Calvi tourism and travel guide

Visit Calvi: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: A very popular town with visitors, the resort of Calvi with its citadel also has an extensive beach and an attractive town centre

Calvi is on the island of Corsica.

Important note

This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Calvi. For detailed visitor information see the Calvi travel guide.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Calvi in Corsica.

Popular places to visit nearby include Algajola at 10 km and Montemaggiore at 11 km.

Calvi, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Calenzana

at 10 km (direction east-south-east), in the Haute-Corse department

Calenzana is a traditional Corsican town with interesting monuments in the Balagne region...

See Calenzana guide

Algajola

Seaside resort at 10 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Corse department

Algajola is a small historic town with a long sandy beach near Calvi in...

See Algajola guide

Montemaggiore

at 11 km (direction east), in the Haute-Corse department

Montemaggiore is a very small village in the Balagne region of Corsica, with a...

See Montemaggiore guide

Sant'Antonino

Most Beautiful Village at 13 km (direction east), in the Haute-Corse department

Sant'Antonino is a beautiful village of medieval streets in the Balagne region of northern...

See Sant'Antonino guide

Pigna

at 13 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Corse department

Pigna is a quaint traditional village of artists and musicians in the Balagne, Corsica...

See Pigna guide

Corbara

at 14 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Corse department

Corbara is an extensive village with interesting churches and chapels in the Balagne region...

See Corbara guide

L'Ile-Rousse

Seaside resort at 17 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Corse department

L'Ile-Rousse is a busy town and beach resort in the Balagne region of north-west...

See L'Ile-Rousse guide

Porto

at 33 km (direction south-south-west), in the Corse-du-Sud department

Porto is a small port town surrounded by the Calanques de Piana, the Scandola...

See Porto guide

Ota

at 33 km (direction south), in the Corse-du-Sud department

Ota is a village in south-west Corsica, near the Mediterranean and surrounded by mountains...

See Ota guide

Gorges de Spelunca

Scenery at 34 km (direction south), in the Corse-du-Sud department

The Gorges de Spelunca in west Corsica is a lovely river valley that passes...

See Gorges de Spelunca guide

Evisa

at 34 km (direction south), in the Corse-du-Sud department

Evisa is a traditional granite village in the beautiful scenery of the west of...

See Evisa guide

Calanche de Piana

Scenery at 37 km (direction south-south-west), in the Corse-du-Sud department

The calanche de Piana, red cliffs plunging to the Mediterranean, is one of the...

See Calanche de Piana guide

Piana

Most Beautiful Village at 37 km (direction south-south-west), in the Corse-du-Sud department

Piana is a small and very picturesque village, well placed to explore the stunning...

See Piana guide

Restonica Valley

Scenery at 43 km (direction south-east), in the Haute-Corse department

The Valley of the Restonica includes the lovely Restonica gorges as well as a...

See Restonica Valley guide

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Tourist attractions near Calvi, France

What to do at Calvi? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Calvi.

Heritage sites

Scandola Nature Reserve (27km)
Calanches de Piana (35km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

Sant'Antonino (13km)
Piana (37km)

Churches and religious monuments

Chapelle de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul (Lumio) (6km)
Eglise de la Trinité et de San Giovanni (Aregno) (12km)
Eglise de San Michele (Castirla) (38km)
Chapel San Nicolao (Sermano) (50km)
Eglise de Santa Maria Assunta (Favalello) (52km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

Lama (34km)

Geography and distances

Calvi is on the island of Corsica.

(General information: Calvi is 70 kilometres from Ajaccio and 59 kilometres from Bastia).

Geographical Information

Commune: Calvi

Canton: Calvi

Arrondissement: Calvi

Department: Corsica

Region: Corsica

Postcode: 20260

Distance to Calvi

from Ajaccio: 70 km

from Bastia: 59 km

from Calvi: 1 km

from Corte: 43 km

from Sartene: 106 km

Getting here

Most visitors to Corsica take a ferry from the French mainland into Ajaccio, Calvi or Bastia or take a flight into a local airport such as Ajaccio. For driving distances to Calvi from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have found no other towns and villages within

This page in French: Visiter Calvi