One of the most beautiful and fascinating islands I’ve ever explored? Definitely Corsica. About 110 miles from the south coast of France, Corsica emerges from the deep blue Mediterranean water like a breath-taking apparition. (Particularly if you arrive by ferry.) Here you’ll find green hills along with dramatic rust- and ocher-colored cliffs. My trip took place over a decade ago, but the sights and experiences of that week remain particularly vivid in my memory. (View from C

Corsica is not a low key island. You'll find rocky, dramatic scenery with ocean vistas that will blow your socks off. Apologies for the cliché, but this island paradise has huge stony bluffs, hills where narrow roads turn at impossible angles, and beaches with devastating Mediterranean views. I've never forgotten the incomparable beauty. Both the French and the Italians fought over this enchanting, rocky outcropping for many years, and the result is an extremely interesting c