If touring Italy,you can take in the sights on a ferry to Bonifacio in the south of Corsica.

Cruising to Malta,Sardinia and Corsica

Is there a cruise to all three islands,or should we visit them independently?

  • byMichael Gebicki
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Let's get digital

There was a time not long ago when cruise ships didn't even have a phone guests could use. Now they're a haven of high-tech gizmos.

  • byJoanna Hall
Monumental ... Foch Square,Ajaccio.

Short and salty

Phoebe Smith eschews Corsica's gruelling GR20 hike for the gentler pace on the island's coastline.

Hidden beauty ... (from top) a wind-ravaged beech tree on a mountain pass

Fraternity and solitude

The legendary GR20 trail through Corscia's harsh interior tests mind and body alike — with much camaraderie and light relief along the way,writes Flip Byrnes.

Wild at heart ... a sybaritic local watches the world go by.

No place for shy strangers

Playground for the rich,rough terrain for the rest of us,this island is untameable,writes Scott Spencer.