Ajaccio Airport, called Campo dell’Oro Airport (meaning ‘Field of Gold’), is the main airport serving the city of Ajaccio on the French island of Corsica and is approximately five kilometres east of the harbour. Although it is the island’s main airport, it is small and its facilities are basic, with no duty-free shops.

Ajaccio Airport has just two cafés and a tabac where you can buy magazines, sweets, books and pharmacy items. There are some small souvenir shops, but these are not always open, an ATM and toilet facilities. Other airport facilities include a tourist information desk, a taxi stand outside the Arrivals hall and a budget car rental counter.

The island of Corsica is the fourth largest Mediterranean island after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus. As such, cheap car hire at Ajaccio Airport will provide the best opportunity for discovering this most beautiful of islands which boasts hundreds of kilometres of coastline and beaches and wild, impressive scenery.

Take a budget car rental and visit Plage de Piantarella, Plage de Tamarone, the spectacular Archipel des Lavezzi and the small fishing village of Cap Corse. In addition, the island possesses a magnificent mountain scenery and many historical sites, while Ajaccio has splendid museums and galleries that are definitely worth visiting.

The island cuisine is a delicious blend of French with Italian. Corsica is the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte and his ancestral home is located on Rue Saint-Charles in Ajaccio. Cheap car hire at Ajaccio Airport will provide you with the opportunity to visit every corner of this enchanted island, with its truly spectacular scenery.