Plage de Saleccia
Plage de Saleccia
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Mike19801129
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We spent a week or so in Corsica, targeted the best beaches. Salecchia is absolutely the most beautiful. However it is difficult to get there, especially on foot it takes time. The sand is white, the water is as in the photos, but there is no shade, nor nutritions. So be aware of these stuff.
Written April 28, 2015
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terenity
Stockholm, Sweden229 contributions
Aug 2013 • Couples
white sand, wonderful sea, wild.. very nice and peaceful.. far from everything, fascinating..
you can reach the place in three ways: 1) by boat (from saint florent, 30 euro per person to go and back), 2) by a "taxi", (from relais de saleccia, casta, 20 euro per person to go and back), 3) or with your car..
all the people strongly discourage you to go with your car because the road is really really really bad, and even the 4x4s risk to get broken.. just to give you an idea: I think that you can go by car to roccapina, but not to saleccia! moreover, if you are lucky to reach the beach without breaking your car, you need not less than 2 hours to get there (since you will drive very slowly of course)
I suggest the second option: the timetable is quite flexible, you get there in 40 minutes, and the last ride to go back is at 8 pm. maybe in august is better going at the relais quite early in the morning in order to be sure to get a place.
anyhow, wonderful!
you can reach the place in three ways: 1) by boat (from saint florent, 30 euro per person to go and back), 2) by a "taxi", (from relais de saleccia, casta, 20 euro per person to go and back), 3) or with your car..
all the people strongly discourage you to go with your car because the road is really really really bad, and even the 4x4s risk to get broken.. just to give you an idea: I think that you can go by car to roccapina, but not to saleccia! moreover, if you are lucky to reach the beach without breaking your car, you need not less than 2 hours to get there (since you will drive very slowly of course)
I suggest the second option: the timetable is quite flexible, you get there in 40 minutes, and the last ride to go back is at 8 pm. maybe in august is better going at the relais quite early in the morning in order to be sure to get a place.
anyhow, wonderful!
Written August 6, 2013
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Haraldo69
Lauterach, Austria19 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
Great white sandy beach in the middle of nowhere. The way to the beach is very adventurous. 4WD is beneficial - drive on your own risk.
Written November 12, 2015
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k2geo
San Diego, CA1 contribution
Visiting Corsica with my family and we decided to make the trek to Plage de Saleccia yesterday. We're from San Diego, California and have lots of sandy beaches in our backyard, but San Diego doesn't have the enticing light blue water we saw in the online Saleccia photos. So, we drove from Erbalunga over to San Florent ( 45 minute drive) and booked three tickets for the Popeye company's 15 minute boat trip to Lotu beach (15 Euros each and includes the return trip). The seas were calm and the boat trip offered a good view of the surrounding hills on both sides of the bay, and we saw three para-gliders riding the thermals on a hill south of town. When we pulled up to Lotu, I was astonished to see the beach is jam packed with people (3 pm on a Friday). This wasn't anything like what I saw online with a search of Google Images for "Plage de Lotu". I breathed a sigh of relief with the thought that the 45 minute hike to Saleccia will mean fewer people there.
The trek to Saleccia follows a winding dirt road around a few small hills between the two beaches. It is also used by four-wheel drive vehicles, so every time a car passes you're stuck in a dust cloud for a minute or two. We hiked in flip-flops, but if I did this again I would do it in sandals since there's lots of rocks for stubbing and cutting open your toes (like what happened to my wife). Right before the beach, you arrive in a pine forest that offers some much needed shade. A little bit into the forest is a lovely snack shack that offers cold drinks, beer, wine, full meals, showers and a WC. Don't know if this is open year round though. A few turns through the pine forest and we're one turn away from the beach when my son comments that it sounds really noisy with people. We round the last turn an voila, there it is! The amazing blue water is jammed back with about 200 yachts, from small four seaters to multi-storied mansions, the kind that you wouldn't be surprised to learn that they are owned by the likes of Bill Gates or the Sultan of Brunei. The boats are anchored all over the place starting from 10 m off the waterline, and their owners are motoring to and from the beach in dinghies, weaving around people trying to swim in the patches of water between this mess.
