Make the most of your holiday in Porto Vecchio by hiring a car and exploring all the beauty that the south of Corsica has to offer. The drier Corsican cheeses are usually served with a jam of fresh figs. Cholesterol watchers may have a hard time resisting Corsica’s renowned charcuterie, particularly the tender prisuttu (aged prosciutto) and figatellu, sausage made from the livers of wild boar that have gorged on acorns and chestnuts. We ate outside by the sea – excellent fish – listening to the haunting sound of Corsican polyphonic singing (especially popular with our boy who clapped with delight and shouted yeah!!! I just recently spent about two weeks roaming the south of Corsica (as you may have already guessed) and it was absolutely amazing.

Come to St Tropez to find what others have been finding for centuries. It has some sort of magic about it and this isn’t a place you can drive by. You have to stop the car and get out, walk down to the beach and just be still. Take it in. Try to feel the history of this beautiful place which humans have not messed up. They enjoy it too much. And chances are, you will, too.