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Palazzo Ducale & Piazza De Ferrari Genoa
39 Reviews The huge building of the New Stock Exchange of Genova (La Borsa Valori) was built in 1912, with the curved facade and facing Piazza De Ferrari. This monumental palace, with arched pillared porch, was...
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Beach Monterosso al Mare
16 Reviews Besides Fegina beach resort Monterosso has another sandy beach which stretches right in front of the old town. The town beach is slightly smaller but equally so is perhaps less attractive for...
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Hiking Vernazza
17 Reviews A camera and a sturdy pair of shoes are all you really need to keep you busy in Vernazza. There are a few small shops to browse and ristorantes for kicking back with a glass of wine but pottering up...
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The Cinque Terre trails Manarola
12 Reviews Everyone else has written about this silly thing but what’s one more review, eh? The section of the Blue Trail (Sentiero Azzurro, #2 on a CT trail map) that runs between Manarola and Riomaggiore is...
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surrounding, Cinque Terre La Spezia
14 Reviews The walk from Riomaggiore to Monterosso al Mare (an 18 km/11 mi hike), at the steadily-decreasing-in-price-per-day-bought price of 5 Euro for one day, is quite a bargain. You get breathtaking views of...
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Castello Brown Portofino
17 Reviews This is another example of a great piece of art, displayed in castle Brown. The castle is open daily between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m. The entrance-fee was 3,- €uros in 2003. Click on my link below...
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Church of S. Pietro Portovenere
12 Reviews The site of San Pietro is not only exceptionally beautiful but it is also interesting from the historical point of view. In pagan times there was a temple of goddess Venus here, from which the name...
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Baia del Silenzio Sestri Levante
1 Review Bay of Silence is a wonderful quiet romantic bay. It has a small boardwalk, but most of the houses come as far as the beach. It's a public beach where you will find many locals. In front of the...
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Camogli Fish Fry Camogli
1 Review What you are looking at are 2 enormous frying pans. Once a year, on the second Sunday in May, Camogli has a huge fish fry (La Sagra del Pesce) in which pans like these are used to fry a VERY large...
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Via San Lorenzo and the cathedral Genoa
23 Reviews Unfortunatelly I couldn't see the interiors of the cathedral because the door was closed by the time of my visit. I didn't get impression that some works of reconstructions taking place, no visible...
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Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista - Church of St John Baptist Monterosso al Mare
8 Reviews The parish church of San Giovanni Battista is located in a small Piazza don Giovanni Minzoni, right next to Piazza Garibaldi. The church was built between the 13th and 14th century, completed in 1307,...
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Chiesa di Santa Margherita d'Antiochia Vernazza
9 Reviews As the legend goes, long, long ago a chest containing the finger bones of St. Margaret of Antioch washed up on the rocks in Vernazza’s harbor. I'll admit to some skepticism about this miraculous event...
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surrounding, portovenere La Spezia
4 Reviews Porto Venere is an amazing place very close to La Spezia, in a quiet corner of the gulf and on my opinion is one of the best location which worth a visit here. From its picturesque port, you may...
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Chiesa di S.Giorgio Portofino
7 Reviews Climbing up at least to San Giorgio is a must. The church itself is great although it is not as richly decorated as many other , less famous churches in Liguria. And just in front of the church you...
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carugi: narrow roads Portovenere
7 Reviews The main street in Portovenere, Via Capellini - also known as Carugio - cuts through the town. It starts from the arched gateway by the harbour and runs uphill to la Chiesa San Pietro, a church built...
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Baia delle Favole Sestri Levante
1 Review Bay of Fables is a lively, animated bay boarded by a promenade with beautiful houses, and a beach where you can rent a beach chair or have a drink in one of the many beach bars. In the back you can...
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Hills, Cable Cars, Castles Genoa
15 Reviews We weren't actually looking for this funicular, but another which we couldn't find! They are difficult, as the entrance is small and behind a glass door. Above the door is a big sign. Deciding on this...
