Plage de Roccapina

Corsica · 🇫🇷 France

A remote turquoise cove watched over by the 'Lion of Roccapina', a granite crag weathered into a crouching lion.

Sea temperature

~24°C in the warm season

Water

Clear turquoise

Sand

Fine golden sand

Swimming

Clear, shallow and calm in the sheltered cove

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

A remote cove below a granite outcrop shaped like a crouching lion

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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Photo: Myrabella (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source