Let me try to explain why I like corsica so much and especialy on my motorcycle.

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Not that easy to select what could be qualified as the best ride momories! I mean we all have many! Each time we get on our bike for a ride it is a great time!

Well for me I would say that it was when I took my lady and my BMW R1150GS Adventure to Corsica!



We enjoyed so much the little twisty roads, the kindness of the people that it gave us the final kick to create Unicorn Adventures Ltd! (see www.unicornadventures.com). Corsica is definitely the place any biker should at least go once!

There are so many different roads, so many different sceneries (sea side, middle mountain, peaks, forests, rivers etc...), so many tiny secret places and of course great people! Describing the twisty roads up to Bavella, the very small ones around the cap Corse would take pages!

One cannot forget to talk about the pigs and cows in the middle of the road, a new surprise awaits you in each curve! The cool time under the trees when you climb up to the Corte from the west coast, the burning time you will spend analysing and perfecting your style on the smooth road alond the Agriates Desert, and those tiny roads aside rivers with their natural swimming pools perfect for a rest!



Corsica definitely stays as one of my best souvenirs!

I have had the chance to test 75% of the Alpine passes tour last year! It was a blast! Not the most relaxing "mom" and "pop" ride, more of a curves-oholic thing!

I stopped counting the curves once I reached less than 25% of the tour and reached 2.000 curves (yes I know I have very funny ways to stay busy on a bike....as if necessary ;) ).. which means that that tour must have more than 8.000 curves! Luckyly they mix the left and right ones or it would be a tire nightmare!

The sceneries are breath taking! Especially on top of each pass when you see the Alps as far as possible and enjoy some fresh snow.

The highest point on that tour is at 2.802 m on the highest road in Europe! And the lowest is close to 50m.

This is really the tour for the real biker, the one for whom the perfect curve is an eternal quest!

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Among the famous people, there is one who has had a strong imprint in southern Europe (and many other places for sure): the Emperor Napoleon!

When you list the many things that little guy (from the size only) did you hve to admit that he was impressing. Now depending from where you consider the guy you may think he was the worse ever or the best, or at least an important guy. Just check the places and monuments called after him, his battles in Paris.

Having tours based in France the optic is to go for the "good" guy image and try to have at least one tour with a "Napoleon Theme"! It had to be the Napoleon road! Very well know piece of concrete connecting Golfe Juan to Grenoble! It is a sort of a biker's dream come true! Smooth concrete, long curves, many places to over take slow cars, many suuny places, a nice river to follow, some passes etc... well lets not get over optimistic as you lay find the usual blue guy on the side of the road with his beloved radar :(

It was not possible to only stick to the Napoleaon road! Grenoble being placed in the heart of three mountains, at least one had to be visited!

The one with the strongest historical roots being the Vercors it had to be included in the tour!

This time it's enough! Mosquitoes; they are small, noisy, and they just like having dinner on you! But they do also nicely repaint your front fairing as well as your screen and helmet. The more blood they sucked the bigger the splat is.

To avoid damaging the paint or scratching the screen or helmet while cleaning, get a towel wet, drop it on the mosquito painted parts, leave it there for a few minutes, wipe it away ... its clean!

As you may know new sciences and methods to feel better, enjoy a different life style and take us away from our stressful daily life are more and more marketed. Among them one can find the aromatherapy, which helps you through scents.

Even though no one ever considered, this is a mistake, motorcycle riding as a healing science it is a great way to get rid of daily problems. Once someone called motorcycle riding the "Lazy Man Zen", because to properly ride you need to focus on your riding and nothing else, is that all? I don't thinks so and would like to add the smells you can find on great rides.

The smell of pine trees in the Alps, or the one of the Corsican maquis, a mix of heath, myrtle, and many other flowers, the lavender in Provence, the salty smell of the sea in Camargue and many more perfumes will keep your nose active while riding on our tours!

Enjoy your ride!

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Korsika ist eine Insel voller Kontraste, voller Schönheit und Charakter.
Sie bietet landschaftliche Vielfalt mit Gebirgspässen, Tälern, wilden Golfen aus türkisblauem Wasser, mit Wein und Olivenbäumen bedeckte Hügel und letztendlich ruhige, einsame Strände.

Diese sehr kleine Liste macht deutlich, warum diese Insel ein ganz besonderes Ferienziel geworden ist. Unsere Tour führt uns rund um die« Insel der Schönheit» wechselweise an der Küste entlang und durch die bergigen Serpentinen. Sie wird zur Entdeckungsreise wunderschöner Landschaften, Dörfer und Städte.

Die Tour startet im Nord-Osten in Bastia, führt dann über Ajaccio – die Heimatstadt Napoleons – Porto, Corte und Sartène -die „korsischste“ Stadt - bis hin nach Bonifacio im Süden.

