tour we will DEFINITELY do it again in 2011...