Spread across 2,500 hectares of southern Corsica, Domaine de Murtoli is a collection of restored shepherds’ houses, farm buildings, beaches and a golf course rather than a traditional hotel. The estate produces much of its own food, including olive oil, vegetables, honey, cheese and meat.

Carved into Bonifacio’s limestone cliffs, the King of Aragon’s Staircase drops steeply towards the sea. Legend has it that Aragonese soldiers cut the 187 steps in a single night during the 1420 siege; the more prosaic story involves monks, a natural fault in the rock and a freshwater well at the bottom. The views, fortunately, are entirely undisputed.

La Caravelle sits on Bonifacio’s marina, where fishing boats bob outside and chef Anthony Bourguignon works a Corsican-Mediterranean menu around the day’s catch, while the former chapel next door has been turned into Le Cellier, the restaurant’s wine cellar.