Grand Hôtel de Cala Rossa

Relais & Châteaux in Porto-Vecchio, South Corsica

The Corsica experience in all intimacy 

In the south of Corsica, in a peaceful cove of the gulf of Porto-Vecchio, there is a protected domain, which accumulates privileges. In the heart of a private park, planted with hundred-year-old pines with fragrant scents, and open on a beautiful beach, the Grand Hotel de Cala Rossa, stamped Relais & Châteaux, looks like the “Maison Corse” we dreamed of. Between dunes, rocks and seaside scrubland, the Grand Hotel de Cala Rossa, conceals under its name, the luxurious intimacy of a family house, not ostentatious but noble and of assured taste.

Opened in 1963, this place has a history, a memory that makes up its spirit. Regularly maintained, renovated and modernized, the Grand Hotel de Cala Rossa perpetuates a family tradition of hospitality.

The hotel has only 40 rooms and suites, all different. You can also choose the option of the “wooden hut”. Perched in a pine tree, a large room with a bay window and bathroom, offers a breathtaking view of the beach through the branches of the tree that supports it.

Cala Rossa has an excellent table, held with brilliance and creativity by 2 Chefs who use local products for the meat and fish and the variety of the harvest from the organic vegetable garden and henhouse. The restaurant metamorphoses itself according to the day in 3 atmospheres. Breakfasts offer sumptuous buffets. For lunches, on the edge of the pine forest, a beach restaurant, deploys a terrace open to the sea. In the evening, the place stands as a gastronomic restaurant.

The creation of the “home made” natural cosmetic brand NUCCA, mainly made from endemic Corsican plants, has given a great boost to the SPA. A journey of the senses in the maquis with a global approach to live an absolutely different “well-being” experience. To complete the offer, Watsu (aquatic relaxation) sessions and the creation of an ephemeral herbal tea room in the heart of the vegetable garden, a privileged place for meditation.