Comment découvrir le désert des Agriates ?
Pour visiter le désert des Agriates et découvrir les plages, le plus facile et le plus rapide est de prendre le bateau. Les départs se font tous les jours depuis le port de Saint-Florent. Il y a plusieurs compagnies et des navettes maritimes toute la journée.
Pourquoi désert des Agriates ?
Agriate vient du latin Ager à savoir « agriculture ». En effet, il y a eu peu encore (milieu du XX e siècle), ces terres agraires figuraient un riche grenier pour les populations locales. Ainsi, hâtivement qualifiées de « désert », ces terres ont été nourricières pendant des siècles. Discrète, l’eau est bien présente.
Where is the desert des Agriates?
- The Desert des Agriates is a barren, wild and beautiful wilderness based west of Saint-Florent, along the coast and around Mont Genova, in the Balagne region of northern Corsica. The Desert des Agriates is the only ‘official’ desert in Europe.
What is the agriculture like in the Agriates?
- The Agriates have long been a land of agriculture. The Genoese colonizers made this region the focus of their wheat and olive production. Until the start of the 20th century, figs, citrons, and almonds were also produced there. Transhumance was also practiced there, and about 100 flocks of sheep or ewes remained at the end of the 19th century.
What are the best beaches in the Agriates desert?
- There are 2 equally beautiful beaches in the Agriates Desert. Saleccia beach is the largest of the 2. This long and wild sand beach with turquoise waters, bordered by pine trees, is truly splendid. You can’t rent deckchairs and umbrellas in Saleccia, and there are no toilets.
