Bastia in spring
With spring springing up everywhere and the sun now higher, Bastia has a bright future ahead of it. The hours are stretched out to give you plenty of time to savour its jewels. Get out and see!
With spring everywhere and the sun now higher up, Bastia has a bright future ahead of it. The hours are stretched out to allow plenty of time to savour the gems. Get out and see!
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- Discover Bastia in spring, with its colourful facades, vibrant heritage, rich culture and light-filled streets.
- Explore the villages and paths of the Cape Corsica, Enjoy your first sea excursions and water sports activities in the milder sunshine.
- Get in the swing of Easter traditions and savour seasonal Corsican specialities, from homemade ice creams to brocciu and market produce.
Bastia tells its own story
From sunrise to sunset, thehe city shines, each street, each place, each building adding its own touch to a whole world of art and history...
In spring, even more so, Bastia is a story to be told and contemplated. As a pampered heiress, it takes on postcard allure everywhere. The architecture of its colourful Tuscan-style facades, the charm of its old town centre, the richness of its religious heritage...
Pushing open the doors of its churches, wandering through its narrow streets, climbing up to the upper town, is like browsing through one of those beautiful books that you leaf through slowly to soak up the images and learn. Each district, a veritable village within the city, has its own life and customs. And the’former capital of Corsica also follows the course of the water, which it skirts as much as it overhangs, without forgetting to lead you to the places of culture. From open-air theatres to covered stages, from media libraries to science centres, from museums to trade fairs, Bastia is bubbling with activity!
A walk in the Bastia region
This time of year, the weather is just right for a hike in the Bastia region. Put on your trainers and climb the Cap Corsine peaks, cross the villages to the south and north or caress the sea spray...
Strolling inland
Typical, with character? A stone's throw from Bastia, the medieval village of Furiani, with its square tower, his Romanesque chapel and its cobbled streets. And don't forget Town of Pietrabugno and its heritage trails awarded, winding its way through nature and legacies of the past, including the highly baroque Saint Lucia church with the treasures of masters. From pebbles to oak groves, the classified lands of San Martino di Lota, dotted with palazzi, the sumptuous houses of the Cap-Corsins who left for the Americas to make their fortunes, are also gentle travellers. Just like the shepherds' paths of Santa Maria di Lota, a veritable religious sanctuary. These will take you from the intimate and charming seaside resort of Miomu until Cimone, at an altitude of some 1,200 metres!
A taste of sea salt
Good news: the start of the sea excursions around the Cape Corsica to the heavenly beaches of the Agriate in spring. And at the same time, a whole range of water sports becomes accessible: sailing, diving, paddling, kayaking, skiing... Since lagoon cordone or coves cap-corsines, Take your pick of iodised activities!
The Corsicans and their traditions
Easter is coming! Rendezvous with the Corsicans and their traditions, steeped in popular beliefs and spectacular pagan rites.
At the heart of the sacred
As the HOLY WEEK, These are the Bastiais weaving the protective palms and twigs that will then be distributed to the family along with the famous campanile, These are crown-shaped brioches topped with a hard-boiled egg, and are only made at this time of year by all the island's bakeries. For their part, the brotherhoods are preparing to mark the high point of the Good Friday. These communities, formed throughout Corsica in the spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi, each with its own dress code, territory and identity, will guide the island's most eagerly awaited ritual marches: the Granitula (shell-shaped) and the Catenacciu, Named after the chained penitent who, moved by secret desires, chose to retrace the route of Christ's ascent to Calvary under the cloak of dawn. A must-see at the beginning of Cape Corsica as on the outskirts of Bastia town centre!
Time to get back to ice cream
Now's the time to get back in touch with the island's flavours and farm milk ice creams! Among other delights...
To eat in or take away
In their pretty cups with a taste of myrtle, of citron, of clementine, of chestnut or the honey, Bastia's artisan ice-cream makers know how to keep good things going. Don't wait for the summer to find them! As for the delicatessens and traditional restaurants of the city, gastronomic excellence remains king here in timeless fashion: veal with olives and other dishes from our grandmothers, prizuttu refined, tomes well-guarded and inescapable Corsican traditions canistrelli (sweet biscuits)... Not forgetting brocciu and fresh cheese, You'll be able to enjoy our seasonal produce until mid-April. This will give you the chance to taste storzapreti (dish in sauce), migliacci (savoury preparations) and other fiadone (a typical local pastry)!
Live
The producers, meet at the Place du market at the weekend, with a wide range of stands where you can discover, among other specialities, the anchovies bastiese stylee. And while we're on the subject of fish, don't forget that when the weather is good, the fishermen will be delighted to offer you a piece of the sea: denti, lobsters and moulds, or even sea urchins, to be enjoyed until 15 April, with a good glass of wine. wine chosen from one of wine merchants of the city!
