{"id":285,"date":"2024-05-11T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/?p=285"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:51:23","slug":"visit-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/visiter-porto\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Porto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\"MapPorto is located halfway betweenAjaccio<\/strong>, Calvi<\/strong> and Corte<\/strong> that surround it. This region of Corsica<\/strong> is made up of volcanic rock and is part of what is known as the Corsica<\/strong> crystalline with magmatic rocks' which covers two thirds of the island. At the western end of the Monte Cintu mountain range running from Porto<\/strong> to go to Solenzara<\/strong> in south-east France Corsica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beauty of the Gulf of Porto<\/strong> is demonstrated by the fact that this site is a World Heritage Site and includes : Porto<\/strong>the calanques of Piana<\/strong>, Girolata<\/strong> and the Scandola<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Porto, a little piece of history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite these fortifications, the coast of the Gulf of Porto<\/strong> in the 17th centurye<\/sup> century, major defence problems. It was then that the populations of the mountain villages Corsica<\/strong> who owned land on the coast, lobbied for the construction of more buildings. They rebuilt a tower at Sagone<\/strong>A future timber depot for the Valdoniello forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of the XVIIe<\/sup> The \"four towers\" (Omigna, Orchino, Carg\u00e8se and Capo Rosso) were built in the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting to Porto by plane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want to fly as close as possible to Porto<\/strong> for your holidays in Corsica<\/strong>We recommend that you arrive at your destination at the following international airport Calvi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"PortoGoing to Porto by boat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to come Corsica<\/strong> If you don't have your own car, we advise you to take the boat. This arrives at Calvi<\/strong> and you will arrive at Porto<\/strong> a few tens of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Porto by train<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Porto<\/strong> is not served by trains. in fact, the line stops at Calvi<\/strong>. So hitchhikers and taxis will be the order of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Porto: must-sees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The powder magazine aquarium in Porto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Below the Genoese tower of Porto<\/strong>The Poudri\u00e8re aquarium is made up of a dozen tanks containing fish species from the region's different environments. Corsica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gulf of Porto and Region Tourist Office, quartier de la Marine 20150 Porto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel: +33 (0) 4 26 10 55
Fax: +33 (0) 4 95 26 14 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Porto: things to see in the area<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Scandola nature reserve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

La Nature reserve<\/strong> the peninsula of Scandola<\/strong> is one of France's Nature Reserves, and is also classified as a \"World Heritage Site\".Unesco world heritage site<\/strong> \"It is one of France's marine protected areas. It is managed by the Parc naturel r\u00e9gional de Corsica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gulf of Girolata<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Le Gulf of Girolata<\/strong> at Corsica<\/strong>is a miniature replica of the Gulf of Oporto, located just next door. It is bordered by huge red cliffs over 300 metres high, such as those at Punta Rosa, and shrouded in scrubland. The gulf is on the list of world heritage sites. UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong>. Find out more about The Gulf of Girolata<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The calanques of Piana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"CalanquesThe calanques of Piana<\/strong> are creeks located on the west coast of France. Corsica<\/strong>, \u00e0 Piana<\/strong>halfway between Ajaccio and Calvi, on the seaside road Corsica<\/strong>. A world of rocks 300 m above the sea. Find out more about The calanques of Piana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Genoese Towers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"toutBuilt in the sixteenth century under Genoese rule, the coastal towers Corsica<\/strong> are of historical interest. Designed for their role in watching over the sea and defending the coast, they were naturally built on sites with the best views of the sea and its shores. A great getaway for your holidays in Corsica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to sleep?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hotel in Porto Ota<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Camping in Porto and the surrounding area<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Coming soon: campsites in the Porto Ota region.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Porto Porto is located halfway between Ajaccio, Calvi and Corte, which surround it. This region of Corsica is made up of volcanic rocks and is part of what is known as the 'crystalline Corsica with magmatic rocks', which covers two-thirds of the island. At the western end of the Monte Cintu mountain range, from Porto to Solenzara in south-east Corsica. The beauty of the Gulf of Porto is demonstrated by the fact that it is a World Heritage Site and includes : Porto, the calanques of Piana, Girolata and the reserve. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Visiter Porto : les 5 lieux \u00e0 ne pas manquer ! Corse Vacances","_seopress_titles_desc":"Corse Vacances vous a list\u00e9 les 5 visites \u00e0 ne surtout pas louper lorsque vous venez visiter Porto. Vous trouverez aussi les 3 meilleurs hotels de Porto et 6 super locations.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[{"url":"","title":"","desc":"","thumbnail":"","duration":"","rating":"","view_count":"","tag":"","cat":""}],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[{"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_type":"none"}],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ville-corse","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72774,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/72774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}