Exceptional places
With its exceptional venues, the town offers a range of venues to host your events and leave your teams with unforgettable memories of Corsica.
Bastia has everything you need to surprise your colleagues at your next seminar.
Sumptuous Governors' Palace, the large Italian-style auditorium of the municipal theatre and the open-air space of the Mantinum, facing the Mediterranean, Bastia entrusts you with the keys to the island's most beautiful heritage sites, providing a unique backdrop for your events.
A simple meeting, a study day, a residential seminar in an authentic setting?
Town of art and history, Bastia will meet all your expectations. In the narrow streets of the town centre, the Italian-inspired architecture will immediately give you a feeling of being somewhere else, and the impression of travelling back in time with the lifestyles of an era that continue to inhabit the city.
The island's former Genoese capital, Bastia blends and fuses contrasts with the Renaissance style of its Citadelle and its countless Baroque buildings, the lively squares and winding alleys of the old town centre, the dark, vaulted porches and the flamboyant ochre of the facades. The city's rich past is reflected in its neighbourhoods, all of which are full of little nuggets waiting to be discovered.
The Aldilonda and the Mantinum, balconies overlooking the Mediterranean
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Seating with a breathtaking view
Below the place du Donjon, the modern architecture of Mantinum contrasts with the medieval spirit of this heritage site. A real link between the Old Port and the historic district of Citadelle, the Mantinum reconnecting the soul of the city with the Mediterranean. Imagined as a belvedere with timeless architecture, this fabulous theatre of greenery offers a large capacity of 620 seats with breathtaking views over the Tuscan archipelago and a unique panorama of the city of Bastia. In the summer months, this warm, light-filled venue is alive with music concerts and cultural events of all kinds.
At the heart of this enchanting site, freshly inaugurated in 2020, a long column clinging to the rock contains a lift that takes visitors up to the the Aldilonda. Running along the rocky base of the Genoese citadel's ramparts, this aerial route offers a unique balcony between sky and sea, a few metres above the Tyrrhenian Sea, alongside the fortress. It's a unique and unusual walk above the waves, in one of the most spectacular sites in Europe. Corsica and Mediterranean.
The must-see squares in the heart of the city
Looking towards the’Tuscan archipelago, the place Saint-Nicolas is one of the largest esplanades in Europe. Lined with century-old plane and palm trees bathed in sunshine, this essential city-centre landmark offers an unrivalled urban space for hosting large-scale events in the beating heart of Bastia. All year round, this square, lined with cafés and restaurants, is a great place to relax and enjoy lunch in the sun or a drink on the terrace at dusk, as the boats pull into port.
Just like the place du Marché, Every day, this meeting place offers the renewed spectacle of a Mediterranean agora, like a theatre of local life taking place in front of the pediment of the old town hall. Dominated by the bell tower of the’Saint John the Baptist church, just a stone's throw from Old Port, In the summer months, this meeting place becomes a popular venue for event organisers. Surrounded by plane trees and old Tuscan-style buildings, « u Mercà »As the people of Bastia say in Corsican, the town has retained all the authenticity of yesteryear. An essential stop-off for revellers who come to spend their evenings here, the place du Marché is transformed on weekend mornings into a showcase for local produce and products made by the craftsmen and women of the Bastia hinterland. All the more reason to stop off here, and combine business with pleasure.