Experts' Choice Award Bastion de L'Etendard
What the experts agree on
This 13th-century bastion dominates Bonifacio's upper town fortifications with original drawbridge mechanics still visible. A small museum inside explores the citadel's medieval history through the old Genoese gate.
“Inside the citadel’s old gateway, the Porte de Gênes, is the 13th-century Bastion de l’Étendard, which houses a small historical museum exploring Bonifacio’s past.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "From Place d'Armes at the city gate, enter the 13th-century Bastion de l'Étendard, where you can still see the system of weights and levers used to raise the drawbridge." Full review
