Katamkera, a travel agency based in France, is engaged in fair trade and solidarity travel and offers personalised small group tours in France and India.
Multidimension in association with Katamkera aims to share a common vision by exploring cultural links between two cities Paris and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and more. Both societies have crafted their course of history through rich culture and tradition, and cuisine has always been a significant part of it. Hence, we promise you a delicious gourmet experience while exploring new places.
Katamkera & Multidimension have grounded experiences in the field and affiliate offices in both countries.
We are engaged in a dynamic process of multicultural assimilation by working with tour leaders & artists who are genuinely integrated and knowledgeable on both sides.
All our travels will start with a food and cultural excursion in Paris for 3 days and 3 nights, then you will explore during next 6 days one of the regions of France having a particular identity such as:
Paris & Island of Corsica known as Beauty island on the Mediterranean Sea
Paris & Castles of Loire Valley
Paris & the Venice of Alps on the Swiss border
https://multidimension.fr/travel-and-tourism/
Corsica is one of the most beautiful island on the Mediterranean Sea, a real mountain that plunges into the sea with untouched stunning landscapes.
Corsica island was called also the Green Island by the sailors who discovered it for its numerous forests and thick vegetation called “maquis”.
The island of beauty is perfumed with rare essences but also has strong religious traditions, its own language, beautiful villages with numerous chapels and churches in baroque style.
Corsica has also an excellent wine and renowned culinary specialties such as fiadone – cheese cake, herb pie or myrtle wine, figatellu – a sausage made only in winter, olive oil…
It is also on the island that the famous conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte was born!
Adding a little smile to the trip: the Corsican cows are not sacred here but are part of the island’s landscape and roam freely on the roads.
Qatar flight with departure from Kolkata at 3h45 am
Landing in Paris 1h55 pm same day.
Welcome at the airport with Lydia, your tour leader, a French artist who shares her life between France and India (where she also welcomes french groups).
Drop to hotel nearby historical quarter Le Marais with minibus 9 seats Mercedes class V.
Late afternoon, walk through Place des Vosges and the house of Victor Hugo up to Saint Louis Island on the Seine River, the old heart of Paris facing Notre Dame, also widely known for housing Berthillon ice cream & sorbets… A mandatory take away!
The island is particularly atmospheric in the evening, and dinner here followed by a promenade along the quais, is a flawless way to appreciate Paris.
Paris by walk (right bank of the Seine River)
Morning promenade along the old mansions of Le Marais.
Visit the Picasso museum (choice of museum on request)
Lunch in the Jewish quarter, Gourmet Pita sandwich, the ultimate food land mark of this area.
Shopping and head to the popular area of Bastille Paris 11, where Cyril Lignac – one of the best bakery & chocolate factory of Paris – is hidden. Another mandatory degustation! After a chocolate treat comes the wine!
Dinner in a traditional Wine Bar (wine, cheese, charcuterie platter, salad)
Heading to Paris 5 & 6 district by minibus. Visit the Mouffetard food market and the narrow lanes leading to the Pantheon.
Lunch break with gourmet sandwich at the Luxembourg garden.
Afternoon, visit the Palais de Tokyo, a surprising contemporary art museum, Paris 16.
Picture the iconic Eiffel tower from their scenic terrace.
Enjoy the night life of Paris in a bar restaurant.
Paris Orly / Bastia 9.25 am > 11 am
The island of beauty
Bastia (north Corsica) to Centuri, a little fishing port where they fish for lobsters!
A day of discovery the north of the island by car, the wild region of Cap Corse with its magnificent panoramas and villages clinging to the mountains overlooking the sea.
Visit of Erbalunga and Morsiglia with its old towers and baroque church as well as the houses of Americans, small palaces built by Corsicans who left to make their fortune in America between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Optional visit of a very old mill pressing olive oil and chestnut flour.
Walk through the “maquis” to reach Centuri, the fishing village.
Dinner of lobsters, the local specialty.
Night at Marie’s beautiful guest and family house, an American house built two centuries ago by her ancestors.
