Looking for recreational land for sale in Corsica means accepting a limited and quite distinctive market: non-constructible land in an agricultural or natural zone does exist, in scrubland, chestnut groves or the mountains, but supply stays scarce, scattered, and concentrated in the island's interior rather than along the coast, so each listing takes on real weight. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale in Corsica: a scrubland plot, chestnut woodland in the Castagniccia, land to develop in the foothills, a mountain meadow with or without a cabin or sheepfold.
You will find an overview of the areas where this limited supply is concentrated and the points to check before buying a parcel classified as agricultural or natural on the island, from the protected coastline to the inland mountains. Read first our guide on whether you can plant trees on agricultural land: it sets out what the local planning rules allow depending on the zone.
There is no such thing as a "recreational land price" in the French notarial records: the DVF database records sales of agricultural land, woodland and ponds, and a recreational plot is priced against these three benchmarks, higher or lower depending on what it adds (vehicle access, a water point, fencing, an existing shelter, a village nearby). The table below gives, for each benchmark, the sales recorded in 2025 in Corsica, the median price and the range between the first decile (floor) and the ninth decile (ceiling), with the national figure for comparison.
| DVF 2025 benchmark | Sales | Median price | Range (P10 – P90) | France median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bare agricultural land (€/ha) * | 14,328 | €5,307/ha | €2,500/ha – €10,537/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Woodland (€/ha) | 63 | €4,532/ha | €1,223/ha – €13,054/ha | €4,934/ha |
| Pond (€/m²) * | 313 | €2.54/m² | €1.03/m² – €6.90/m² | €2.54/m² |
Bare agricultural land is close to the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving +3.4% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades below the national benchmark (€4,934/ha), and a pond, a much rarer asset, is valued per square metre of water and banks. To compare a listing, bring everything back to the square metre: €5,307/ha of bare land is €0.53/m², against €2.54/m² for a pond. Recreational land, almost always classified as an agricultural or natural zone, generally sells slightly above bare agricultural land; but it usually remains subject to the SAFER land agency's right of pre-emption, and the SAFER may pre-empt with a downward price revision if the price is excessive compared with local land prices. These benchmarks therefore also help you avoid paying a price the SAFER would challenge.
| Department | Agricultural land (median) | Sales | Woodland (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corse-du-Sud (2A) | — | 6 | €6,160/ha * | 34 |
| Haute-Corse (2B) | — | 13 | — | 29 |
Find the detail by department, plot size and year in our agricultural land price observatory and in the pond price observatory. Source: DVF (Demandes de valeurs foncières), 2025 sales, processed by ma-propriete.fr; medians published from 30 sales upwards. * Fewer than 30 sales in the region: the benchmark shown is the national figure for "Bare agricultural land"; national figure for "Pond".
Recreational land in Corsica has little in common with mainland meadows and ponds. It mostly consists of scrubland plots, covered in myrtle, rockrose and strawberry trees, on the hills of Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse, often former farmland left fallow for decades after being abandoned. In the Castagniccia and the Bozio, old chestnut groves, once worked for chestnut flour, offer terraced wooded plots, sometimes with an old shepherd's cabin or a ruined sheepfold whose legal status must be checked before any renovation.
At higher altitude, in the Restonica, Niolu and Alta Rocca valleys, there are hay meadows and mountain summer pastures, often landlocked and without any real vehicle access, sometimes reached only on foot or by mule track. Ponds in the mainland sense are almost absent from the island; the few natural stretches of water, such as mountain lakes, are not sold as ordinary recreational land.
In Corse-du-Sud, the Alta Rocca around Zonza, Levie and Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, and the Sartenais near Sartène, offer the most scrubland and chestnut groves, reached via the RN196 and RT40 roads from Ajaccio. In Haute-Corse, the Castagniccia, around Piedicroce and Morosaglia, and the Bozio offer sloping wooded plots, while the Niolu, near Calacuccia, and the inland Balagne, around Belgodère and Ville-di-Paraso, combine mountain meadows and chestnut woods, often reached only by a forestry track. Coastal communes, for their part, leave very little room for this type of property.
On an island where sales of agricultural land remain few, fewer than thirty a year, most of the supply lies away from the main hubs of Ajaccio and Bastia, in the mountainous interior where land pressure is markedly lower than along the coast, which is often overvalued compared with the rest of the island and not representative of the land market.
The local planning document (PLU), or the national planning rules where none exists, strictly governs agricultural (A) and natural (N) zones; a cabin or an old sheepfold cannot be renovated freely, and its original legal status must be checked before buying. On communes bordering the sea, the Coastal Law (loi Littoral) strongly restricts any building, even well inland when the commune is concerned. Fire risk is very high on scrubland plots, especially in summer, which requires mandatory and regular clearing around any structure.
Water and electricity rarely reach isolated inland plots. On land classified as agricultural, the SAFER land agency may exercise its right of pre-emption, with a risk of a downward price revision if the asking price departs from local land values, which are in decline on the island. Finally, check access (mule track, right of way, landlocked parcel), the exact cadastral area and the frequent presence of shared family ownership.
The listings of recreational land in Corsica published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries in Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse, in a market where every listing counts. Filter by area, price and department, then set up an e-mail alert to be notified as soon as a new plot is listed, since supply stays limited on the island. You can also widen your search to rural property for sale in Corsica.
