Best Anchorages in Corsica

Baie de Rondinara is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful bays in the western Mediterranean — a near-perfect circle of white sand enclosed by granite headlands, with water colour ranging from emerald to deep turquoise.

Santa Giulia is one of Corsica's most photographed bays — a vast lagoon-like bay 5nm S of Porto Vecchio with extraordinary sand colour and a long, wide beach backed by pine forest.

Plage de Palombaggia is one of Corsica's most celebrated beaches — 1km of white sand framed by parasol pines and red porphyry rocks, with extraordinarily clear water.

Baie de Figari is a large, sheltered gulf 8nm W of Bonifacio — quieter than the famous Rondinara and offering excellent Maestrale shelter in a wild, undeveloped setting.

The Îles Sanguinaires (Bloodstone Islands) at the mouth of the Gulf of Ajaccio are among the most dramatic offshore anchoring spots in Corsica — dramatic red porphyry rock formations that turn deep crimson at sunset (giving them their name).

Golfe de Girolata is one of the wildest and most remote anchorages in the western Mediterranean — the tiny village of Girolata (population ~5 year-round) is accessible only by sea or a 2-hour mountain hike.

Baie de Calvi is dominated by Calvi's iconic 15th-century Genoese citadel rising 80m on a rocky promontory above turquoise water — one of the most photogenic approaches in Corsica.

Saint-Florent is a charming N Corsica sailing town at the head of a wide bay, best known as the gateway to the Agriates Desert (Désert des Agriates) — a wild, uninhabited coastal zone with some of Corsica's most beautiful and isolated beaches (Saleccia, Loto, Ghignu).

Baie de Campomoro is one of the most beautiful and least visited anchorages on Corsica's W coast — a wide sandy bay dominated by the finest Genoese watchtower in Corsica (16th century, 20m diameter, perfectly preserved on the headland).

Baie de Cupabia is a sandy anchorage within the Golfe de Valinco — a less-visited bay with excellent holding on clean sand.