Walk and then swim in the Osu

Date of your route : Sep 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hike accessible to all, no particular difficulties. Very pretty views and opportunity to swim, especially at the waterfall. Very pretty place.

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Date of your route : Sep 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An easy and pleasant walk, although much of the trail is a little way from the river.
A morning walk with few people around.

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Date of your route : Jul 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Easy walk with no real difficulty
The descent to the waterfall is protected, although it doesn't actually go all the way to the bottom, where you need to be experienced
Be sure to go early, otherwise it gets very busy
You can stray from the trail to cool off in the river. This is technically prohibited because it's behind the dam
The views along the route are nice and part of it is shaded

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Date of your route : Jun 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Difficult to reach the starting point; a car park at the end of a track. We forded the Ossu on the right bank on stones: don't come via Lecci to the north, but via Fiumu d'Osu on the right bank and further south, I suppose
Otherwise, it's a peaceful route through a beautiful area, especially in the second part. As for swimming, it's not the best: not very deep and the water is a bit green. Still, it's three hours in the sun with no shade, but it's nice

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Date of your route : Jun 09, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An easy, shaded walk, very pleasant! The dip in the pools at the end of the trail is a real treat!

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Date of your route : Jun 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Super easy walk on a track. Between maquis and pinede, along the torrent with a magnificent swimming spot at the end. Highly recommended!

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Date of your route : Oct 24, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Very easy hike on a path accessible by car, without much interest except perhaps for a family with children.

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Date of your route : Jul 17, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Hello,
A round trip walk, not
a circular. So you see the same scenery.
Why not indicate the distance in kilometres between the different points?
Thank you to Visiorando for helping us discover different places.

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Date of your route : Jun 24, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The start of the walk is less interesting than the rest (more beautiful landscapes and views of Osu)
Swimming possible at Mulinacciu)

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Date of your route : Jul 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

When it comes to roads that are accessible to vehicles, we start to come across a few (... they are locals, not tourists...)
Less touristy and less crowded than the valley and the paths along the Cavu (nearby), much more relaxing.
The starting point/car park is not easy to find (if you take the Puretta road that leads to a new housing development, you will find yourself blocked by stone blocks that have turned it into a dead end; you have to access the car park via the "old railway road", which turns out to be partly a track)

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Date of your route : Jun 22, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A good warm-up for arriving in Corsica. Not much shade. Pretty scenery. Not much water this year. It's a track, we came across one quad bike (thanks for the dust) and three authorised vehicles. If you continue the walk a few dozen metres to the left (off the path), you'll discover small gorges formed by the river.
On the way back, at a three-way junction in the middle of the route, you can take a stony path that veers slightly to the right and rejoins the track a little further on (this breaks up the monotony of the track)
The access points to the river are nice.

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Date of your route : Nov 16, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Given the lockdown period, we didn't see anyone!
The natural surroundings are beautiful and the pools are magnificent (too cold at this time of year)

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Date of your route : Oct 02, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant walk/hike that is also suitable for children
Beach, a few ups and downs, and back to the beach
Stunning views
Coves where you can swim in private!
We loved it

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Date of your route : Aug 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : Yes

To reiterate recommendations already made on this forum: what is the point of publishing this type of route as a "hike"?
I have known this route for over 12 years and I see very few people (except those who have taken a wrong turn) doing it ON FOOT! Everyone does it by bike, mountain bike, quad bike, 4x4 and even saloon car, since IT IS A TRACK and in excellent condition...

Recommending it as a hike is a concrete example of what I was saying on Visorando: soon, some people will be posting hikes on national roads (or territorial roads in Corsica) on this site.
Perhaps a way should be found either not to publish them or to mention them as "special hikes" or "pseudo-hikes": there are undoubtedly people who enjoy hiking on dusty tracks surrounded by vehicles and with no shade!

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Date of your route : Jul 24, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Initially, we wanted to do a combination of two hiking routes around Osu.
Given the heat and lack of air that day, we settled for this route
I had trouble finding the markings for the second hike as I was trying to take the paths in the opposite direction to climb up to the viewpoints.
A monotonous and simple route along the river with little of interest
Little shade, some 'concrete' sections
Swimming possible in natural pools
I would recommend going to the Cavu area instead.

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