It's Not a Place. It's Our Anchor.

We are Andrea and Maja, the founders of "This is La Corse." This isn't just a business to us. It's our love letter to an island, our way to remain connected all year long, and a gallery to share its true, "wild luxury."

To understand our "why," you have to go back to the 1970s.

The Random Encounter

It began with my grandfather. On a camper van vacation from Italy, he camped for the night near a wild beach in the Balagne. He woke up to a perfect view of the sea and the hills, and he fell in love.

He discovered that exact piece of land was for sale. He bought it and built our family vacation home.

That place was Marine de Davia.

The "Nave Gialla"

That home became our anchor. My first flight on a plane was to Calvi. My first memories are of playing on that beach and spearfishing with my father.

As a child, I'd wait for the "Nave Gialla" (the "yellow ferry"), Corsica Ferries main color is yellow—became our family's mantra for "we are going home."

Decades later, my wife Maja and I had our honeymoon in Corsica. She fell in love with it for her own reasons. The villages stuck in time, the pristine beaches you still have to hike to, the smell of the maquis after the rain.

The Heartbreak and the Mission

For us, the hardest part of Corsica has always been leaving. The drive to the ferry in Bastia is a beautiful heartbreak, a reminder of what we are leaving behind.

We created "This is La Corse" to solve that.

We are not a "supermarket." We are curators. We got tired of "Made in Corse" labels on inauthentic products.

Our mission is to do the "hassle" of finding the real treasures. The lonzu from a pig raised on the island. The fromage from a real shepherd. The pottery from a master in Pigna.

This is our way of sharing the real Corsica—the lifestyle, the craft, the taste—with those who, like us, feel that same powerful connection.

Welcome to the family.

— Andrea & Maja

Founders, This is La Corse

(Launching 2026)