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Madonnetta Station.
la lanterna (on the left)
Palazzo Ducale
Olden light house Equipment
HI I AM VISITING GENOA ON 24TH OCTOBER FOR ONE DAY, IT IS ONE OF THE PORTS OF CALL ON OUR CRUISE. COULD YOU TELL ME HOW EASY IT IS TO GET TO PORTOFINO FROM HERE. BUS/TRAIN/FERRY DETAILS IF POSSIBLE. THANKS IN ADVANCE. ANY OTHER TIPS FOR MAKING THE MOST OF THE DAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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from Genova to Portofino there are trains every 30 minutes so you have a good choice
Take a look here: http://www.trenitalia.com/homepage_en.html
Genova Porta Principe (the main railstation) is less than 1 mile from the port
Ciao, Marco
you get off the train at S.Margharita and catch the bus. It is only a short ride. The bus waits right outisde the station. You either buy the ticket on the bus or there is a machine by the stop. Costs about 1 euro.
THANKS SO MUCH. TAKE CARE
THANKS SO MUCH, TAKE CARE
Commenda di San Giovanni di Prè
Half way between the train station and the Old harbour, guided by a confused Titti, I came across this interesting building. Our local informer says it dates back to about 1100 AD and it used to be a hostel, hospital and convent of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. I wished we could learn something of its hostory - sadly there was neither sign/name nor explanation on or near it.
Photo: detail of the loggia
The aquarium in Genoa is one of the largest aquariums in Europe. My first impression of the aquarium wasn’t exactly what you call good though. When you enter the aquarium the first thing that happens is that a mascot jumps next to you and tells you to smile for a picture… arghhh! I totally dislike things like that, and yep, unusual for me, I refused to smile! (no need to say that I didn’t buy the picture either). But I have to admit that the aquarium itself has some great displays, so a must see for people that love aquariums.
Maybe I have a weird impression of the aquarium, hahaha, but to me it felt like being in a maze, with the fish tanks on either side as decoration. Hahaha, I got totally lost here, or better said, confused of where I was in the aquarium. They lead you through the aquarium in such a confusing way! My sense of direction is already very bad, and going criss-cross through the aquarium didn't make it any better :-)
There are some great displays though, and the aquarium is really huge. So you really need quite a bit of time to see it all. I didn't count on this, so I almost went running through the aquarium (I didn't have that much time), with some stops on the way to enjoy and look at all the exotic fish. The aquarium has 59 tanks containing hundreds of different species from across the globe.
I wandered into the Palazzo Ducale Square one morning and golly! Big queue of very keen people. No idea what gave.
I asked Utttz and as near as I could understand there is this statue called the Christ of the Abyss which is underwater off the coast near a small village.
Some berk anchored his boat right above it and broke Christ's arm! What a thing to do!
So they hauled the statue out to repair it and someone saw an image of a saint on the statue's chest.
Before it was returned to the abyss it was on public view.
Thus, the queue.
I saw a picture in a shop of the statue but I won't queue for anything.
Well, there are one or two things I will queue for, but a saint on the chest of the Christ of the Abyss is not one of them.
What was sociologically interesting is a couple of Italians were embarrassed at the simple faith or primitive superstition of most of the queuers (pick the one you think most appropriate).
But exactly the same thing had happened in Australia just before I left.
Someone said they had seen an image of the Virgin Mary in a fence post on a cliff.
Thousands made the pilgrimage.
Until someone cut the fence post down in the dark of the night.
That put a stop to that.
***UPDATE*** The Christ Of The Abyss lives just off San Fruttuoso. It is back in the water now.
I have to check again the name of this square !
You may enter the house on the right and walk a rather long corridor backwards into the mountain, where a lift will take you on top of the small hill, where you have a great view over Genua
Lots of highways will take the maintrafic to Genua coming from the west- or east-coast of Liguria or from the north - like here on my pic seen from Righi.
It is rather confusing and not easy to find the right exit when you drive alone (like I mostly do) - so simply be prepared with an excellent map, or try to stay in the outskirts of town and go in by train
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