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Terms & Conditions

Corsica Kalliste Tours specializes exclusively in Corsica, providing private luxury escorted Cultural Heritage Tours. We do not offer rentals, plane tickets, travel information for independent travelers, or tours for other destinations than Corsica.

Corsica Kalliste Tours welcomes travel agents, please contact us directly.

Corsica Kalliste Tours private cultural journeys are all guided and chauffeured and fully
escorted by Corsica Kalliste Tours owners.

Tours are for two guests minimum, and limited to eight. Reservations shall be made six months
in advance or more.

 

What is included?

Your Fully Escorted Tour in Corsica includes:

  • Assistance/recommendations with flight itineraries and Paris airport transfers
  • Personal assistance on the phone directly with the company’s owners if you have any question before departure
  • Detailed information package about weather, currency, what to wear, and Corsican cultural aspects to help you prepare for your trip
  • Personal welcome at Corsica airport and transfer in private car to your hotel at your own time of arrival. Assistance at the airport counter if needed.
  • Corsica Kalliste Tours welcome basket
  • Luggage porterage, including gratuities
  • A unique and exclusive hand-crafted itinerary available only with Corsica Kalliste Tours
  • Private travel, with only the people of your choice
  • Personal assistance and accompaniment by the owners, France-Marie and Geoffrey-John Martikonis
  • Luxury land transportation with private driver, private guidance/language interpretation and assistance service during the whole week, refreshments and gourmet snacks
  • Personal greetings by the owners of your four Star traditional Corsican Villa Hotel or Chateau Hotel, Members of The Leading Small Hotels of the World and of the Chateaux & Hotels de France, Corsican family-owned &run, with in-house gastronomy dining and luxury amenities, exquisite gardens, private beach, swimming pools, serene privacy, all expressing the Corsican soul at its best
  • Double luxury guestroom or junior suite with private bathroom, all individually designed, separate W.C., private seafront or garden terrace with spectacular views of the Mediterranean or the mountains. (Suites and apartments available with supplement, please contact us)
  • All taxes: service, sojourn and room taxes
  • All breakfasts, refined, continental or buffet
  • Elegant Champagne welcome reception
  • Ten meals gourmet/gastronomy quality – local fare only, organic as much as possible – taken in family-owned & operated restaurants, including aperitifs, fine local wines different each day, bottled Corsican mineral water, coffee, and waiters gratuities and personal introduction to the chefs 
  • Private visits with one on one introduction to local artists, artisans and local people. Private wine tasting, shopping assistance, and participation to local celebrations and festivities, depending on the tour
  • Entrance fees to museums, polyphonic performances, concerts, fairs and sites, depending on the tour
  • Help with arrangements and reservation for your accommodation if you wish to arrive a day or two before the tour

If a visit or activity has to be cancelled, it is replaced by an activity of equivalent value.

 

Non-included

Airfare, insurances, extra nights/meals before and after the tour, breakfast supplements, and personal food or beverages others than those mentioned, room service, personal telephone, laundry, gratuities to chambermaids, transfers to or from another airport other than the one suggested.

Travel, accident, health, cancellation and baggage insurance are highly recommended.

 

Conditions

When you are ready to make your reservation, we send you a Reservation Form with details regarding our cancellation policy and other usual travel terms and conditions that you return with your deposit to confirm your booking.

The dates of our Tours express the real time spent in Corsica and do not include your days of flight from and back home.

Considering the intimate size of our chosen accommodations, we recommend that you make your reservation well in advance, six months to one year being the best.

Our Heritage and Cultural Escorted Tours are designed for adults in good health and involve a certain amount of walking on uneven trails, some uphill, on cobbled stone alleys, and stair climbing. Participants are required to walk without any assistance.

Before registering, we always prefer having a conversation with you over the phone. We favor human contact and highly personalized service and are glad to assist you with your choices and questions.

Please let us know what tour(s) you may be interested in by filling our questionnaire or by calling us in the U.S. at (831) 438-0907 or internationally 01 831/ 438-0907 during office hours, Pacific Standard Time

 

Prices

All prices are per person, in double occupancy, all inclusive except airfare. Price differences reflect the seasonal tariffs.
Prices are quoted in U.S. dollar and reflect the Euro’s exchange rate. Prices can be modified anytime.

Chestnut Week:
7 days, 6 nights - December 11-17, 2008
December 11-17:  Two guests: $15,890
Three to four guests: $13,900
Five to eight guests: $12,480
Single Supplement $900

 

Christmas on the Magic Isle:
5 days, 4 nights – December 22-26, 2008 – Minimum four guests
December 22-26: Four guests: $14,000
Six guests: $12,780
Single Supplement $900


History & Traditions
7 days, 6 nights in April, May or June in function of availability
(May 3-9 includes the annual Cheese Fair)
April 1st to May 15:  Two guests: $16,380
Three to four guests: $14,190
Five to eight guests: $12,595
Single Supplement $1,470 
May 16th to June 26
( high season):
Two guests: $17,500
Thre
e to four guests: $15,257
Five to eight guests: $13,640
Single Supplement $2,165

 

Villages & Artisanat:
7 days, 6 nights in April, May, June - In function of availability
April 1st to 26:  Two guests: $16,940
Three to four guests: $14,960        
Five to eight guests: $13,365
Single Supplement $750
April 27 to May 31st: Two guests: $17,510
Three to four guests: $15,690
Five to eight guests: $14,450
Single Supplement $1,720
June 1st to 30
(higher season):
Two guests: $17,960
Three to four guests: $15,950
Five to eight guests: $14,950
Single Supplement $1,870