Porto-Vecchio

Race officials revealed that 128 riders from 16 teams will line up on the southern part of the island in Porto-Vecchio for the three-stage race that features a climbing stage, a time trial and a road stage.

Voigt back for run at Critérium International record 2011

On our way back, we visited the port town and old city of Porto-Vecchio.

Angella Nazarian: Why is Corsica the Step Sister to Sardinia? 2010

Christian Prudhomme traveled to the French island recently to seal the deal with local officials at Porto-Vecchio to keep the race on the southern part of the picturesque island.

Corsica locks up Critérium International for three years 2010

The French President was recuperating from a reported illness at his holiday home near Porto-Vecchio in Corsica.

Whispers Of Betrayal Dobbs, Michael, 1948- 2000

On the llth of June Paoli left Porto-Vecchio for London; where, at the instance of the Duke of Grafton, then prime minister of England, he received an annual pension of £1200.

Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads C. B. Black

One of these traverses the whole eastern coast of the island from Bastia, by Cervione and Porto-Vecchio, to Bonifaccio.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

If you have killed a man, go into the mâquis of Porto-Vecchio, with a good gun and powder and shot, and you will live there in safety.

Mateo Falcone Prosper M 1907

“You rogue, ” he said, you would like to have such a watch as this hung round your neck, and to go and walk up and down the streets of Porto-Vecchio as proud as a peacock; people would ask you the time, and you would reply, look at my watch!

Mateo Falcone Prosper M 1907

COMING out of Porto-Vecchio, and turning northwest toward the center of the island, the ground is seen to rise very rapidly, and, after three hours’ walk by tortuous paths, blocked by large bowlders of rocks, and sometimes cut by ravines, the traveler finds himself on the edge of a very broad mâquis, or open plateau.

Mateo Falcone Prosper M 1907

He was said to be a loyal friend, but a dangerous enemy; in other respects he was obliging and gave alms, and he lived at peace with everybody in the district of Porto-Vecchio.

Mateo Falcone Prosper M 1907