The U Castellu Guesthouse, a cosy boutique hotel with five modern rooms artfully decorated with quirky touches, encapsulates the laid back beauty of Corsica.
The cosy, historic 65-room St Regis hotel underwent a major, 12-million Canadian dollar renovation in 2008 and re-emerged as a business traveller favourite, with marble bathroom finishes and walls sheathed in rich, pale blue leather.
This despite a cosy deal with the government that allowed the hotel to be built on interest-free bonds and operated with no tax, cheap rent, and even, for a while, a duty exemption on the luxury items that its managers imported to fill its rooms.