The Bonifacio cliff path

East of the citadel, a coastal path runs along the cliff top with the whole of Bonifacio laid out to the west: a medieval haute ville sitting on a shelf of white limestone that the sea has hollowed out beneath it, the strata running in horizontal bands, and the Grain de Sable — a lump of cliff that fell into the water and stayed upright — in the foreground below. There is no arrangement of this view that does not work; the only decision is how much sea to give it.

Morning is the answer for the town itself: the sun comes from the east and lights the limestone and the houses face-on, while an afternoon shot has them in their own shadow. For the couple in the frame that means back to the sea, front-lit, with the cliffs behind — and the light is clean here, without haze, well into the middle of the morning.

The path is unfenced in places and the drop is 60 metres, so this is a walk-carefully location: stay on the marked track, keep small children close, and do not step out onto the overhangs for a better angle — the rock is the kind that falls. Wind is the other constant; it comes across the Bouches de Bonifacio most days, and it will find every loose piece of fabric.