Diese Tour gibt Ihnen die Möglichkeit beim Serpentinen-Fahren, ein Land voller Geschichte und dessen stolze Einwohner kennenzulernen. Ein besonderes Highlight dieser Tour ist die Begegnung mit den schlafenden Kühen und den Schweinen, die gemütlich die Fahrbahn überqueren!

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La Corse est une île de forts contrastes, de beauté et de caractère.
Parmi ses multiples caractéristiques on trouvera ses cols, vallées, golfes sauvages à l'eau azuréenne, ses coteaux dédiés au vin et à l'olive, ses plages calmes et isolées, sans pour autant toutes les décrire.

Cette très petite liste aide à comprendre pourquoi cette île est devenue une destination de vacances exceptionnelle. Notre circuit nous emmènera autour de l'île de beauté en passant alternativement par la côte et par les routes montagneuses en lacets.

Il nous permettra de découvrir des paysages, des villages et des villes sublimes, de Bastia au nord est où le circuit prend pied vers Bonifacio au sud, en passant par Ajaccio - ville natale de Napoléon - Porto, Corte et Sartène, la ville la « plus Corse ».

Ce circuit va vous donner l'opportunité de piloter sur des routes en lacets tout en découvrant un pays riche en histoire et dont les habitants sont fiers. Une expérience particulière de ce circuit sera la découverte des vaches endormies au bord de la route et les rencontres avec les cochons qui traversent devant vos roues!

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Corsica is a land of immense contrasts, beauty and character.

Its lofty peaks, valleys worthy of legend, wild gulfs, sheltered inlets, placid beaches, cliffs sculpted by men and spindrift, hillsides cut for vine and olive —these are but a few of its distinctive features.

On these attributes were built its reputation for friendliness on the perfect holiday island. The Corsica tour will take us around the island with a mix of coastal as well as mountain roads to discover the amazing views, towns and villages of the “Beauty Island”.

You will journey from Bastia on the north east coast to Bonifacio at the south through Ajaccio, Napoleon’s home town, as well as through Porto, Corte, and Sartene, the most Corsican town. lets enjoy life This tour will give you the opportunity to enjoy riding on swirling roads and to discover a place rich in history and great people and even experience the cows asleep on the road side and the pigs crossing it!

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Auf den Spuren Napoleons! Ein Jahr nach seiner Verbannung ins Exil auf die Insel Elba im Jahre 1814, entschied Napoleon die politische Macht in Frankreich zurückzuerobern.

Am 1. März 1815 landet er in Golfe Juan um mit einer Hand voller treuer Gefährten nach Paris zu starten, um seinen Titel wiederzuerlangen. Seitdem wird die Strecke, die Golfe Juan mit Grenoble verbindet und über Grasse, Digne und Gap führt, die Strasse Napoleons genannt. Napoléon legte 324 km in 6 Tagen zurück; wir werden schneller sein! Die Strecke führt über ideale bergige Strasssen, die das Motorradfahren traumhaft werden lassen. Wie Napoleon werden auch wir in Grenoble übernachten.

Die Strecke führt uns durch das Vercors-Gerbirge, in dem sich während des Zweiten Weltkrieges die französischen Widerstandskämpfer versteckt hielten.

Mit Kurven, abwechslungsreicher Landschaft und Höhlen bietet diese Tour das volle Programm bevor es zurück geht an die französische Riviera.

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Suivez les traces de Napoléon qui, après avoir été exilé en 1814 sur l'île d'Elbe, décida un an plus tard de reprendre le pouvoir politique en France.

Le premier Mars 1815 il débarque à Golfe Juan et entreprend de reprendre son titre avec une poignée de fidèles.

La Route Napoléon est le trajet qui relie Golfe Juan à Grenoble en passant par Grasse, Digne et Gap. Napoléon a couvert 324 Km en 6 jours ; nous serons plus rapides ! Ce circuit emprunte des routes de montagne parfaites pour la moto. Le groupe fera étape à Grenoble, tout comme Napoléon.

Ce circuit ira aussi explorer le Vercors, massif montagneux célèbre pour les résistants qu'il abrita lors de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Au programme, virages, paysages et grottes.

Puis retour par les montagnes vers la Côte d'Azur.

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Follow in Napoleon’s footsteps, who, after having been exiled on the Island of Elba in 1814, decided to return to the forefront of French political life.

A year later, on March 1st, he disembarked at Golfe Juan and set off to recover his title, accompanied by a handful of his followers.

So the Route Napoléon is the stretch linking Golfe Juan to Grenoble, via Grasse, Digne and Gap. Napoléon managed to cover 324 km. in 6 days: we will go faster. The tour will take mountainous roads perfect for a dream ride. We will stop over in Grenoble just like Napoleon.

You will then enjoy the Vercors mountain south-west of Grenoble, famous for having been the place where the French “Resistance” was hiding, with great caves that you will be able to visit.

The ride back will take us up the Alps among some passes before diving back to the Côte d’Azur.

Have a look here and check the full tour description!