Then there's the beach itself, which seems to be as crowded, if not more than, Plage de Lotu. I tried to overcome my disappointment by noting that the right end of the beach (NE side) has some rocks in the water and hence a lower density of boats, so we headed over that way. There was plenty of space for throwing our towels down on the sand, but it was a far cry from the images of remoteness I saw on a Google Images search for "Plage de Saleccia", and as crowded as city beaches back home in San Diego. Oh well, at least the water looked nice. So off my son and I go to do some snorkeling around the rocky outcrops on the right side of the beach. The water is warm and inviting and visibility is good. So good that I start to notice that there's lots of plastic wrappers and trash floating in the water, much more than I've seen elsewhere on this vacation. We've only been to uncrowded beaches on Cap Corse so far, so maybe this is just a correlation with the dramatic increase in people and yachts here. The trash wasn't bad enough to make me leave the water, but some of the clear pieces did provide good camouflage for mauve stinger jelly fish (saw two of them). I nearly swam into one before realizing that it wasn't a piece of plastic. I've seen these little buggers at other beaches as well and have managed to avoid getting stung so far.
So overall we were strongly disappointed with this overly-hyped beach. We didn't like being around lots of people and being crowded out of the water by 100's of yachts, and having to spend 45 Euros and hike 45 minutes to do so. Maybe this is just what it's like in the peak tourist season, and perhaps its better in the off-season. On the plus side, there's lots of sand here and one can imagine that it is indeed very beautiful if you can visit when no-one else is around, if that ever occurs.
We're from San Diego, California and sandy beaches aren't a rare thing there, but
The trek to Saleccia follows a winding dirt road around a few small hills between the two beaches. It is also used by four-wheel drive vehicles, so every time a car passes you're stuck in a dust cloud for a minute or two. We hiked in flip-flops, but if I did this again I would do it in sandals since there's lots of rocks for stubbing and cutting open your toes (like what happened to my wife). Right before the beach, you arrive in a pine forest that offers some much needed shade. A little bit into the forest is a lovely snack shack that offers cold drinks, beer, wine, full meals, showers and a WC. Don't know if this is open year round though. A few turns through the pine forest and we're one turn away from the beach when my son comments that it sounds really noisy with people. We round the last turn an voila, there it is! The amazing blue water is jammed back with about 200 yachts, from small four seaters to multi-storied mansions, the kind that you wouldn't be surprised to learn that they are owned by the likes of Bill Gates or the Sultan of Brunei. The boats are anchored all over the place starting from 10 m off the waterline, and their owners are motoring to and from the beach in dinghies, weaving around people trying to swim in the patches of water between this mess.
Then there's the beach itself, which seems to be as crowded, if not more than, Plage de Lotu. I tried to overcome my disappointment by noting that the right end of the beach (NE side) has some rocks in the water and hence a lower density of boats, so we headed over that way. There was plenty of space for throwing our towels down on the sand, but it was a far cry from the images of remoteness I saw on a Google Images search for "Plage de Saleccia", and as crowded as city beaches back home in San Diego. Oh well, at least the water looked nice. So off my son and I go to do some snorkeling around the rocky outcrops on the right side of the beach. The water is warm and inviting and visibility is good. So good that I start to notice that there's lots of plastic wrappers and trash floating in the water, much more than I've seen elsewhere on this vacation. We've only been to uncrowded beaches on Cap Corse so far, so maybe this is just a correlation with the dramatic increase in people and yachts here. The trash wasn't bad enough to make me leave the water, but some of the clear pieces did provide good camouflage for mauve stinger jelly fish (saw two of them). I nearly swam into one before realizing that it wasn't a piece of plastic. I've seen these little buggers at other beaches as well and have managed to avoid getting stung so far.
