Ajaccio- half day hikes?

[Scottishclover]

We will be in Ajaccio in August. Does anybody have a recommendation for a half-day hike? We hope to get off the ship early, do a 3-4 hour hike/walk then look around town in the afternoon. The one that looks promising is the chemin de cretes. Has anyone done this and returned by bus to Ajaccio?

[CruiserPK]

We are also interested in a hike in Ajaccio in August.  My husband has been looking at options on All Trails.  We have made no firm plans to date.

[edinburgher]

16 hours ago, CruiserPK said:

We are also interested in a hike in Ajaccio in August

As August is the hottest month and hiking could be more challenging should temperatures be uncomfortably high on the day you will be there, make sure you are well prepared with plenty of water.  And maybe have a "Plan B" should it be so hot you decide against hiking.

 

Ajaccio is actually a lovely place to spend a day with a number of sightseeing options either on foot or  by the  little tourist train or a HOHO.

[CruiserPK]

We understand that it will be very hot, but we hiked in Santorini last fall on an extremely hot day with plenty of water and supplies.  We love hiking and prefer it to a lot of other options.  And as you suggested, we will find another option to get exercise off the ship if we decide to do something else.  We have visited this port on a prior cruise so some things would be repeats.

[edinburgher]

1 hour ago, CruiserPK said:

And as you suggested, we will find another option to get exercise off the ship if we decide to do something else.  We have visited this port on a prior cruise so some things would be repeats.

If you need an alternative and didn't do it on your first visit, there may be another option worth considering. Both the little tourist train and the HOHO run to the end of the coastal road and the  big car park, for Les îles Sanguinaires, (see Tripadvisor reviews)and a  public bus can also run you there from town for a nominal cost.. The bus route  number should be easily found online.

 

All vehicular traffic must stop at that car park  where there are also public toilets,  and from there you can walk the peninsula to Les îles Sanguinaires.  We had taken the HOHO as we wanted an overview of the town but that only gave us 20 minutes at the car park, not nearly enough to do the walk.

Edited June 3 by edinburgher

[Bob7]

On 5/19/2024 at 4:21 AM, Scottishclover said:

We will be in Ajaccio in August. Does anybody have a recommendation for a half-day hike? We hope to get off the ship early, do a 3-4 hour hike/walk then look around town in the afternoon. The one that looks promising is the chemin de cretes. Has anyone done this and returned by bus to Ajaccio?

We plan to do the one listed in AllTrails as Ajaccio-Crest Trail-Cacalovo Path, but instead of starting in town, take the #7 bus near the dock to the Bois des Anglais bus stop and walk left of the roundabout and up the road a bit to the trailhead.  Google maps shows where the road becomes the trail.  Nice that the trail ends up at the ocean for a nice seaside walk back to the port.

-Bob

[Scottishclover]

14 hours ago, Bob7 said:

We plan to do the one listed in AllTrails as Ajaccio-Crest Trail-Cacalovo Path, but instead of starting in town, take the #7 bus near the dock to the Bois des Anglais bus stop and walk left of the roundabout and up the road a bit to the trailhead.  Google maps shows where the road becomes the trail.  Nice that the trail ends up at the ocean for a nice seaside walk back to the port.

-Bob

This looks like a nice alternative to the one we had planned. Thanks. We haven’t been to Ajaccio before so also want to leave ourselves some time to wander about the town.