Location: Calvi in France
Nearest Airport:
Calvi at 8
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Nearest Beach:
St Francois at 1.3
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Nearest Barpub:
Calvi at 1
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Nearest Restaurant:
Restaurant at 500
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Imagine the perfect “picture postcard” Mediterranean; a colourful array of buildings, cobbled streets climbing up to a Genoese Citadel, harbour-side cafés and restaurants, and a pine fringed crescent of silver sand stretching as far as the eye can see. This is Calvi.
The Citadel itself is a magnificent backdrop for the red-tiled town below, with its palm tree-planted harbour and lively restaurants lining the promenade. Quai Landry links the marina and the port, populated by bustling bars and cafés, this is the best place to get a feel for the town and watch the world go by. Past the promenade, a glorious pine forest – la Pinède – stretches along the six kilometres of gently shelving beach bordering Calvi bay, underlining the frontier between land and sea.
The town plays host to many music festivals during the summer including the “Jazz Festival” in June and “Calvi on the Rocks” in July. An impressive art exhibition also takes place in the Citadel from June to September.