3 Best Restaurants in Calvi, Corsica

Formerly an 18th-century manor house and grounds, this award-winning stylish restaurant in a beautiful conservatory at La Signoria Hotel is cheese heaven, stocking 40 different Corsican varieties. Dinner highlights include a starter of pressed duck foie gras with local figs and sautéed veal with wild mushrooms. The restaurant has an Art Nouveau style in a spectrum of colors ranging from terracotta to olive green to sky blue.

Within the five-star Hôtel La Villa perched high amid rambling hills overlooking the ocher-color Old Citadel, La Table by La Villa offers memorable dining highlights as varied as oeuf mollet frit (poached eggs with celery, mushrooms, and black truffles); carpaccio of John Dory and spider crab with fennel, fresh coriander, and shiso leaves; and braised pigeon breast with confit of pigeon leg, porcini mushrooms, and dried fruits.

This rustic restaurant with a shady terrace on a quiet square is just two blocks back from the bustling harborside tourist drag. It serves hearty but delicious French, local, and Italian fare at honest prices.