We had a lovely stay at Hotel L'Ariana!! We were received warmly by the hotel manager and had our bags brought to our room for us while someone else from the hotel gave us a tour of the restaurant and pool area. The room had good cable (BBC, good for us English speakers!), good A/C, and a cute balcony with chairs that looked straight out over the water. Absolutely beautiful! The pool was nice for taking a dip and there was always a lounge chair available for soaking in the summer sun. We ate at the restaurant one night and had a very good meal, and it was so nice and lovely to sit right by the sea and listen to the waves as we ate. It happened to be a holiday there, so we were treated to live music during dinner and fireworks show down the beach after. If you do not have a car of your own, plan to stick around the hotel or stay within walking distance--we walked to another hotel for lunch that was close by one day, and there's a cute beach just 5 minutes down the coast. It's easier than trying to get a cab to and from Bastia and there's really no point in going to the city center anyway--there's the restaurant at L'Ariana, the pool, the sea--not really much reason to leave in the first place! :)