From Palau there is a boat service several times daily (30minutes) to La Maddalena (19m/63ft; pop. 11,000), a port on the island of the same name (157m/518ft; area 20 sq.km/7 sq.mi), which together with the neighboring islands was strongly fortified until the Second World War, commanding the Strait of Bonifacio between Sardinia and Corsica.
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