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Ajaccio, Corsica's capital, exudes Mediterranean, like most the towns along the Cote d'Azur. One of the attractions of the city's Musée Fesch, which houses a large collection of Italian paintings from the 14th to 18th Century and the cathedral Notre Dame de la Misericorde. Visitors enjoy varying landscapes, with rugged canyons on rushing rivers,great lakes and stunning cliffs.

The Italian town of Santa Margherita, in Ligure, is located in the province of Genoa in the middle of the Gulf of Tigullio. Santa Margherita is an elegant little harbor town with around 9,915 inhabitants and is well known among locals simply just Santa. The port serves not only as an anchorage for traditional fishing boats and yachts, but also as the starting point of some water sports, such as Regattas.