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5 Reviews Raffaele Rubattino was a visionary and the first Italian ship owner to commit his company to steam navigation. He formed the steamship line that would connect Genova to several ports of the...
5 Reviews The sea is a basic part of Italian culture. After a day of fishing, local fishermen spend the remainder of daylight enjoying each other's company and re-living their experiences. Students walk and...
2 Reviews The local dialect of Genoa (Zena) is most interesting. Coincidentally, Genoese is spoken in 2 towns in Sardinia, one of which is Calasetta, so i grew up speaking a little Genoese. In Genoa, as in all...
3 Reviews A new special service offered by the "Associazione Le Voci" You can rent a cd-player with a complete audioguide in many languages to visit step by step the principal places of interest in the city....
Capire il dialetto Genovese..., non e mica facile
croisbeauty Says: I am very proud on my Italian, which I speak very good, but sometimes it's almost useless. Certain local dialects of Italy, and Genovese is among them, cannot...
croisbeauty Says: All I can say is, my compliments to the city authorities of Genova who really do care for their town. The kiosks aren't that uniformed, except for the dark...
Paint the house and make it different - Sotoripa
croisbeauty Says: This goes along with my previous review, need just a bit of phantasy in order to make two of the same styled building looking differently. If am watching the...
Adorned house's walls and corners
croisbeauty Says: When strolling inside the new built quarters of the towns, no matter if Genoa, Nairobi, Madrid, Berlin.... etc, all we see are naked walls of impersonal houses...
balhannah Says: Coffee, and in Genoa, and anywhere in Italy, expect it to be strong! Too strong for me, so I ask for half strength, or some hot water, you may need to remember...
croisbeauty Says: "Dalla terra alla tavola", mmmm, it sounds so good among all those GMO, Mcdolanlds, fast this and that food. I can't imagine how could "Mcmerda" food be...
croisbeauty Says: It seems that local Genovese people love to read alot, have noticed many book shops and stands around. People do stop checking the books with attention and it...
croisbeauty Says: Il Bigo is cylindrical cabin (a part of EXPO construction) lifted on a crane up to 200 metres and giving splendid views over the city and the Porto Antico....
Mikebond Says: Since Genoa lies on the hills, many of its streets are actually "slopes": this is the case of Saint Brigid slope.The archivolt you see in the photo has an...
Monument to Christopher Columbus
Mikebond Says: This monument located few metres far from the entrance/exit of the Piazza Principe railway station commemorates Genova's most known citizen: Cristoforo Colombo...
Elisabcn Says: Genoa is still a sea power. It's port is one of the most important commercial ports of the Mediterranean sea. Another important activity related to the sea is...
craic Says: 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...
How to make a good pesto sauce!
Azhut Says: Here you can read some recipes of pesto sauce, try them and BUON APPETITO!!Recipe 1 - Makes 1and 1/2 cups/450ml1c45gBasil leaves, washed and dried6...
Maghy Says: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART VILLA CROCEVia J.Ruffini 3 Ph. 010580069 Over 2000 works of the abstract line ofcontemporary art from 1939 to 1980THE DRAWING AND...
The closer to the harbour the...
Ursula1 Says: The closer to the harbour the cheaper - as you move in towards land the shops are bigger and more expensive. the little streets along the harbour are perfect...
Some widely used stuffs (i.e....
utttz Says: Some widely used stuffs (i.e. things), were invented in genoa:the first bankthe first stock exchangethe fabric used for blue jeans (btw: great exibition of...
if you want to learn genoise...
utttz Says: if you want to learn genoise language-Be careful, the wrong accent may change the meaning:cö = means 'with the' cô = means 'color' cò = means 'neccu = means a**...
what other members wrote about...
utttz Says: what other members wrote about genoa?owend The streets are narrow, smels of fish and the loacls will rip?@you off blind unless you speak Italian... so .... that...
deeper_blue Says: You may notice a similarity between the Genovese and English flag. The Linguarians were reknowned for their fighting spirit too and were a very feared naval...
Sarita76 Says: I have noticed that in Genoa there are lots of flags representing the city (white background and a red cross)!!!
OFFICES: We were in the front...
shivan Says: OFFICES: We were in the front line at Magazzini del Cotone during the hottest days. This was our office.My desk was the last on the right. It's not great, I...
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1 Review and 238 Opinions It's good 3* hotel, rather centrally located (about 15 min walk to Duomo and 25 min walk to the...
4 Reviews and 184 Opinions For the first time we booked a room in a hotel of this Italian chain. Located near the station...
3 Reviews and 129 Opinions Great service and staff, lovely clean room. Nothing expensive or fussy, but such a great location in...
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Spectacular! The Cattedrale as seen from the Via San Lorenzo
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Q: My wife and I will be embarking on a 2-wk trip (Venice-Genoa-Avignon/Provence-Paris) which will include 4 days in Genoa the first...
A: We were very happy with Hotel Helvetia close to the historic center, within walking distance to Principe train station. It's basic but clean and the included breakfast...
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My hometown, my favourite town!
It's never easy to talk about my hometown, expecially since I like it so much! Genova is where I was born and raised. I always lived here and I saw it growing up year by year, expecially in the last...
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Genua -to visit Chiara,Paolo & eventually Columbus
I've got some interesting experiences in Genoa. I'd love to share with you the 47 tips I've written, the 120 photos uploaded, and 2 travelogues I've created.
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GENOA - THE CITY OF BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES
World Heritage..... It is said to have the largest historic district, "old quarter" in Europe. Walking around the narrow alley ways, I certainly would believe that. Genoa is Genova in...
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It was kind of run and gun trip tour and this third day we planned to visit Genova, Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino, all in one day only. There was local cicerone waiting for my group (Croatian...
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it's time to make a Genoa page which I have never wanted to build because of this other genoa page which speaks by itself and then master utttz taught me almost all what I can show you if you come to...
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