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Latest Genoa hotel reviews
Pro
Wonderful and big Old Town, Aquarium... me!
Con
No parking spots to find anywhere in this city!
In a nutshell
Genoa is unique amongst the northern Italian cities, with an almost tropical decadence created by palm trees, bright blue sea, peeling palazzi and edgy sidestreets.
Palazzo Ducale & Piazza De Ferrari
44 Reviews Do you like Statue's with Horse's, I do! Located infront of the Theatre, "Carlo Felice" in Piazza de Ferrari, is a nice monument of Garibaldi on his Horse. Garibaldi is known as an "Italian National Hero," with monuments in his memory found in many countries around the World. He was very popular...
Via San Lorenzo and the cathedral
31 Reviews In the streets and square located near St. Lorenzo Cathedral, I found many Artist's selling their work. There was all kinds of Art, most probably, something for everybody's taste. I don't know the prices as I didn't wish to buy, but I did enjoy browsing their art work.
1 Review and 237 Opinions It's good 3* hotel, rather centrally located (about 15 min walk to Duomo and 25 min walk to the...
4 Reviews and 183 Opinions For the first time we booked a room in a hotel of this Italian chain. Located near the station...
8 Reviews We got an enthusiastic tip for Maria's restaurant from our hotel, but we had a very mixed experience there. The atmosphere is REALLY authentic--gym basement decor, OK if you know it is what you are after. That was not our problem. Problems were (1) it was pretty hard to figure out what you were...
6 Reviews Freshly off the train and having just dropped our bags off at the hotel, we went out in search of lunch. We walked high and low (literally- the streets of Genova are full of ups and downs) before reaching this gem of a restaurant. From the street we could see that the trattoria-style interior was...
2 Reviews It is a big crime :) to stay a friday night at home in Genoa.. Instead you should be leading to Piazza delle Erbe and start strolling around the narrow streets.. Piazza Erbe is just below the Piazza de Ferrari, which is the main square in Genoa. Just take to road to the sea side and follow the...
2 Reviews ... and now it is an excellent little bar. Stockfish is some kind of salted fish. Never found out what it was like. Paolo and Chiara took me here for a nightcap. I was just following along through all the narrow alleyways. Smelling the walls. Because a barman at the Novotel had told me you will...
10 Reviews Going to Genova by train is probably the wisest solution, even if not the cheaper one too. If you come from the North of Italy or from the Western part of the region (Savona and Imperia provinces), you will be lucky to get off at the Piazza Principe station. I am saying this because this station...
5 Reviews the Piazza Principi Station is only 8km far from the airport. here is the info about the bus service. and here the pdf bilingual printable foldout by taxi you can ask the flat fare at Radio Taxi
8 Reviews Hmm, this is what I really love, fine fresh and moderately expensive fishes & crabs. It is, however, too much if asking 26€ for the wild orata (orata nostrana), should cost around 20 euros, not more then that. The other guy have put the price of 10€ for "orata nostrana" but there must be something...
1 Review In Via Garibaldi, the most impostant street in Genoa, (Rubens found its elegance mesmerising, and was inspired to record its architectural history in the " Palazzi di Genova") at the first floor of Palazzo Campanella, made in 1562, you'll find a shop totally different. Household items, furniture,...
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 Mediterranean and later to Middle East. Rubattino had political ambitions aswell, supporting Giuseppe...
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 travel by public transportation to school each day. Genoa Aquarium and port area provide educational...
Historic Centre: not always a safe place!
8 Reviews I lived in Genoa for 6 months on a yacht that was being refitted in Amico yard. There were 8 yachts where the crews were friendly - a total of about 50 crew members all from Aus, NZ, SA, Brits and all very smart travellers (we do it for a living!) and after 4 months, 17 of the group had been either...
3 Reviews Or what is left of it. Says the sign. But it is not. It is the remains of a house from that period. No reason at all to believe CC lived here. He may have, of course. It's very close to the Palazzo Ducale and on the edge of the old quarter, so no harm to spare it a glance. It really is no sweat...
1 Review Well, it's not a "real" tourist trap from any point of view, but better to tell you something about this (looking) old ship. It's not a 17th century galeon, it was built in the 80s fot Roman Polanski's movie "Pirates" with Walter Matthau! So it could be interesting for movie-fans, but remember that...
15 Reviews Also known as Palazzo del Principe, this building would be one of the pearls of Genova's if it wasn't so hidden, without even an inscription or a sign, close to the Principe railway station. This building confirmed my impression that Genova could have way more tourists than it has if only the local...
6 Reviews Bocadasse at sunset is an interesting and romantic area just minutes from the center of Genoa. It's a great place to begin shaking off the jet lag, exploring the boardwalk and neighborhoods, absorbing the culture of the residents, and falling in love with Italy!
3 Reviews Here in Genova we really like football (soccer for Americans!), and here in Genova some English gentlemen founded the first Italian football team, CFC Genoa 1893. Genoa 1893, or simply "Genoa" won 9 Italian leagues before WWII, then a long period with no wins started, and still now Genoa is in 2nd...
9 Reviews 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...
6 Reviews It's a week later, and I am back in Genoa. The weather was boring though.... rain, rain and more rain. But we tried to see some of Genoa despite of the weather. Unfortunately we only had a few hours to explore Genoa, not very much time to visit this huge city. Normally I would do a citywalk to get...
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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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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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