The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Travel

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- TJ

Corsica is a hiking revelation: immense granite mountains, a sublime coastline and swathes of wild country where you won’t meet a soul. One of the great walks of Europe is the spectacula­r two-week trek along the high mountainou­s spine of Corsica, though it’s not for the faint-hearted. The track, known as the GR20, is rough and remote, and crosses only a handful of roads over its entire length. But walkers in Corsica will find the maps excellent, and the island’s many marked long-distance trails can often be tackled as half or full-day segments.

The Gorge du Tavignano from the mountain town and old capital of Corte, above. Walk to the Refuge de la Sega and back or make a day of it by continuing to Calacuccia.

Corsican Places (corsica.co.uk) organises hotel accommodat­ion in Corte and Calvi as part of its Sea & Mountains walking holiday.

No: the IGN map (ref. 4150 OT) is good, and the trail – part of the longer Mare a Mare Nord path – is well trodden and well marked.

Moderate to the refuge (a climb of 2,490ft/759m), high to Calacuccia. Visit corte-tourisme.com

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