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Corsica
The French island of Corsica has a predominantly Italian flavour, with it's neighbour of Italy influencing the language, cuisine and architecture over the centuries. The local language, for example, is Tuscan-inspired. Corsica has been under French rule for only 200 years after being sold by Genoa to Paris in 1768. Before that happened, this island that rises majestically out of the Mediterranean, belonged by turns to the Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Moors and Lombards, each conquering nation leaving their mark and influence to be added to the Corsican melting pot. Corsicans today tolerate French rule unwillingly, but radicals are tempered by the realisation that the island economy is heavily subsidised and islanders enjoy generous tax concessions.
The island is still being invaded every year by thousands of European tourists, who flock to the popular eastern coast of the island for it's long stretches of enchanting sandy beaches and quaint fishing villages dotted along the sun kissed shores. The west coast has awe-inspiring scenery with cliffs and rocky inlets, while the mountainous interior remains largely wild, in between cultivated groves of olives, pine plantations and cork forests.
The island is still being invaded every year by thousands of European tourists, who flock to the popular eastern coast of the island for it's long stretches of enchanting sandy beaches and quaint fishing villages dotted along the sun kissed shores. The west coast has awe-inspiring scenery with cliffs and rocky inlets, while the mountainous interior remains largely wild, in between cultivated groves of olives, pine plantations and cork forests.