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Hiking Monterosso al Mare
7 Reviews An enormous amount of travelers come to the Cinque Terre to hike the fabled trails between the five villages in this UNESCO site. Yes, they're beautiful. Yes, you should do at least some of them if...
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The Harbor Vernazza
10 Reviews If I had a smart tourist guide, who was leading our group, she would probably told us to bring bathing costumes with. It was almost the end of September but the day was perfect for a bathing, sunny...
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surrounding, Lerici La Spezia
2 Reviews The township, which dates back to roman times, is dominated by a medieval castle now transformed in a magnificent paleontologic museum. There are several beautiful villas in this area and the...
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the harbour Portovenere
9 Reviews We arrived in Portovenere from La Spezia by ferry. I think it was a much better choice than coming by bus. What can be nicer on a hot summer day than a cool breeze from the sea? Besides, the first...
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Genoa Acquarium Genoa
13 Reviews Genovese Acquario is the largest in Italy and the second largest in Europe. It has 3.100 square metres and welcomes almost 1,5 millions of visitors each year. The aquarium was built for Genoa EXPO '92...
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Oratorio Mortis et Orationis Monterosso al Mare
4 Reviews L'oratorio della Confraternita dei Neri (Oratory of the Black Brothers), called "Mortis et Orations" was built in the 16th century to commemorate the many sailors that left their lifes at sea. It...
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Castello Doria Vernazza
4 Reviews This castle dominates the village in the southern part, with an impotent bastion and a cylindrical tower of quadrangular base, the Belforte. Doria Castle built in the 15th century to protect the...
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Porta Soprana and Columbus House Genoa
11 Reviews In 1155, the Barbarossa defensive walls were extended to give more protection of Genoa, and it was at this time, at the top of St. Andrew hill, the Porta Soprana was built. The pair of medieval towers...
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Hi, October is good to see Cinque Terre, mostly good to walk on the beautiful trails passing through the villages and manarola as well, of course, since the weather is not hot anymore as in the summertime. As to find best deals have a look on this site http://www.arbaspaa.com/. They arrange personailzed tours and also offer informations about accomodations. I hope this is going to help you.
The area is famous for its flowers all over Europe and every year, they decorate the marvellous Grosser Musikvereinsaal of the Musikverein in Wien for New Year Concert. San Remo, tucked in between the Mediterranean Sea and the Maritime Alp is the most important tourist area in Ligurian west coast. A shore of intense beauty, sandy beaches surrounded by a lush vegetation - among them the exotic palm trees, agaves, maritime pines, olive trees, citrus orchards. Who measures flowers by the ton? - But it is a fact, western Liguria delivers more than twenty thousands tons of flowers every year. During the off season the word famous San Remo Music Festival has been running in the Art Nouveau Casino theater. The first festival held in 1951 attracted only three singers. Who would believe that today?
There are numerous signposted paths in the mountains. Just ask at the local information center for more information and a map. Or see the website of tourism Luguria for addresses of the infocenters. In Arenzano they gave me a nice brochure with different hikes and bike rides through the region.As the autumn rains in november don't make it the perfect time for hikes I only walked a short route in the mountains behind Arenzano, but i loved it.
In the 1992, in the occasion of the 500 anniversary of America discovery, Genoa had a huge renovation, especially in the are of the “Porto Antico” .The architect who redesigned totally the harbour was Renzo Piano who gave the city a wonderful showpiece and probably its new landmark/symbol.The old port is now made up of restored buildings such as the COTTON STOREHOUSE, the ACQUARIUM, the BIGO tensile structure and the recent BOLLA, a 20-meter diameter crystal sphere.Renzo Piano was born in Genoa in 1937 into a family of builders; his father, four uncles and a brother all were building contractors. While a student of architecture at the Milan Polytechnic School of Architecture, he regularly visited his father’s building sites where, he says, he gained valuable practical experience.