So overall we were strongly disappointed with this overly-hyped beach. We didn't like being around lots of people and being crowded out of the water by 100's of yachts, and having to spend 45 Euros and hike 45 minutes to do so. Maybe this is just what it's like in the peak tourist season, and perhaps its better in the off-season. On the plus side, there's lots of sand here and one can imagine that it is indeed very beautiful if you can visit when no-one else is around, if that ever occurs.
We're from San Diego, California and sandy beaches aren't a rare thing there, but
Written August 8, 2009
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joseph b
Kecskemet, Hungary9 contributions
Jun 2015 • Couples
2015 end of June was our 3rd time in Plage de Lotu. This time the crowd was bigger than before (during our 4 consecutive days), and the beach was full of dirty sea weed so as the water line. It was very dissapointing. See attached pics!
The city seems does not care...
The city seems does not care...
Written July 30, 2015
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PurpleLady28
London, UK19 contributions
Jun 2017 • Couples
To get to this beach you have to drive down an off-road c. 10km dirt road with sharp rocks and dips ALL the way. Even if you have a 4x4 you have to be willing to take the chance of shredding your tyres. God forbid you are in a car rental. Expect to pay the excess for sure!! There are local 4x4s which drive down this little road so you are best off joining one of these if determined to visit the beach. The beach itself has NO amenities except for the camping site nearby which makes itself known by the wafts of poo which linger over your beach experience. We went on a particularly windy day with incoming waves. All in all a terrible experience.
Written June 5, 2017
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Trunkix4
Singapore, Singapore379 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
We took the first ‘Taxi Beach’ speedboat from St. Florent and were rewarded by a pristine white sand beach, turquoise water, without a soul in sight. It was just like this for about an hour, when the next speedboat arrived and even then, the beach was almost empty. After about 3 hours, we started to notice the beach fill up when people had made their way over from Lotu (where the larger boats drop off).
We took the inland path to Lotu, which took about 45 minutes. There is some shade along the pathway and it’s not a tough walk (we were wearing flip flops). You definitely need to bring everything that you may need with you though. Neither beach has much shade, there are minimal facilities and very limited refreshments. Taxi Beach collected us from the pier at Lotu and whisked us back to St. Florent in 20 minutes. We’ve already booked our next visit.
We took the inland path to Lotu, which took about 45 minutes. There is some shade along the pathway and it’s not a tough walk (we were wearing flip flops). You definitely need to bring everything that you may need with you though. Neither beach has much shade, there are minimal facilities and very limited refreshments. Taxi Beach collected us from the pier at Lotu and whisked us back to St. Florent in 20 minutes. We’ve already booked our next visit.
Written July 21, 2018
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Paul W
Southampton, UK19 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
We arrived on the first boat and it was lovely- turquoise sea and white sands. However, by 0930 the place was crowded both with people on the beach and boats anchoring just offshore. These boats seemed to be crewed by half-wits taking stupid risks by going through crowds of swimmers with their outboard engines running- unbelievable! We left whilst we still had all our limbs attached and took the sentier back to St Florent, which is a fantastic walk not to be missed.
Written August 24, 2015
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fluffymonkey
Worcester, UK3,192 contributions
Aug 2014 • Family
Its hard to ignore the allure of Saleccia beach when visiting North Corsica. We went for the works at the booking kiosk on the marina - boat to Lotu beach, horse and cart to Saleccia and return setting me back an eye watering 114 euros for 2 adults and 2 children (6 and 8 years old) so walking away with a sizeable hole in my pocket, and probably 'mug' written across my tourist face, i had a high degree of expectation riding on this one!
I'm glad we booked the earliest crossing as we were not disappointed by the dazzling turquoise warm water and soft white sand beaches with hardly anyone in sight. We headed straight to Saleccia via horse and cart which was an experience it itself - our two children were able to ride up front with the 'driver' and this was one of their highlights of the holiday!
