Recommendations for sites and activities in Genoa? We are driving from Antibes for an overnight trip during the week of April 9-15.
Posted by
San Carlos, CA, USA
393 posts
If you are there only overnight I would recommend going to Piazza Ferrari and from there walk into the old center, Cannetto Lungo, which are the characteristic narrow dark streets of Old Genoa. Otherwise, a leisurely walk down the promenade on Corso Italia ending in Boccadase, which is a colorful old cove area that has some seafood restaurants and a really good gelato place.
The city has some museums, a big indoor marketplace off the Via XX settembre, and an aquarium. The pastel-colored apartment buildings which dot the hillsides are characteristic of Genoa. Wherever you end up, I recommend eating two things while in Genoa: fresh focaccia from a bakery, and pasta with pesto. These are foods of Genoa. You can eat them elsewhere in Italy but they will not be the same. Enjoy your trip!
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
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Pete, as you are driving be prepared for a change in the driving as you cross into Italy going to or away from Genova.
In France you will have beautiful views of the shore as you go; in Italy the road is straight through all the hills and mountains so it is tunnels galore, with an effect not unlike a Venetian blind. In a short tunnel, out into daylight, into another tunnel and out all the way along.
There is quite a steep corner, too, but I can't remember exactly which town. It may well be San Remo.