Col Tempo

Bastia


The scrumptious market-fresh cuisine served here, beside Bastia's Vieux Port, has rightly earned kudos from locals. Watch the boats bobbing in the harbour as you tuck into specialities like rillettes de crabe au citron vert (lime-marinated crabmeat pâté), risotto 'retour de la pêche' (risotto studded with fresh-caught seafood) and codfish fillet with truffled polenta and asparagus-leek fondue.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Bastia attractions

1. Église St-Jean Baptiste

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The dramatic twin-towered church of John the Baptist soars majestically above the Vieux Port waterfront. Viewed from the citadel above, it’s the most…

2. Vieux Port

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Bastia’s Vieux Port is ringed by precariously tall, pastel-coloured tenements and buzzy brasseries, and overlooked by the twin-towered Église St-Jean…

3. Chapelle de l’Immaculée Conception

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Notable for its elaborately painted barrel-vaulted ceiling, the baroque Chapelle de l’Immaculée Conception served in 1795 as the seat of the short-lived…

4. Terra Vecchia

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Criss-crossed by narrow lanes, Terra Vecchia is Bastia’s heart and soul. Shady place de l’Hôtel de Ville hosts a lively morning market on Saturday and…

5. Chapelle St-Roch

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The Chapelle St-Roch is known for its 18th-century organ and trompe l’œil roof.

6. Jardin Romieu

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Climbing the hillside below the mighty walls of the citadel, and threaded through by interlacing paths and stairways, this wooded park makes a scenic…

7. Musée de Bastia

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Occupying the former palace of Bastia’s Genoese governors, set into the formidable walls of the citadel, this museum retraces the city’s history from its…