Gulf of Porto from cliffs of Calanche de Piana (Corsica)
N 42° 15.246 E 008° 39.051
32T E 471199 N 4678048
The rocky cliffs of Calanques de Piana (E Calanche di Piana), a part of the UNESCO word heritage site at Gulf of Porto in Corsica, offer a beautiful vista over the Gulf and part of island's Western coastal region...
Waymark Code: WM85VH
Location: Corse, France
Date Posted: 02/04/2010
Views: 21
Narrow footpath from parking site (N42° 15.176' E008° 39.441') at road D81 between Porto and Piana will take you at the last accessible cliff of Calanche di Piana (given coordinates of the waymark). From this point you will have a perfect vista over the Gulf of Porto and part of Corsica Western coastal region. Count ca 30 minutes of not so easy hike from the parking site (path is well marked and you can not miss it...).
Les Calanques de Piana (E Calanche di Piana), located 5 km southwest of Porto, is the most interesting and by tourists visited part of the UNESCO word heritage site at Gulf of Porto in Corsica are Les Calanques de Piana (E Calanche di Piana). Les Calanques takes its name from "calanca", the Corsican word for creek or inlet, but the outstanding characteristics here are the vivid orange and pink rock masses and pinnacles which crumble into the dark blue sea. Liable to unusual patterns of erosion, these tormented rock formations and porphyry needles, some of which soar 300 m above the sea...