Between the peninsula of Scandola, whose volcanic rocks preserve the testimony of a gigantic eruption, and the Cape Senino, opens peaceful Golfe of Girolata. Paul Morand advised to approach the coast by the sea to discover this site “where the blue of the sky and the vinous red of a shredded wall, dug by the sea, marry so well together”.
The gulf of Girolata was born from the explosion of a gigantic volcano at the end of the primary era. It is the miniature counterpart of the Gulf of Oporto, located just at side in the South. Bordered of immense red cliffs, as those of Punta Rossa which dominate it of more than 300 meters, and encircled by the maquis, it constitutes a mineral and vegetable richness strictly protected, for the greatest pleasure of the walkers and the yachtmen.
The small fishing port of Girolata can be rejoined only by sea route, because still today, no road serves the village. While arriving one sees the tower square which takes care on him, top of his rock piton. Close to the hamlet of Girolata, the range of Focaghia is, where white sand and the blue-green bursting of water, invite you to the bathe. You will swim in the middle of the herbaria of posidonies, a fauna and an incomparable watery flora. You are always in the natural reserve of Scandola.