Walking and Eating in Corsica

2nd edition (2019); updated 17/7/22

Updates for the walks, restaurants, shops and recipes on Corsica given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book you can “upgrade” to the latest edition at half price.)

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Walk 6: During the week of 26 April we took Walk 6 including the higher route (from waypoint 5). The weather was good, sunny but not hot, same as it was the days before. We do fit in the profile “deskbound but reasonably fit”, at an age of 60. While we enjoyed the walk it took us about 5 hours (excluding breaks) instead of the indicated 2h35min. Also, even when the weather was dry, so early in the season it turned out that parts of the track were flooded from point 7 onward. We had to wade through the water, luckily it was not really deep, and we had difficulties spotting the marks on the trees. Also near the end of the walk we were supposed to cross a stream by stepping stones. However the water was high and flowing fast and the stones were submerged by approx 30 cm. We could not cross safe and had to return on our path to find another way to Venaco.
So it was quite a walk, we were not fully prepared regarding food. Refill of a water bottle was easy as water literally flows out of the mountain on many places, but food is hard to find, the small villages we passed by don’t have a grocery store and all pubs or eating places, except one, were closed. We found the Le Torrent hotel and restaurant, it was closed. It did not look as it would open soon, although a lot of other restaurants were closed and would only open at the first of May, so I could be mistaken. (User, 17/7/22) [Authors: These are very good warnings. We are glad to read that these users “enjoyed the walk”, despite the problems of flooding and no food. Re the food problem – the user does not say which restaurant was open: we presume it was bar/restaurant de la Place in Venaco. Looking at their website, they are open now in November, but opening hours are limited on Mondays when they are only open for supper. Otherwise they are open from 7am or 8am. We have a feeling Le Torrent changes hands fairly frequently, and it may have been closed for refurbishment. We’ve had good experiences there in some years, but in other years have found them closed. We are also unable to find an accurate website for them. If you find Le Torrent closed, there is also the Bosquet just a short way to the north on the N193.