Ideas & addresses
Our favourite finds in the Balagne
Around the marina
Map — addresses & landmarks
All our Balagne landmarks gathered on one interactive map.
Grocery shopping
- Boucherie-Traiteur Guidoni ★
Sant'Ambroggio marina — quality butcher-deli, picnic hampers
- Épicerie du port de Sant'Ambroggio
Handy, walkable
- Leclerc
At the entrance to Île Rousse
- Roadside vendors ★
At the top of the marina; along the straight from Algajola towards Île Rousse (Chez Marylène); opposite the Leclerc in Île Rousse — roast « black-foot » chicken.
Water activities
- Calvi / Galéria hire
Motor boats, scooters, motorbikes, 4×4s, quads
- Sant'Ambroggio hire
Motor boats, sales
- Club Nautique d'Île Rousse
Hire and sailing school
- Calvi Nautique Club
Hire and sailing school
Local produce
- Miel à Asco ★
Beekeeper with a bistro-restaurant
- Domaine de Saparale
Sartène wine (red, rosé, white)
- Le Tranoï blanc
Patrimonio wine, discovered at Mathy's
Restaurants
- Mathy's (Saint-Florent) ★
Chef Thierry Burlot
- Le Matahari (Lumio)
Toes in the water, overlooking the Gulf of Calvi
- Le Pain de Sucre (Lumio)
Cove, facing open sea
- Ferme Campo di Monte (Murato) ★
Crafts
- Atelier Caruli (Aregno)
Potter
Walks & routes
- Désert des Agriates from Ostriconi
- Occi village above Lumio
- Pointe de la Revellata beyond Calvi
And below, an « archive » map. Not very up to date, but it can still spark a few ideas!
