01 November 2007
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sunning himself on a two-day break in Corsica.
The president is currently under fire for increasing his own salary by 150 per cent while driving through painful economic reforms to make his country more 'efficient', reports South Africa's Independent Online.
French people are also being hard hit by the rising cost of bread, milk and cheese.
Corsica is considered one of the 26 regions of France, although by law it is a 'territorial collectivity'.
Earlier this month a French property expert revealed Corsica's appeal among French tourists.
Ben Sanders, a spokesperson for french-property.com, said: "Corsica is very popular for the internal French market, certainly more so than for the English expats."
Autumn is a nice time to visit because outside of the busy summer season, with Italian and French pupils back at school, there is profound peace to complement the year-round charms of the island.
