Details About Ile Rousse

L'Ile-Rousse is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica, France. Developed by Pascal Paoli in the 1760s as a "gallows to hang Calvi," the port of L'Ile Rousse simply doesn't convince as a Corsican town, its palm trees, smart shops, neat flower gardens and colossal pink seafront hotel creating an atmosphere that has more in common with the French Riviera. All roads in L'Ile Rousse lead to place Paoli, a shady square that's open to the sea and has as its focal point a fountain surmounted by a bust of "U Babbu di u Patria" (Father of the Nation), one of many local tributes to Pascal Paoli.