Calanche

Between Porto and Piana, the road runs through the Calanche, a maze of fantastically fissured red granite rocks, with bizarrely shaped pinnacles towering up to 300 m/1,000ft above the Bay of Porto. On the Corse driving tour, the route continues by way of Cargèse, founded in 1774 by immigrants from Greece, to Sagone, once the see of a bishop. It then runs up to the little town of Vico (alt.

400 m/1,300ft) and over the Col de St- Antoine (496 m/1,627ft) and the Col de Sevi (1,272 m/4,173ft) to Evisa, a little holiday resort, beautifully situated above the Porto valley, which is a good base for exploring the surrounding area. From here there is a direct road to Porto through the Spelunca, a wild gorge in the Porto valley.