This comprehensive travel handbook to Corsica gives everything readers need to know on all aspects of Corsican life. Features include: accounts of the main towns in Corsica, with up-to-the-minute recommendations of the best places to stay, eat and drink; background to ancient sites, including the statue-menhirs of Filitosa, the ruined Roman town of Aleria and the Romanesque chapels built by the Pisans; coverage of Corsica's varied landscape, from the west-coast beaches to the granite summits of the central peaks; and discussion of topics as diverse as Corsica's vendettas, its intense religious festivals, its rich wildlife and its struggles for independence.

2003-07-29 An excellent introduction

I like this book very much and found it to be an invaluable resource.
To get the best out of it you need to read it well before you go and maybe take one of the new generation guide books with you as well.
Until recently guide books about this intriguing destination were hard to find so we have used the Rough Guide for several years and we have not been disappointed. As you would expect it is very strong on arrival at whichever port/airport you choose to come in at as well as transport and accommodation.
The politics of Corsica are mystifying and this latest edition of The Rough Guide will bring you up to date with the situation to Jan 2003.

If you can also read Dorothy Carrington's "This Granite Isle" before your visit you will be well armed to get the best out of this unique and beautiful Island.
I highly recommend them both.