Hotel Cyrnéa is  a very nice value-for-money hotel about 40 minutes walk from the town centre of Calvi and is an excellent base from which to explore the area as well as Calvi itself. I stayed here for a couple of days last June and found all the staff to be friendly and helpful. My room was simple but fairly spacious and the balcony had a view of the mountains behind the hotel. The pretty breakfast room overlooks the large swimming pool however there was one drawback in that the hotel doesn’t have a restaurant.

The location is lovely with the sandy beach just a short walk away through the pine trees that surround the bay of Calvi and you will find a number of restaurants for lunch but these generally close in the evenings.  A newly built wooden walk way along the beach ensures a very pleasant stroll into town. Although I preferred going back to the hotel along the main road after dark and even though I was on my own I felt very safe.

The hotel staff recommended the restaurant at the nearby Camping International as a good alternative to going into town. From Hotel Cyrnéa, (which you will find on the left handside of the road heading into Calvi), carry on towards Calvi centre, passed a round-about and you will see a sign for Camping International on your left. A dirt road leads from the main road to the restaurant. The menu was available in either French or German but my waiter spoke fluent English. As I would expect from a campsite restaurant there were numerous pizzas to choose from but I opted for steak and chips which came with a simple salad in a tasty dressing. I watched the chef preparing my meal in the open kitchen as I sat sipping a cool beer. The meal was good, the service excellent and I particularly enjoyed the free glass of limoncello (an Italian lemon liquer) which appeared unexpectedly at the end of my meal.