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Corsica
France
Rugged and rocky, lush and wild, with sky-tickling granite crags, elegant hill towns and fragrant, blousy summer landscapes dotted with eucalyptus, juniper, rosemary, sage and lavender, Corsica is a French island basking in the Italian sun, as the saying goes. This wild and rugged isle offers windswept mountain peaks, verdant plains and dizzying views, but also cool-blue Mediterranean coves, soft-sand beaches and chichi resorts (complete with disdainful waiters, we might add). Most stick to the south's sandy bays (try Santa Giulia) when visiting, but venture into the north and you'll find pine tree-fringed hills and steep olive groves rolling into charming fishermen's enclaves.