Evening in Bastia

In the evening I returned to the old port, with the goal of walking as far as the waterfront path extended. From maps I knew that the path ended after the shore highway emerged from a tunnel under the citadel. Bastia is quite a compact city. It's possible to walk everywhere on foot. For the suburbs there are urban train services, but that I would leave until my return a week hence.

As the sun was low in the sky parts of the scene are overexposed in this panorama.

The church is more visible in this one.

Walking on.

From the timetables this would be the incoming ferry from Livorno about to dock at the ferry terminal further north. This is the other company I would be returning to Livorno with in a week's time.

A small lighthouse is at the mouth of the old port.

It's possible to walk on top of the seawall to the lighthouse.

The path hugs the cliff and goes around the headland. I saw many pigeon nests in the cliff face. They looked quite contented compared to urban pigeons who have to build nests out of reach of humans.

Emerging from the tunnel under the citadel. There are the nationalist graffiti I mentioned earlier.

Here there is a patch of grassy shore. There are houses and hotels stretching south along the highway.

Pedestrians were not allowed in the highway tunnel so I retraced my steps to the other side of the headland where I took an elevator to the upper level of the citadel. This is the view from there.

There were restaurants and cafes there. Since it was dusk, some customers were enjoying aperitifs.

I emerged where I had entered the citadel and walked down the Romieu Steps in the morning.

Returning to the centre along the main street.

For dinner I found a pizza store that did mostly takeaway and delivery business but also had a small seating area. Ordering was self-service using a computer terminal. No table service, you can see that they delivered it in a box instead of a plate, and the cutlery was disposable. So obviously no need to tip.

Best of all, the size was medium as I didn't feel able to eat a large pizza. But I found room for a tiramisu dessert if I recall.