Vincent Pagnini Beale

Born in Ota, in 1992. I write the guides on this site, and I built it.

My name is Vincent Pagnini Beale. I grew up in Ota, the village above Porto, and I still live there. I built this site myself — along with Escape Carotte's and Taxi Ouest Corsica's — for that one I am the webmaster, not the driver.

My wife Wednesday and I have run Escape Carotte for several years now: the first escape game in the Gulf of Porto. Hôtel Le Vaïta is the other half of our work.

What I can genuinely tell you

I don't know all of Corsica. But around Ota, within fifty kilometres, I know the ground. I know what state the trails are really in, which beach to pick depending on the wind, when the rivers are too high, which roads take twice as long as the GPS says, and which restaurants have changed hands.

That is where the advice signed with my name on this site comes from. And when I don't know, I say so: you will see it in several guides.

Besides that

I like escape games (naturally), new technology, the card game belote, and this region. I volunteer with the Ota-Porto town hall on digital matters. I also share my desk with two cats whose contribution remains to be proven. Wednesday, for her part, launched T.A.C.O, the association that looks after the cats of Ota and Porto, and the hotel is one of its partners.

Getting in touch

The simplest way is reception: +33 4 95 26 10 37, 7am to 9pm, or hotel.vaita@gmail.com. If your question is about the gulf rather than a room, it is just as welcome.