Gastronomy
Combining a quality terroir at the gateway to the Rural Corsica and distinguished restaurants, the Bastia region is brimming with culinary specialities and bewitching and inescapable flavours.
Typical local products
Made in the Balcony villages overlooking Bastia, Its mountain charcuterie, smoked over chestnut wood, comes in a range of renowned products: the prisuttu, coppa, lonzu, figatellu and salciccia, worked by the local craftsmen who cultivate this ancestral know-how. Like the sheep's and goat's cheeses produced in the hinterland, these typical products of rare quality have forged the reputation of the region's producers. culinary traditions of the Bastia region to be discovered over a craft beer or washed down with a fine vintage.
A land of wine
Renowned for the quality of their grape varieties set in a picture-postcard landscape, the sun-drenched vineyards around Bastia reveal exceptional wines with complex aromas, renowned far beyond the island's borders. From Patrimoniu at Cap Corse, These clay-limestone soils, cradled by the winds, produce rich, well known wines from a long tradition of winemaking. peasant and organic farming. An escapade filled with the aromas of Corsican grape varieties. Wine Route takes you to meet the winegrowers for wine, culture and gastronomy walks through the three appellations of the terroir. From the lands of Cap Corse to the sun-drenched valleys of the Conca d'Oru, Classified as a «Grand site de France», this life-size discovery trail winds its way through vineyards planted on hillsides.
Fine dining by the sea
On the seaside, fish of a rare quality, thanks to the purity of the waters, abound along the coasts of the Bastia region. Its locally caught red mullet, sea bass, mullet, lobster, tuna, sea bream, dentex, scorpion fish and sea urchins are a must-see on any holiday. fine coastal restaurants. In the small seascapes of Cap Corse, in the gulf of Saint-Florent or on the Old Port of Bastia, and restaurants have carved out a privileged place for themselves in the bibles of gastronomy with inventive menus. Real showcases for discovering all the splendour of the local specialities !