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Things to Do in Genoa

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Things to Do in Genoa

Ways to tour Genoa

Book these experiences for a close-up look at Genoa.

Genoa City Hop-On Hop-Off Tour
30
Bus Tours
from $22.43 per adult
Do Eat Better Experience - Food Tours in Genoa
122
Walking Tours
from $69.40 per adult (price varies by group size)
Discover the secrets of Genoa with a storyteller!
18
Walking Tours
from $38.95 per adult
Snorkeling Experience in Genoa for Small Groups
1
from $27.15 per adult
Segway Tour Caruggi
16
Segway Tours
from $70.82 per adult
Segway Tour Via Del Campo
6
Segway Tours
from $35.41 per adult
Panoramic Tour across the "creuze" with a storyteller
20
Cable Car Tours
from $46.04 per adult
Traditional Home Cooking Class in Genoa
Cooking Classes
from $88.53 per adult
Finance and Nobility: Explore medieval Genoa on an audio walking tour
Walking Tours
from $5.47 per adult
Genoa Walking Tour: Discover Hidden Treasures and Street Food
7
Full-day Tours
from $189.83 per adult

Tours & Sightseeing

Top Attractions in Genoa

1. Boccadasse

Neighborhoods

Small but atmospheric former fishing village that is now part of Genoa"s suburbs.

2. Galata Museo del Mare

Speciality Museums

This new museum on Genoa’s waterfront offers an intensive and in depth immersion in Genoa’s long history as a naval…

3. Passeggiata Anita Garibaldi a Nervi

Historic Walking Areas

Nervi

A purpose made 2km coastal walkway from Nervi to Capolungo.

4. Spianata Castelletto

Observation Decks & Towers

Castelletto

The city of Genova is build as an amphitheater on the sea.

5. Museo di Palazzo Reale

Points of Interest & Landmarks • History Museums

Temporarily closed

Today it is a museum consisting of the historic residence, annex garden and art gallery, Galleria di Palazzo Reale…

6. Via Giuseppe Garibaldi

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Historic Walking Areas

Piccapietra

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Opened after 1550, to group together the city's prominent families, the road reminds you of the wealth and private…

7. Aquarium of Genoa

Aquariums

Righi

It is located by the harbor near several historic scenes.

8. Cattedrale di San Lorenzo - Duomo di Genova

Religious Sites

Sottoripa

This very large 12th century cathedral is indicative of the wealth and power of Genoa in the Middle Ages .

9. Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno

Cemeteries

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Since then, the Genoese bourgeoisie has witnessed here its values of homeland, value, duty, sacrifice, charity with…

10. Palazzi dei Rolli

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Castelletto

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Open now

These palaces are core group of over 120 palaces in Genoa that thrived in 16th-17th century.

11. Old Port

Piers & Boardwalks

Sottoripa

Modern port with significant historical implication and replica of one of the three ships: Santa Maria, Pinta, or Nina…

12. Piazza Raffaele De Ferrari

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Piazza De Ferrari

Heart of Genoa, not far from the city gates and Christopher Columbus birth place and surrounded by historic buildings…

13. Castello d'Albertis

Speciality Museums • Castles

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The museum isn't large but it contains an idiosyncratic collection of artefacts, collected worldwide by its intrepid…

14. Basilica di Santa Maria di Castello

Religious Sites • History Museums

This papally designated basilica is near the port and the walls of the ancient city.

15. Palazzo Ducale

Art Museums

Piazza De Ferrari

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Open now

It incorporates pre-existing medieval buildings which house different offices and attractions.

16. Musei di Strada Nuova - Palazzo Rosso

Speciality Museums

Castelletto

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Temporarily closed

By GjazzTraveller

This Palazzo has been renovated and converted into a museum that displays many 16th Century dark and dour religious…

17. Via XX Settembre

Points of Interest & Landmarks

It is a Grand Avenue, where modern shopping stores, are embedded in old historic buildings.

18. Dialogo nel Buio

Speciality Museums

Temporarily closed

By giorgiocannella

It is a sensorial path exhibition in total absence of light with blind or visually impaired guides.

19. Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato

Churches & Cathedrals

This 17th century Basilica is enormous and fully adorned in Baroque style.

20. Villa Durazzo Pallavicini

Parks • Gardens

Pegli

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You will go down to Dante's hell and rebirth in Diana's Eden.

21. Chiesa del Gesu e dei Santi Ambrogio e Andrea

Religious Sites • Churches & Cathedrals

Piazza De Ferrari

The 19th-century façade, based on drawings by Rubens, was re-built after the demolition of a building that connected…

22. Mercato Orientale

Flea & Street Markets

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They have a new lunchroom with several vendors providing meals in a mall-type setting.

23. Caruggi Genoa

Neighborhoods

Piccapietra

The soul of the old Genoa made of dozens of small, narrow roads where you can find hidden restaurants, shops and more.

24. Villa del Principe

Speciality Museums • Art Museums

Temporarily closed

This Palazzo was damaged during the war and is squeezed between the rail station and a thruway.

25. Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola

Historic Sites • Art Museums

Sottoripa

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Temporarily closed

It has two floors of restored grand rooms, dripping with paintings, objets d'art and furniture.

26. Musei di Strada Nuova

Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

Castelletto

Palazzo Rosso is one of three Palaces converted to a museum on Via Garibaldi, the UNESCO World Heritage Street.

27. Lanterna di Genova

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Admission tickets from $7.10

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The lenses of its optical rotary project the light of a 120 Volt lamp for more than 50 kilometers.

28. Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto

Points of Interest & Landmarks

m horizontal track based ride in a tunnel then 70m vertical lift to the top, all in the same box.

29. Passeggiata di Corso Italia

Historic Walking Areas

Beautifully paved area leading from Boccadasse to Genova passing various bars, lidos and palazzi.

30. Teatro Carlo Felice

Theaters

Piazza De Ferrari

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