Mouillage

Aspretto

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Shelter: NW, N, NE, W, E
Seabed: algae, mud
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage in the Gulf of Ajaccio on the south shore near the former naval air station of Aspretto, Corsica.

Beach
Seagrass

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter the Gulf of Ajaccio and round the Îles Sanguinaires well to the south. Aspretto lies on the southern bank roughly 0.6 NM east of Port Charles Ornano. Bottom of posidonia and mud, holding uneven on weed; search for sand patches. Open from NW through E; protected from southwest swell by the Pointe de l'Aspretto.

Practical

No services at the mooring. Dingy Dock 0.6 NM west for tender landing. Port Charles Ornano, 0.6 NM west, provides visitor berths, water, electricity and a fuel berth. All shops and a Monoprix in central Ajaccio within 1.5 km.

Ashore

Central Ajaccio is reached on foot or by bus line 1 along the coast road. Maison Bonaparte, birthplace of Napoleon in 1769, is at rue Saint-Charles. Musée Fesch holds the second-largest collection of Italian primitive painting in France after the Louvre. Market on place Campinchi every morning except Monday.