Your motorhome experiences in Corsica

Thanks for sharing your experiences and tips for a trip to Corsica in May-June 2025. Best regards,

Hi there, It's a great time to drive more peacefully, with fewer people and pleasant temperatures. As for the mountain roads, you should know... I recommend booking your campsites quickly—most are weekly rentals if you're coming in June, but everything's negotiable... Watch out: "wild camping" is banned year-round, especially in the Corsican Regional Nature Park (PNRC) area.

Hi, Thanks for your reply and your tips. Best regards

Hi,

Wild camping in principle doesn’t exist—it’s just "camping BY wild people"!!! I only know about FREE camping, which is respectful of people and nature. Cheers,

Marie Paule

That’s your interpretation of the term, but I’m sure you understood its meaning, which can also include "bivouac". 😉

"A bivouac is a basic, temporary, and lightweight campsite that allows one or more people to spend the night in a wild environment (forest, mountain, desert) or to take shelter when weather conditions require it (rain, storm, hail, strong winds)." Is this wild camping? As a mountaineer and climber, bivouacking has never been wild camping for me—plus, we bivouac in natural parks.

The legislation refers to "wild camping AND bivouacking" without making any legal distinction. Yes, you're right about the interpretation of bivouacking—it’s the case when you need shelter due to an issue: weather, an accident, lost person/people, as you put in bold. You can camp anywhere it’s not explicitly forbidden. But as they say, "it’s only illegal if you get caught." For Corsica: wild camping and bivouacking are banned in the PNRC (like all natural and regional parks, I think), all year round (except, of course, in campsites and around staffed mountain huts). It’s also banned on all sites managed by the Conservatoire du Littoral, as well as on certain tourist spots, sensitive areas, and many municipalities. P.S.: I’ve worked with the Park, the Conservatoire du Littoral, and the Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels. And I’m still in touch with them, even at 77 years old 😉 I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. Warm regards.

Hello there. Since you have experience in Corsica and I think Sardinia, could you let me know if I can trust the Park4Night app? There are plenty of free spots, but you mentioned that wild camping isn’t allowed. We have a Vany 114, 5.99 m long, self-contained with a 4 kW battery. We’re planning to be there around December 16 or 17, 2024, doing both islands, with a return no later than January 1, 2025. We’re around your age and not used to traveling for such a short period. But I absolutely must be back in Switzerland by January 3, 2025, for an 8 AM meet-up. We just want to escape the holidays. Thanks, and have a great day. Monique

Hi Monique,

Since my last trip to Corsica in 2016, the situation hasn’t improved for motorhome travelers. It’s better to head straight to Sardinia—it’s much larger than Corsica, and you can rely on Park4Night (2022). Cheers,

Marie Paule

Hi,

No, in Corsica, only nature is wild.

Sorry I only just found your message now! (30.12) Hope everything went well...

Hi there! Corsica is amazing. We’ve just returned from 3 weeks with our 114 van. We installed a 4 kW battery with 220V—so good! We’re the first customers of a company that’s going places.

Corsica was our battery test. In December and January, we were able to sleep anywhere camping was banned. Temperatures were between 16 and 18°C, even 24°C one day.

We bought a 10-trip pass for the St. Bernard Tunnel. Instead of 48.50 €, it cost us 27.10 € by paying in euros (it’s 290 CHF or 290 € otherwise).

At 2 p.m., we entered the tunnel, and by 5 p.m., we’d passed Genoa and were sleeping near La Spezia, not far from the port.

The next day, we were in Livorno and bought a ticket for the following day—round trip for 495 €. The journey takes 4.5 to 5 hours, and no cabin is needed.

We started our tour with Cap Corse. In Macinaggio, there are showers for 2 €. We did the full loop, then Corte and the Col de Vergio. Gorgeous! When we arrived in Porto Ota, on the left side of the river, you can refill water at the port—there’s even a hose.

We travel using Park4Night and Maps.me.

The Corsicans are really friendly, and in May-June, it won’t be crowded.

Happy travels! Monique

Awesome! And did you go to Sardinia?

Hi there! You should visit Corsica off-season. We spent 3 weeks there from December to January 2024-2025. Slept absolutely everywhere—even in Bonifacio, right at the top of the fort, thanks to some Corsican advice. We even drove through the tunnel that’s off-limits to campers.

Did the whole loop, explored the center, and even made sea buckthorn jam. In short, the weather was gorgeous—between 15°C and 18°C—just perfect. Always found water. The best part? We’ve got a 4 kW battery. Sardinia is next on the list. Cheers, Monique

Hi, Where is that tunnel in Bonifacio? As for sleeping anywhere, there are places that are off-limits all year round, including throughout the Regional Natural Park (PNRC). It's all about respect, like in Switzerland... 😉. But as they say sometimes, "it's forbidden to get caught" or "a rule is made to be broken."

A little fun tip. You can spend the night (10 €) in the shaded parking lots just 50 meters from the gorgeous Palombagia beach.

Hi there. Corsica in December–January is absolutely amazing. We slept all over the place, even where camping was prohibited by signs. In Bonifacio, we went through the forbidden tunnel and slept at the top of the fort, thanks to a tip from a local Corsican. I should also mention that at the beginning of December, we had a new 4kW battery installed. With our original solar panels. So we no longer need electricity—we can charge bike batteries, dry our hair, keep the heating on, and even without using it much, we managed from February to March in freezing weather just by leaving the heating on. It’s been fantastic. The designer himself has an induction cooker. For water, I bought Micropur online—it was cheap and good for 50,000 liters. Wishing you a great summer and happy travels!

Hi there, not Sardinia yet—we’ll go between November and February. We have a vineyard that my husband decided to work on. Before, we used to travel around the world for 9 to 11 months at a time. But that’s done and dusted now. We ordered our V114 in 2019 and received it in May 2020, luckily while we were stuck in Thailand. It was like the late 1980s—so good! We really had a knack for timing when we bought it. So this empty year and this camper van made us change our plans. There’s plenty to do in Europe. Best wishes and happy spring.

Hello Perceneiges,

We traveled around Corsica from north to south and east to west in 2016 (September–October). Not everything is bad—thankfully, there are still some friendly people—but unfortunately, there are also some hot-tempered ones, and we were their victims. We had spent the afternoon on the stunning Rondinara beach and were about to spend the night in the parking lot, where there was no one else left, when a man arrived by car and gave us 5 minutes to leave or he’d set the campervan on fire. All of this with no explanation. Knowing the reputation of Corsicans, we didn’t stay any longer and went to bivouac in Porto-Vecchio instead. That’s my story. We continued our trip to Sardinia and have been back twice since, and this September will be our fourth visit to Sardinia. Best regards,

Marie Paule