We cycled on winding roads, hiked up granite mountains, and slid down waterfalls ... where we’d be spending the night at Aethos Corsica, a restored 17th-century palazzo turned hotel.

Take it from a guidebook writer, this pretty isle takes some beating.

Corsica is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. It has been nicknamed the “Island of Beauty” because of its landscape, characterized by a welcoming ...

Mountains are areas of land that are much higher than the land surrounding them. They are higher and usually steeper than a hill and are generally over 600 metres high. They are often found ...

Rick heads to Corsica by ferry, where he tries sheep's cheese from flocks raised on the mountains, tasty local sausages, and learns about the Corsicans' love of chestnuts.