{"id":4028,"date":"2026-10-05T10:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotel-villapadulaccia.com\/sejour-sainte-lucie-de-porto-vecchio\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:03:07","slug":"stay-in-saint-lucia-of-porto-vecchio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotel-villapadulaccia.com\/en\/sejour-sainte-lucie-de-porto-vecchio\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying in Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio: peace and quiet between Porto-Vecchio and Solenzara"},"content":{"rendered":"

When planning a trip to Corsica du Sud, one thinks first of Porto-Vecchio. Approximately 25 minutes north, Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio and its seaside hamlet, Pinarello, offer another way of experiencing the east coast: quieter, more natural, without being far from everything. This is where the Villa Padulaccia Hotel is located.<\/p>\n

Where is Sainte-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio located?<\/h2>\n

St. Lucia is not a commune: it is the main village on the coastal side of the commune of Zonza, whose historic village is located in the mountains, about fifty kilometers away by road. The postal code for the coastal side is 20144. The commune has 2,989 inhabitants (INSEE, reference population 2023), the vast majority of whom live on this coastal side, around St. Lucia and Pinarello.<\/p>\n

On the map, the sector is located between Porto-Vecchio, about 16 km to the south, and Solenzara, about 27 km to the north.<\/p>\n

Pinarello, its bay and its Genoese tower<\/h2>\n

Pinarello remained for a long time a small fishing port, before tourism transformed Corsica. On the island that forms the bay stands the Pinarellu tower, completed in the late 16th century (1591 according to the notice of the Historical Monuments). Listed as a historical monument in 1992, it has been part of the Coastal Conservation Centre since 1981. Together with the tower of Fautea, a little further north, it recalls the Genoese era, when this coast was a lookout post for the coast.<\/p>\n

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From the hotel\u2019s terraces, the sea and the Genoese tower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A detail that counts for enjoying the light: the coast faces east. One can see the sun and the moon rising over the sea, but not the sun setting there.<\/p>\n

Beaches at your fingertips<\/h2>\n

From the hotel, the beach of Pinarello can be reached on foot, along the coast. Other beaches are a few minutes\u00ab drive away, such as Fautea in the north or Saint-Cyprien in the south, in the neighboring municipality of Lecci. At the end of the 2025 season, all the twelve coastal bathing sites controlled by the Regional Health Agency between Canella and Cala Rossa were classified as \u00bbexcellent\u201d.<\/p>\n

A practical village<\/h2>\n

About 4 km from the hotel, the village of Sainte-Lucie offers everything you need for a relaxing stay: local shops, a bakery, a supermarket, a pharmacy, cafes and restaurants, in a quiet atmosphere. In season, the restaurants in Pinarello meet on foot by the beach.<\/p>\n

Between the sea and the mountains<\/h2>\n

This is one of the advantages of this corner of Corsica: the mountains are never far away. In the past, the shepherds of Alta Rocca descended to this coastal plain in the winter, a piaghja, before returning in the summer. Today, this connection is traveled by car:<\/p>\n