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Topo Fit Bike Tour De Corse Batik Corsica on a Tandem Batik 2019 Wishing you a pleasant tandem cycling holiday in Corsica Page 1 Bienvenue en Corse ! Welcome to Corsica ! The team at CORSICA AVENTURE would like to wish you an enjoyable cycling holiday with us here in Corsica. We have the pleasure in enclosing the documentation for your Corsican holiday. Please take time to look carefully through this booklet and the contents of the pack. Please take time to look carefully through this booklet and the contents of the pack. Your ticket pack includes JOURNEY PLANNER including list of hotels CYCLING NOTES including information on the area PDF copies of IGN Maps TOWN PLANS (where applicable) Map(s) 1:60000 scale We ask you to familiarise with the information in this pack, prepare your walking and rucksack appropriately for the daily conditions. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or queries, or if you need assistance during your trek. Have a great holiday! Kind Regards, The Corsica Aventure Team Page 2 Essential Security PLAN YOUR DAY IN RESPECT OF WEATHER & CONDITIONS. Avoid risk areas in thunder storms and be prepared for all different weather eventualities. Take care in strong winds and on wet surfaces. STUDY YOUR ROUTE CAREFULLY BEFORE SETTING OUT. Always know where you are on the map. Judge your pace and progress accordingly. Obey road signs and take care on narrow roads. HAVE A WELL PREPARED SADDLEBAG. Pack enough water for the day (2 litres + per person, more in hot weather). Have a small FIRST AID kit to hand. Be prepared for cold, windy and stormy weather, as well as sun and heat. Pack a good picnic and always have snack-food. Puncture repair kit, lock, pump should be with you at all times. IMPORTANT INFORMATION For URGENT SITUATIONS or OUT OF HOURS please call our DUTY PHONE. URGENT SITUATIONS & DUTY PHONE: +33 (0)6 75 24 63 62 Your call will be taken by our EMERGENCY line, please provide a telephone number, your location, and a brief description of the PROBLEM. They will contact the neces- sary persons to assist you. If you need to contact us during your holiday, for NON URGENT ISSUES, QUESTIONS & REQUESTS, please call our OFFICE TEAM. OFFICE TEAM (8h00 - 16h00 Mon - Fri) +33 (0)4 95 504408 (English speaking) In the event of any PROBLEMS please contact us during your stay. Do not wait until your return home to report these as they can only be rectified if we are given the chance to act at the time. Page 3 Change of Plan If it is not possible to do the day’s itinerary due to adverse weather conditions, a per- sonal difficulty including injury or fatigue, or other such factors or if you decide to cut your holiday short please contacts us on the ASSISTANCE NUMBERS straight away. Alerts Please inform us in all situations if you will be arriving at your night stop late. If there is no warning from you we will presume there is an emergency situation to deal with which will involve rescue services. Weather & Fire Risk Information Due to the large number of travellers on the terrain we cannot contact individual travellers about the weather. If after looking outside and assessing the weather you have doubts about doing the stage, you can ask your hosts if there is an official VIGI- LANCE ORANGE, or take a look at the website http://vigilance.meteofrance.com/ to see if you should undertake your ride. Insurance Before you embark on this holiday you must be fully insured. You should always have your insurance details and their emergency number at hand should you need to con- tact them. Mobile Phones & Coverage In remote areas, there are still zones where there is little or no coverage. We ask you to supply us with a mobile phone number should we need to contact you whilst on the terrain. Page 4 General Information Your Cycling Holiday Map Reading The routes in general are well easy to follow; a useful application is IphiGeNie which shows IGN topographic maps and localised GPS positioning. Cash & Cards Please have enough cash on you for the more rural areas where bank cards are not accepted. There are cash machines in larger towns only. Page 5 Food & Drink As with Corsica itself, the island's cuisine is best described as somewhere between French and Italian but there are also many aspects which are distinctly Corsican. The earthy style of hearty food takes its inspiration from the land, with sun-loving fruits and vegetables, charcuterie and cheeses. Dietary Requirements We have informed all accommodations and restaurants of any special dietary re- quirements you may have but we suggest you do remind them on arrival. Please note Vegetarian, Gluten & Lactose free options will be limited in smaller villages. Breakfasts Breakfast is served from 8h00 onwards, if you need to get away early