However, when we headed back to Lotu beach to relax for another couple of hours before the boat back to St Florent, the place was packed with boats and sunbathers (midday and mid week). Hardly the hidden paradise I thought I'd paid up for!
I'm glad we booked the earliest crossing as we were not disappointed by the dazzling turquoise warm water and soft white sand beaches with hardly anyone in sight. We headed straight to Saleccia via horse and cart which was an experience it itself - our two children were able to ride up front with the 'driver' and this was one of their highlights of the holiday!
However, when we headed back to Lotu beach to relax for another couple of hours before the boat back to St Florent, the place was packed with boats and sunbathers (midday and mid week). Hardly the hidden paradise I thought I'd paid up for!
Written September 7, 2014
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ottantagiorni
Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France116 contributions
Sep 2012 • Family
This is a Paradis, great sand, amazing dunes with sea pine tree, incredible sea, when not in the week end also no boat almost....you have to drive 12 km in a riski and difficult road...IT WORTH!!!
Written August 10, 2013
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Stefania B
Bussoleno, Italy16 contributions
A settembre si raggiunge la spiaggia in moto? Due persone con Africa Twin? Grazie
Habe gerade ihren Hinweis gelesen, dass man gut per Mountailn Bike zum Saleccio Strand hinunter fahren kann. Genau das möchten wir diesen September mit einer kleinen Biker Gruppe tun. Nun, meine Frage. Muss man den gleichen Weg hin und zurück wählen? Nehme an ihr seid damals zuerst auf den Pass hoch gefahren und dann die Naturstrasse herunter zum Beach. Könnte man auch von St. Florent aus mit den Bikes dem Wanderweg entlang zum Saleccio Beach fahren und dann von dort weiter zum Pass hoch und von dort der Autostrasse entlang wieder zurück nach St. Florent. Würde gerne mit der Gruppe so eine Art Rundtour machen. Ist das wohl möglich oder ist der Wanderweg einfach zu schmal, um dort mit Bikes zu fahren und die Wanderer nicht allzu sehr zu nerven? Gibt es evt. eine Alternative?
Herzlichen Dank für jedes Feedback
E adatto per bambini fi 2 anni?
Valentina1690
Bologna, Italy98 contributions
La spiaggia si, se si arriva in macchina e’ un po’ lunga per i bambini, strada sterrata quindi preparatevi ad un viaggio movimentato
Moguivarobe
Octeville-sur-Mer, France38 contributions
Bonjour
Il y a t il toujours beaucoup d'algues sur saleccia et le lotu? Nous venons bientôt avec des enfants en bas age et avec les avis divergents et les prix exorbitants , nous ne voulons pas nous déplacer pr ne pas profiter...Merci d avance
nicolinicharlotte40
Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda, France3 contributions
Les plages sont propres et il n'y a pas d'algues.
paolamarco187823
Genoa, Italy98 contributions
La navetta è più conveniente prenderla da calvi o sani florent? Grazie
Bonjour pour 5 personnes 2 adultes et 3 enfants pouvez-vous me donner votre tarif svp en vous remerciant par avance
Neiertz
Bourges, France46 contributions
Pour les adultes 17,5 euros mais je ne connais pas le tarif enfant dsl.
poulettos
Corse-du-Sud, France
Bonjour. Nous y allons par bateau et 4x4 demain, peut-on quand même apporter un parasol ?
katsaounis b
Porto-Vecchio, France1 contribution
Bonjour, katsaounis. Que voudriez-vous savoir sur cette attraction ?
katsaounis b
Porto-Vecchio, France1 contribution
bonjour ou prend t'on le depart du chemin pour visiter la plage de saleccia en voiture?
Chamak J
Marseille, France2 contributions
Bonjour y a t il un snack pour acheter des sandwichs ou à boire sur la plage de saleccia ?
Merci
cyrielle p
388 contributions
Oui vous avez une paillote A piniccia de saleccia à 5 minutes à pied à l ombre des pins
Paillote qui dispose de douche et wc
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