Olympic Games 2024 in Paris: from Ajaccio to Bastia, where and at what time to see the flame in Corsica, route May 14

This is an inevitably important moment of the torch relay in France. This Tuesday, May 14, the symbol of Olympism will pass through Corsica and travel from Ajaccio to Bastia in a day where magnificent scenery is bound to abound. If you want to attend this important moment in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Games, here are the places you should visit.

Departure from Ajaccio

The route will start at Ajaccio, at the tip of Parata, at 7 am. Opportunity to present a natural and preserved landscape, as well as a historical site with the Genoese Tower, a relic of the 16th century. The starting point is the Sanguinaires Islands car park, along the Route des Sanguinaires. The next stage will take place in the city center of Ajaccio, from where the relay will depart at 8:15 from the memorial to Napoleon, who spent his childhood in the imperial city. The flame will pass through Cours General Leclerc, the Miollis citadel, Place Foch, and then run a long straight line to Cours Napoleon, ending at Rue de Cannes at 9:30 am.

She will then be taken to a luxurious Bavella needles, where it will leave the Belvedere at 9:45 and disembark in front of Notre-Dame des Neiges at 10:00. Direction Il-Rus the rest of the relay (10:15–10:50), which starts again from the Pietra lighthouse and then walks through the city center until it reaches Piazza Pascal Paoli.

Loop at the Viseo racecourse Zonza then scheduled from 11:10 to 11:25 before the flames go out at Korte (12:15-13:5). Meet at the Santos Manfredi Stadium for the resumption of the route, which will take you past the Pascal Paoli statue, the town hall, the Corsican Museum and finally the Belvedere de Corte, which offers a magnificent panorama of the city. The rest will take place in the villages. Campanawhere the torch will be visible in front of the church at 1:45 p.m., and Piedicroce. The relay will leave the ruins of the Orezza monastery at 14:30 and reach the Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul at 14:50.

The Olympic cauldron will be lit at Place Saint-Nicolas in Bastia

If you live in Porto-Vecchio, the flames will reach Cours Napoleon at 15:15. It will pass by the Place de la République, Porte Genoise, the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and arrive at the tourist office at 15:40. We’ll meet next door in an hour Furiani, where a collective relay will be organized from 16:40 from the commemorative stele of 5 May 1992 until arriving at the station at 17:15, apparently passing through the Armand-Cesari stadium in Furiani. The enclosure will host football, football, futsal, futsal and footgolf activities for as many people as possible.

Finally the day will end in Bastia, near the Lupino multifunctional hall, from 18:10. The relay will take place on the Aldilonda embankment, the pedestrian bridge leading to the embankment will pass in front of the Governor’s Palace and the Church of Saint-Charles-Borromeo-San-Carlo. He will finish his race in the Old Port and Place Saint-Nicolas, where the Olympic cauldron will be lit at 19:20.

The holiday program includes events organized by communities, a show program by the sponsors of the Torch Relay. A huge screen, host and DJ will also be present to create the atmosphere on the streets of Bastia.