you should con- firm the time of breakfast the night before with your hotel. Breakfast is generally simple and continental with French bread, croissant, jams, butter and a hot drink eg. strong black coffee. Evening Meals Where included, your Half Board Evening Meal is normally a 3 course affair, with normally soup or charcuterie as a starter, a local main course, cheeses, and / or des- sert. The evening meal is generally served from 19h30 /20h00 onwards. Evening meals may be taken in local restaurants a short walk away. Please note drinks are not included with the meal and should be paid for locally. Meat Dishes Wild boar is possibly the island's most celebrated dish - look out for Sanglier on the menu. Pork is common as pigs are bred throughout Corsica. Meat dishes may be served with pasta or polenta, made of chestnut flour. A lot of the dishes are stews. Other dishes you may see • Veau aux olives – pink Veal with local olives in a thick tomato stew • Cabri de lait – roasted young goat / kid Page 6 Fish Dishes In the mountains you’ll find mountain trout on menus. On the coast you will find a good selection of fish and seafood although prices can be fairly high in harbour side restaurants. Look out for red mullet (rouget), sea bream (loup de mer) and crayfish (langoustine). Cheese Much of the mountain cuisine is based around the locally produced dairy products and in particular ewe's cheese which is similar to goat's cheese. Local cheeses are varied and you will find locally made cheese in most of the moun- tain villages, occasionally served with fig jam. Brocciu is a Corsican whey cheese much like ricotta. Charcuterie Cured meats are very popular and a wide selection is usually available on Cor- sican menus. Lonzu & Coppa similar but are made from different parts of the pig, Lonzu is leaner. Prisuttu - Corsica dried ham. Figatellu – a long liver sausage, served grilled. Desserts Traditional Corsican desserts are generally milk or egg based or “à la Chataigne” – made with chestnuts Fiadone - soft brocciu cheese and lemon tart. Beignets - chestnut flour doughnuts, sometimes stuffed with brocciu cheese. Picnics Picnics are generally not included and you can purchase provisions from the village shops. Shops are generally open from 8h30 – 12h00 then from 14h00 – 18h30 some- times staying open later in the summer months. On Sundays and Monday mornings shops could be closed, if in doubt, you should buy supplies the night before and ask at your hotel for the local opening times. Page 7 Snack Food We advise you to have a stock of snack food with you, for extra energy along the way. Corsican Wine & Beers Corsica produces several very good wines, which are only recently known outside the island. The grape harvest is still often cut by hand and also there are a number of BIO or organic wines. James Boswell was an aficionado, writing in his Tour of Corsica published in 1782: "The flavours of wines differ all over the island. It is a true marvel that such a slight difference in soil and exposure generates such considerable diversity." Some wines are made with traditional Corsican varieties of grape, such as the deli- cious white Vermentino, Nielluccio, the basis of the esteemed Patrimonio red, and several excellent rosé wines. As a quick guide, wines from Patrimonio (Clos Teddi, Orenga de Gaffroy, etc), Calvi (Alzipratu, Landry, etc), Ajaccio (Peraldi, Abbatucci) and from near Sartène (San Michele, Saparale) are outstanding. Also worth tasting are the local fortified wines, such as Muscat made from the delicious pale Muscat grape, or the darker, thick and sweetish herb-rich Cap Corse. Home-produced, dusky coloured, high alcohol “diges- tif” drinks made with flavours of herbs such as myrtle, may be offered at the end of the meal. There are three brands of beer produced in Corsica, Pietra has a range of beers which include chestnuts among their ingredients, Serena and Colomba, are ‘German style’ wheat beers. Page 8 A little bit about Corsica... History When you arrive you will be instantly aware of the differences between the island and mainland France. The Corsicans are a people rich in traditions, proud, hospitable and generous and away from the busier coastal towns you will find a way of life that is authentically Corsican. Brimming with history, the earliest evidence of Neolithic human inhabitation of the island comes in the form of ‘Dame de Bonifacio’ human remains dating back to 6570 BC. Corsica is also home to many standing stones and dolmens, traces of the Tor- réens, a Bronze age people who lived here around 2000 BC. Corsica has also preserved the memories of the many nations who conquered the island - a truly European saga that includes the Greeks, Romans, Vandals and Ge- noese and Papal armies.
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