{"id":307,"date":"2024-05-11T16:14:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/?p=307"},"modified":"2025-09-22T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:58:39","slug":"visit-propriano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/visiter-propriano\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Propriano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Propriano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\"ProprianoLocated in Corsica <\/strong>of the South, Propriano<\/strong> is just south ofAjaccio <\/strong>located at the end of the Gulf of Valinco, on the west coast of Corsica. Corsica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propriano<\/strong> The port of Fozzano has a long history, but was created at the end of the 19th century during the phylloxera crisis. Previously, this port was used by the navy of the village of Fozzano, which is why it needed to be redeveloped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the city of Propriano<\/strong> was created, but it didn't really take off until the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of Propriano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Greek, Roman, Pisan and Turkish communities had developed on these lands. The existence of the village of Propriano<\/strong> was troubled by several waves of invasions, Vandals in the Ve<\/sup> century and Saracens in the VIIIe<\/sup> century.\"Propriano\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery of the remains of two churches (the oldest dating back to the VIe<\/sup> or VIIe<\/sup> century) is one of the earliest testimonies to the Christianisation of the region. Corsica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The oldest of these churches is also the largest (16 metres by 8.50 metres), suggesting that it once housed a bishopric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the vicinity of these two churches (nested one inside the other, the second, smaller church having been built on the site of the first), a necropolis dating back to the 4th century has been discovered.e<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propriano<\/strong> owes its development in the 19the<\/sup> century, with the construction of the road linking Ajaccio<\/strong> \u00e0 Bonifacio<\/a><\/strong>which was laid out in 1873. The first building was constructed with a warehouse in Fozzano. At the same time, the port became the maritime outlet for Sart\u00e8ne<\/a><\/strong>to the detriment of Tizzano<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Places to visit in Propriano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As I said earlier, Propriano<\/strong> has many origins, given the communities that have occupied this land. The little town Corsica<\/strong> remains a pleasant place to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We advise you to take a closer look at the marina, which is a beautiful place, and also at the Church of Notre-Dame de la Mis\u00e9ricorde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelling by plane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the fact that Propriano<\/strong> has a small airfield. If you'd like to visit this small town in the south of the Corsica<\/strong>It is best to come from the International Airport. d'Ajaccio<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming by boat<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Propriano\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To enjoy the road Corsica<\/strong> with your own means of transport, you'll need to use the boat. To do this, you'll need to arrive fromAjaccio<\/strong> to be as close as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Unfortunately, Propriano<\/strong> is not served by trains, so you won't be able to get there by rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

H\u00f4tel \u00e0 Propriano<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here is a selection of three of the best-rated Propriano hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Campsite Propriano<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Contact Propriano Tourist Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sartenais Valinco, Tourist Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marina 20110 PROPRIANO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel: +33 (0) 4 95 76 01 49<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to see around Propriano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lion of Roccapina<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Lion<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Twenty minutes from Sart\u00e8ne<\/strong> in the direction of Porto-Vecchio<\/strong>before taking the \"turning of the extreme south\": a viewpoint over the cove of Roccapina<\/strong> and below it the surprising shape of a lion <\/strong>which seems to watch over the sea, turned towards the Genoese tower.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about the Lion of Roccapina<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Propriano Situated in southern Corsica, Propriano is just south of Ajaccio and lies at the end of the Gulf of Valinco, on the west coast of Corsica. Propriano has a very long history, but the port was created at the end of the 19th century during the phylloxera crisis. Previously, this port was used by the navy of the village of Fozzano, which is why it needed to be redeveloped. As a result, the town of Propriano was created, although it didn't really take off until the early 20th century. The history of the town of Propriano <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Visiter Propriano : les 2 lieux \u00e0 ne pas manquer ! Corse Vacances","_seopress_titles_desc":"Corse Vacances vous a list\u00e9 les 2 visites \u00e0 ne surtout pas louper lorsque vous venez visiter Propriano. Vous trouverez aussi les 3 meilleurs hotels de Propriano 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":[],"_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-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ville-corse","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72634,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/72634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}