L'Ile-Rousse tourism and travel guide

Visit L'Ile-Rousse: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: L'Ile-Rousse is a busy town and beach resort in the Balagne region of north-west Corsica

L'Ile-Rousse is on the island of Corsica.

Important note

This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near L'Ile-Rousse. For detailed visitor information see the L'Ile-Rousse 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 L'Ile-Rousse in Corsica.

Popular places to visit nearby include Pigna at 5 km and Sant'Antonino at 6 km.

L'Ile-Rousse, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Corbara

at 3 km (direction west-south-west), in the Haute-Corse department

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

See Corbara guide

Pigna

at 5 km (direction south-west), in the Haute-Corse department

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

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Sant'Antonino

Most Beautiful Village at 6 km (direction south-west), in the Haute-Corse department

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

See Sant'Antonino guide

Algajola

Seaside resort at 7 km (direction west-south-west), 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 south-south-west), in the Haute-Corse department

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

See Montemaggiore guide

Calenzana

at 16 km (direction south-south-west), in the Haute-Corse department

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

See Calenzana guide

Calvi

Seaside resort at 17 km (direction west-south-west), in the Haute-Corse department

A very popular town with visitors, the resort of Calvi with its citadel also...

See Calvi guide

Saint-Florent

Seaside resort at 30 km (direction east), in the Haute-Corse department

Overlooked by its 15th century citadel Saint-Florent is a very popular resort with an...

See Saint-Florent guide

Nonza

at 37 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haute-Corse department

Nonza is a village with a clifftop tower in south-west Cap Corse, Corsica...

See Nonza guide

Corte

at 41 km (direction south-south-east), in the Haute-Corse department

Corte is in the heart of central Corsica, and well placed for hiking and...

See Corte guide

Bastia

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

At the base of Cap Corse, Bastia has something for everyone: a harbour, an...

See Bastia guide

Gorges de Spelunca

Scenery at 44 km (direction south-south-west), 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 44 km (direction south-south-west), in the Corse-du-Sud department

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

See Evisa guide

Ota

at 45 km (direction south-south-west), in the Corse-du-Sud department

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

See Ota guide

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Tourist attractions near L'Ile-Rousse, France

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

Heritage sites

Scandola Nature Reserve (43km)
Calanches de Piana (48km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

Sant'Antonino (6km)
Piana (51km)

Churches and religious monuments

Eglise de la Trinité et de San Giovanni (Aregno) (7km)
Chapelle de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul (Lumio) (11km)
Eglise de Santa Maria Assunta (Saint-Florent) (31km)
Eglise de San Michele (Murato) (33km)
Eglise de San Michele (Castirla) (34km)
Eglise de Santa Maria Assunta (Canari) (40km)
Chapel Saint Quilico (Olcani) (40km)
Chapel San Nicolao (Sermano) (45km)
Eglise de Notre-Dame-des-Neiges d'Erbalunga (Bastia) (45km)
Eglise de San Raineru (Montegrosso) (46km)
Eglise de San Parteo Mariana (Lucciana) (46km)
Eglise de Santa Maria Assunta (Favalello) (47km)
Eglise de San Pancraziu (Castellare-di-Casinca) (49km)

Towns of Art and history

Bastia (43km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

Lama (20km)

Geography and distances

L'Ile-Rousse is on the island of Corsica.

(General information: L'Ile-Rousse is 81 kilometres from Ajaccio and 43 kilometres from Bastia).

Geographical Information

Commune: L'Ile-Rousse

Canton: L'Ile-Rousse

Arrondissement: Calvi

Department: Corsica

Region: Corsica

Postcode: 20220

Distance to L'Ile-Rousse

from Ajaccio: 81 km

from Bastia: 43 km

from Calvi: 17 km

from Corte: 41 km

from Sartene: 113 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 L'Ile-Rousse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Algajola, Corbara, Monticello, Pigna, Sant'Antonino and Santa-Reparata-Di-Balagna.

This page in French: Visiter L'Ile-Rousse