The most famous person born in Genoa is Cristoforo Colombo (1451 -1506) or Christopher Columbus if the Italian name doesn’t suggest you anything. The ruins of the so-called CASA DELLA FAMIGLIA COLOMBO stand close to PORTA SOPRANA, two restored towers which are the only remaining section of the first Genoa’s defensive walls (12th century). From an architectural point of view, the adjacent cloister of the church of St Andrea, with its double columns surmounted by fine capitals, is much more interesting than the house,. From an historical point of view, the theories about where he was born are more interesting than his presumed house. He is assumed to come from Genoa, in Italy, but also Calvi, on the island of Corsica, France, claims to be his birthplace.However a number of historians claim he could have been born elsewhere, and cite anywhere from Aragon to Galicia or Portugal, the Greek...
This square, one of the biggest in town, has a (fresh) fountain in the centre and is ringed by some nice Art Nouveau buildings such as the PALAZZO DELLA BORSA (the country’s Stock exchange) and the neoclassical city theatre TEATRO CARLO FELICE. The statue on horse-back in front of the theatre is the national hero, Giuseppe Garibaldi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi). It is dressed in red, the colour which featured his mission on unifying the Italian peninsula (1860) with his followers, the "Thousand Red Shirts.The PALAZZO DUCALE is also on this square but its best facade dominates the adjacent PIAZZA MATTEOTTI. It was the palace of the city governors, while now it hosts others museums .The CHURCH OF JESUS (1597), whose facade overlooks the same square, houses some Guido Reni and Rubens’s paintings.TEATRO CARLO FELICEhttp://www.carlofelice.it/index.asp?Lingua=2PALAZZO...
The stunning cathedral (12C) has a magnificent Gothic façade with black and white marbles, typical of Genoese style.French influence appears in the doorways and the rose window.The scene carved on the central doorway depicts the martyrdom of St Lawrence. According to the tradition, he was burned or "grilled" to death, hence his association with the gridiron and his patronage of cooks and chefs.Remarkable are also its twisting columns and the crouching lions in front of the entrance. In the 16th century, the cathedral was enriched with two bell towers and a dome which crowned the transept crossing.
The Black-and-white striped facade goes on inside with marble columns in the nave. If you want to look some dubious relics, the MUSEO DEL TESORO includes the famous Sacro Catino, which is said to be the Holy Grail and a precious plate upon which, according to the legend, Salome received John the Baptist’s head.
In the 16th century the city of Genoa was involved in an urban development project based on a array of new streets (Strade Nuove) framed by a system of buildings (Palazzi dei Rolli).The richiest people in town started building their beautiful residences right here to escape from the old part of the city. Their “favourite” architect was Galeazzo Alessi who planned a lot of the most beautiful buildings overlooking Via GaribaldiA description of this street and about Genoa and its surrounding is contained in “Pictures from Italy” (1846) by Charles Dickens...When shall I forget the Streets of Palaces: the Strada Nuova and the Strada Balbi! or how the former looked one summer day, when I first saw it underneath the brightest and most intensely blue of summer skies: which its narrow perspective of immense mansions, reduced to a tapering and most precious strip of brightness, looking down upon...
WANDERING THE OLD STREETS OF GENOA The historical centre of Genoa is the widest medieval quarter in Europe. It is a maze of narrow, twisting streets called CARUGGI surrounded by tall houses sometimes with fake facades.This part of city reminds me more an Arabic town than a typical Italian town based on Roman town-planning.Wandering around here is a pleasure especially when you come up for air from the dark alleys and arrive in a small square, sometimes with a church or a nice building.During the day this area is full of life thanks to an abundance of shops, cafes, people, but keep your eyes open (and your bags/pockets closed!). At night, the dark alleys are a “perfect set “ for a different kind of life so Take care!In this area you can find also other interesting places such as:CHURCH OF SAN LORENZOPIAZZA DE FERRARI
Best Western Hotel Metropoli Genoa
1 Review and 137 Opinions It's good 3* hotel, rather centrally located (about 15 min walk to Duomo and 25 min walk to the...
La Baia di Rio Riomaggiore
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Maria Capellini Rooms Vernazza
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