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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
Sail by private catamaran into the protected Lavezzi Island reserve — a crystalline archipelago of granite sculpted coves, sea turtles, and technicolour reef. Anchor in secret bays, snorkel untouched waters, and lunch at sea between two UNESCO-listed marine worlds.
Arrive at Palombaggia — consistently ranked among Europe's most beautiful beaches — before the day-trippers, with a private guide who knows the quietest stretches of pink-sand shore framed by ancient umbrella pines and flame-red porphyry rocks. Pure Corsican paradise at its most unhurried.
Swap the coast for Corsica's dramatic interior — a private 4×4 ascent through chestnut-scented Ospedale Forest to the needle-sharp granite spires of the Aiguilles de Bavella, the island's most iconic mountain panorama. A landscape that feels as untamed as it did a thousand years ago.
Journey 30 km south to Bonifacio, the most dramatic town in the Mediterranean — a fortified citadel balanced on 70-metre white limestone cliffs above secret sea caves and a turquoise strait. A private historian guide unlocks 3,000 years of Genoese, Aragonese, and Corsican heritage.
Take your first breaths underwater inside the Cerbicale Islands Nature Reserve — one of the Mediterranean's most pristine marine sanctuaries. Expert PADI instructors guide absolute beginners through crystalline water above Neptune-grass meadows, past Grouper and gilt-head bream, all within 500 metres of untouched coastline.
A privileged private stroll through Porto-Vecchio's ancient Genoese citadel with a local food historian, culminating in a guided tasting of the island's most celebrated products — aged lonzu, fig jam, chestnut liqueur, and Nielluccio wine — at a curated selection of artisan producers.
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