Le Belvédère

Southern Corsica


This divine 15-room hotel, 5km east around the bay from Porto-Vecchio, occupies a former family estate amid the seafront eucalyptus, palm and pine. Its modern decor mixes traditional stone with wood, marble and wrought iron, and the public areas spill across natural rock and sand, with a wonderful sea-facing pool. Rates tumble in low season.


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