Balneal station situated on the Southern shore of Ajaccio, the main hamlet of Grosseto-Prugna is accessible in just 20 minutes from the Napoleon Bonaparte airport. The most famous balneal station of the island can offer quality services, as well for summer visitors, as for citizens. Many shops, luxury hotels, restaurants, a sea shuttle between the Rive Sud and Ajaccio, make Porticcio a place to be for relaxation and leisure, with a rich architectural patrimony, the land of Porticcio has two towers from the XV and the XVI century.
The first one is Tower of Frassu with a Pisano and roman style, it is the name of the old hamlet of XVI century by its inhabitants, because of the many Barbary invasions, it can be seen taking the donkey way, at the beginning of the road of Rotolo. The Genovese Tower of Capitello is an historical monument since 1991, was built in the XVI century. It is one of the oldest Genoese towers of the “Isle of Beauty”.
