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🚶 A stroll through the abandoned villageIn Chjava

A stroll through the abandoned village of A Chjava

A Chjava is an abandoned village on the highs of Portigliolo beach. From the small dozen or so houses, you have a magnificent view of the Gulf of Valinco. The hike is short, so it’s well suited to children. Afterwards, you can cool off on the beach.

The forgotten hamlet at the gateway to Valinco

In Chjava

🌿Along the way, you’ll enjoy afragrant stroll in the heart of a wilderness where the maquis is dense. 🌿It climbs gently through a small oak-shaded forest.

🥾 A 30-minute walk

The abandoned village awaits you at the end of a peaceful path, as if frozen in time. Here, the old stones tell a silent story, that of a deserted hamlet, surrounded by scrubland and bathed in sea spray.

The path begins near Portigliolo beach, opposite the Ronbinson car park. In the slight bend to the right, two paths leave. We take the one on the left, which turns out to be an enormously eroded track, which climbs slightly. After 10 minutes, we reach a large bare surface. Here, we keep to the right. The path describes a bend to the left and immediately afterwards, the path goes off to the right. Straight up the hill, we can already see the first house in A Chjava.

The second part of the path crossesa small shady wood. In this wood, you can see to the left and right the remains of terraces where farming was once practised. A quarter of an hour later, we reach the abandoned village of A Chjava. From the most majestic house, there is a magnificent view of the Gulf of Valinco.Lower down is the beach of Portigliolo.

The return journey takes the same route.

Find all the information on the collectivité

website.

Access

🏴 From Propriano, RT40 towards Bonifacio and, shortly after crossing the Rizzanese river, take the RD121 towards Belvédère-Campomoro. Drive for around 4.5km until you reach a car park on the right, at a place called Robinson.

A little history

The village A Chjava was founded towards the end of the 16th century by the Capponi and Mozziconacci families from Zicavo.It was only inhabited for a good century.

On the one hand,the village was quite exposed to the sea, which attracted looters, and on the other, malaria mosquitoes rose from the mouth of the Rizzanese.

The situation was made worse by the fact that the main source of A Chjava had dried up. The inhabitants left the village and founded the village of Tivolaggio around 600 m upstream.

Today, the ruins of around ten houses can be seen. Added to this are the badly degraded remains of the communal oven. About 50 m after the last ruin, a menhir stands at the side of the path.