Ota, surrounded by fabulous red granite walls, is a village in the highlands.
Gateway to the Gorge Spelunca, you will discover, through streams, valleys, rocky peaks and Genoese bridges, all the charm of its surrounding landscape, competing along the coast just 5 km.
Ota is also the starting point for many walks including the gorges of the Spelunca or Lonca, stages of
Legend of Capu Ota: Overlooking the village of Ota, the rock of Capu Ota appears directly threaten homes. Travelers, curious villagers often ask if they feel safe despite this impressive block of rock above their heads. To this serene, "i paesani" answered that historically, monks took turns holding the rock with very large strings. From cefait, they are totally reassured. God's blessing? Confidence in their good fortune? Or more simply, malice villagers play their hosts? Anyway, the evening Ota we sleep the sleep of the wise ...
Legend of the Moor's Head: Legend controversial, we'll give you here two of the most famous stories about the Corsican flag. Jaime Aragon would have chosen after a Corsican around him he has presented on a white sheet, beheaded one of the Moorish slaves guilty of conspiracy. Another hypothesis: King Theodore of Corsica Neuhof repeated tribute to his faithful servant who would have saved Moor of a criminal conspiracy hatched against him, hence the birth of "tape".
SIGHTSEEING
Sports and Leisure in Porto and surrounding area: Scuba diving, canoeing, guided hikes, snorkeling, climbing, canoeing, environmental discovery, fishing ... Enjoy one of the many activities on offer and discover the region of Porto otherwise!
Visit Sea: Leaving from the sea to the discovery of exceptional sites offered in your eyes the Gulf of Porto, inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The natural reserve of Scandola, very protected site, can be visited only by sea .. Two options are available: boat rentals or tours at sea But the Gulf of Porto has other sites just as stunning and as beautiful as Scandola: Girolata and its gulf, the Creeks of Piana, Capo Rosso. .. So what do you expect to go to sea!
Cradle of corse only site listed by UNESCO, you will go visit the Gulf of Porto by boat and discover the breathtaking beauty of Scandola, the magic of the Cove or the singularity of Girolata ...
Reserve Scandola can be visited by sea, then rent a boat or climb aboard a boat cruise from Porto and admire one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Creeks received, pebbly beaches or sand, red rock cliffs falling into the orange sky blue of the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Porto is one of the sites leading scuba diving in Corsica. With various locations such as Punta Mucchilina (limit of the Scandola Nature Reserve), Vandiola they offer divers a unique trip. Warning! Diving and spearfishing are strictly prohibited in the reserve of Scandola.
The Scandola Nature Reserve:
Scandola offers an explosion of color in his landscapes and fantastic cliffs, punctuated geological curiosities or 'taffoni' hollow sculpture shaped by wind and salt spray. On the red cliffs clinging vegetation: myrtle, mastic, euphorbia tree, oaks, arbutus, heather and tree cysts up to 500 meters.
A bloom develops calcareous algae that cakes over the years to form caves in some real sidewalks. Transparency and purity of the water allow the abundance of marine life.
Founded December 9, 1975, Scandola Reserve was the first dual mission to France: marine and terrestrial. Its area is 900 hectares on land and 1000 hectares marine. The peninsula of volcanic farm north of the Gulf of Porto, French first natural site inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Since 1982 it belongs to the network of marine and coastal Mediterranean specially protected. Exemplary management earned him the degree of category A European Natural Reserves awarded in 1985 by the Council of Europe, renewed in 1990 and graduated in 1995.
The reserve is primarily notable for its geology. It occupies the Scandola peninsula, an impressive, porphyritic rock mass distorted shapes. The vegetation is an outstanding example of scrubland. There are gulls, cormorants and ospreys.
The clear waters, the islets and inaccessible caves, host a rich marine life. There are more than 450 species of algae. For some, Corsica is the only choice Mediterranean area. Side vertebrate abundance is remarkable, 125 species were inventoried, especially for those that have become rare in the Big Blue: grouper (Epinephelus marginatus or), the grouper (Epinephelus alexandrinus), the dentex (Dentex dente). Upstairs subtidal, the most conducive to marine life, temperature changes and variations are moderate saline. Life here is developing smoothly. Nothing hinders the photosynthesis of plants and animals, they find their food and the food chain, no matter how complex it can become established. The edible sea urchin and black respectively fond of soft algae and calcareous algae. There is a limpet blue benches saupes, red mullet, obladi. Much lower, from thirty feet deep, is the circalittoral. It deploys coralligenous, one of the most extraordinary landscape of the Mediterranean. Cornices and draperies are covered with mineral sea fans. Then turn it red coral, sponges, tunicates and green algae meets the sweet name of Halimeda tuna. Fish King places, grouper, appears in the shadows, and lobsters and the barber. The reserve is home to protected species. This is one of the last sites that houses the Patella ferruginea. Endangered species on the Mediterranean coast it has been ranked protected species as well as the large cicada, sea urchins and large pearl tiara, all present in the reserve. The nature reserve is subject to strict regulation. On land, are prohibited: the landing is prohibited. At sea, are prohibited: fishing, hunting, diving, scuba diving, collecting of marine animals and plants, dumping of refuse and wetting between sunset and sunrise in authorized areas. Between land and sea, this area exceptionally wild symbolizes a strong desire to preserve for future generations a rich and beneficial.
The cove Piana:
Between Piana and Porto, the road clings to narrow and winding coastal road in beautiful red granite walls that plunge into the sea ... This is "the Creeks of Piana. Shredded and chipped by erosion, they give the impression of a fantastic sculpture. Blocks carved, sculpted on these impressive heights, plunging into a sea intensely blue, make up a fabulous bestiary, and draw unexpected silhouettes to suit available Tafoni, cracks formed in the rock by erosion.
The walker can imagine any kind of character to appreciate the many walks and runs to assess the grandeur of these rocks to erosion forms specific to the origin of this chaotic landscape.
The Gulf of Girolata: after the village of Osan, the heart of a site listed under the World by UNESCO, the hamlet of Girolata (accessible only by trail or by sea) offers visitors a landscape must. The port village of Girolata, famous for its magnificent fort, became the scene of a historic event recognized. Because it was formed in 1540 as the general prisoner Lieutenant Barbarossa, Dragut. The latter was then sued by the nephew of Andrea Doria after the destruction of Sia.
The fort Girolata: built on the peninsula Girolata, this fortress was built in the 13th century by the Genoese then occupying the island in order to protect themselves from the assaults of the Moors. Subsequently, the shepherds of the interior, established near the fortress, and founded the village of Girolata. Some cattle and wild goats are still circulating in the reserve recalling that period of transhumance.
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9.6
Ota
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Hotel Restaurant Le Porto
7.5
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Room from 39 €
Hôtel Colombo
7.8
Porto
This small charming hotel is located at the exit of Porto, in the middle of the Regional natural park of Corsica, ideal starting point to discover the Natural reserve of Scandola, the...
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