PORTO-VECCHIO
THE CITY OF SALT

PORTO-VECCHIO, A LITTLE OF HISTORY
In 1539, the Office of Saint-Georges, elected by the Republic of Genoa, chooses the gulf of Oporto-Vecchio to install a fortified town. Built on immense pink porphyry rocks, the fortifications, with their five bastion constitute an excellent rampart of defense against the barbaresque attacks
Saline
salt always played an important part in the economy of the city which became for all the islanders "the City of salt".. In the beginning of September, salt is collected on the salt-water marshes and offers a very beautiful spectacle to which it is possible to attend from the GenoeseDoor in upper town...

PORTO-VECCHIO,OUTSTANDING SITES
The area of Porto-Vecchio combines in beauty all that Corsica can offer. Superb beaches, shaded pine forests, a mountainous and sumptuous rear-country.
Ospedale
The village had the memory of this old Roman hospital in its name. In the XVth century, the inhabitants of Porto-Vecchio went up to spend the summer there to be safe from the heat and malaria which reigned on the plain. The Forest of Ospedale is the departure of a superb stroll in a luxuriant vegetation with the possibility of bathes in "natural swimming pools"...
A dynamic city...
Oporto-Vecchio, third town of Corsica and important economic and tourist pole, offer an animated cultural life, an intense and varied night life, as well as exceptional sites to combine all the pleasures; discovery, idleness, sports, visits...
The building sheltering the Communal Arts centre and the Regional Cineclub of Corsica comprises two rooms, respectively of 350 and 120 seats, conceived at the same time for the cinema, the theatre, the dance, the music, but also the conferences and seminars. The Bastion of France, magnificiently restored, constitutes a remarkable space which accomodates throughout the year prestigious events, concerts, and exhibitions...
the municipal marina of a total capacity of 450 rings can accomodate in season a hundred boats from 5 to 40 M.

SAINTE-LUCIE, BETWEEN SEA AND MOUNTAIN
A real kaleïdoscope...
Saint Lucie of Oporto-Vecchio, small quiet and convivial station, proposes to you the infinite variety of landscapes and atmospheres which make the richness of the Commune of Zonza, from the Gulf of Pinarellu to Aiguilles de Bavella.
Unforgettable
The astonishing hippodrome of Viseo nested on the feet of Aiguilles de Bavella... The mountainous forests plunging towards the splits and the beaches which take care of two hieratic Genoese towers... The maquis is crossed by limpid torrents, which run at the rhythm of the cascades, of the "toboggans" and other natural swimming pools
Come to dazzle yourself...