MORE ABOUT YOUR DESTINATION
OF GENOA
Our local ambassadors discover the most authentic spots for you.
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ROMANTIC THAN LOSING YOURSELF IN GENOA?
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San Nicola Market
Like every city, Genoa also renews its tradition every year. The San Nicola Market is a charity event that was held in 1986 for the first time and then became a Christmas fixture. It was held in Piazza Piccapietra for many years,…
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Boccadasse fishing village
Architect Renzo Piano sees his home town, Boccadasse, as a “secret, inward-looking kasbah city”. But the one-time secluded fishing village is now part of Genoa, and comes alive on summer evenings. For locals, pastel-coloured Bocca…
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Summer 2018:, music returns to Genoa
George Gershwin, the famous pianist and composer of Rhapsody in Blue, said, “I like to think of music as an emotional science”. And how can you disagree? If music is able to free us from reality and set our imaginations adrift, th…