Pigna and the discovery of the Balagne region, wine, olive oil and the typical citrus fruit “cédrat”. (2 h drive)
Morning visit to a citrus plantation in the village of Barrettalli
This citrus fruit “cédrat” with its subtle taste and aroma, native to the Himalayas and northern India, is now used in French gastronomy and the making of ice cream.
Discovery of the Balagne, land of light and olive trees with magnificent villages up to Pigna, a stone village with many craftsmen, glassmakers, potters and musical instrument makers.
Sensory tour of Alziprattu wine estate and tasting the five local dishes and wines selected for their quality and originating from the Corsican gastronomy.
Night in the village of Pigna.
Hotel with concerts & traditional songs almost every evening.
From the port of Galéria, a boat trip of about 3 hours in the spectacular Gulf of Porto, the Scandola reserve and the Piana creeks are classified as Unesco World Heritage Sites for the exceptional quality of their landscapes and the endemic richness of its fauna with many protected species like herring gull, peregrine falcon, osprey, bluebird…
Night in a pretty hotel near the sea front in the small picturesque port of Galeria.
Road to Ajaccio (3h30).
Walk through the old town with its colourful houses in the footsteps of Napoleon.
Visit his birthplace, the Fesch palace and the Napoleon cave which offers a cultural session retracing the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, projected on several screens equipped with a multi-language audio system, all the while tasting the traditional Corsican meal: the spuntinu based on turnovers stuffed with chard and onions, charcuterie, cheese and fig jam…
Dinner in a Corsican cabaret accompanied by the sound of guitars.
Night in an old mansion turned into a luxury hotel by the sea in Ajaccio.
Road to Bonifacio (2h)
Perched high up a white limestone cliff on the southern coast of Corsica lies the medieval town of Bonifacio. Known as the “Mediterranean’s Sentinel,” or simply, the “Citadel of Cliffs,” the place offers also a beautiful cobblestone alleyways and a shoreline of sparkling waters.
Explore the oldest medieval town of Corsica with its citadel founded around 830.
Descend King Aragon’s staircase from the citadel, the staircase is cut into the stone to enable access to the sea from the old town. Down the 187 steps of this staircase, there is a path cut into the cliffs just above the turquoise sea, lovely views of the coast…
A promenade around the harbor and sea front area before dinner.
Explore the oldest medieval town of Corsica with its citadel founded around 830.
Descend King Aragon’s staircase from the citadel, the staircase is cut into the stone to enable access to the sea from the old town. Down the 187 steps of this staircase, there is a path cut into the cliffs just above the turquoise sea… Lovely views of the coast…
A promenade around the harbor and sea front area before dinner.
Night in a hotel in the citadel.
Morning free in Bonifacio
Early Lunch by the sea
Drop to Figari airport
Fly back to Paris CDG at 5 pm > 7 pm Paris
The international night flight will depart from the same airport
Departure with Qatar at 10h25 pm
Landing in India with a stopover in Doha. Reaching Kolkata at 6pm
Hôtel *** in Paris nearby quartier du Marais
Maison d’Hôtes La Casamatta
Centuri
https://lacasamatta.squarespace.com/
Hôtel CasaMusicale
Pigna
https://www.casa-musicale.corsica/
Hôtel L’Alivu
Galéria
Hôtel Les Mouettes
Ajaccio
Hôtel Colomba
Bonifacio
Best season is automn and spring time from mid september and october then may and mid june.
Next trip : 3d to 13 th october 2022
Full board: breakfast, lunch, dinner (including water).
Hotel & guest house: comfortable double bed room very well located
All transports in Paris & Corsica: Minibus 9 seats Mercedes class V.
Flight up & down from Paris to Corsica island
All activities: museums, sensory tour at Alziprattu wine estate, Scandola Nature Reserve by boat, Napoleon cave’s cultural session
A French tour leader during 10 days
Letter of Katamkera, your tour organizer for Schengen application visa
Katamkera insurance policy in France
The flight ticket up and down from India
The Schengen visa fee
The repatriation insurance (mandatory for non-European passport holder)
The snacks outside of meals (tea time / aperitif time)
Beverages like alcohol or juice
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