Book a luxury boutique hotel in Ajaccio with Small Luxury Hotels of the World to explore the birthplace of Napoleon. This palm-fringed island capital is famous for its fine collection of Italian Old Master paintings.
Luxury things to do in Ajaccio
Take an exclusive private tour of former cardinal’s palace, the Fesch Museum. You’ll marvel at rare early Botticcelli painting, ‘Virgin and Child Supported by an Angel in a Garland.’ Erotic Veronese, ‘Leda and the Swan’ is similarly awe-inspiring. Climb Genoese watchtower, the Campomoro, to see the entire Gulf of Valinco sprawling below. Napoleon himself was born in the Maison Bonaparte. It’s now a museum where you can gaze upon the emperor’s bed with its classic walnut columns.
Luxury outdoor pursuits in Ajaccio
Climb the pink granite mass of the Gozzi Rocks. You’ll be rewarded by a panorama of maquis or shrub-covered heights contrasting with the azure Mediterranean beyond. The long sandy beaches of Porticcio are a great base for diving, waterskiing and surfing. When you charter a yacht to the secluded rock faces of the Sanguinaire Isles you’ll glimpse European shags and comical coloured-beaked puffins.
Gourmet Ajaccio
On a shady terrace overlooking the Valinco Gulf, you can watch the chefs creating your meal in the open air kitchen. You’ll feast on freshly caught lobster and crayfish and charcuterie from chestnut-fed wild pigs. Enjoy a lazy dessert of piquant creamy local Corsican cheeses such as ewe’s milk brocciu and cellar-matured niolo.
Choose a luxury boutique hotel in Ajaccio with Small Luxury Hotels of the World to stay in a waterside retreat surrounded by Italianate opulence. Immerse yourself in exquisite art and marvel at the red-granite Sanguinaire Isles flashing in the sunset.