Places to visit Genoa

Get around

There regular buses servicing the whole city, but the timetables one can see at stops are not always reliable. In addition to this there is a short tube railway connecting the city center with the peripheral district of Rivarolo.

Trains travel through the whole city in the east/west direction; this is probably the best way to travel if you plan to see some perypheral districts on the coastline, as no bus travels for the whole width of the city.

The hystorical center is serviced by bus only around some important squares and streets (Piazza Acquaverde for Stazione di Piazza Principe, Piazza della Nunziata, Largo Zecca, Piazza Corvetto, Piazza Caricamento); caruggi are best seen on foot.

Places to See:

• The natal house of Cristoforo Colombo. In piazza Dante you will find what is said to be the natal house of Columbus; 
• The impressive fortification belt built on the hills surrounding the city, originating in the 16th Century;
• There is a funicular railway servicing Monte Righi, where one can have pleasant walks on the surrounding hills and to the fortifications (see above), or just admire the spectacular view of the city and the Mediterranean Sea.
• Spianata Castelletto is a nice belvedere where one can have a pleasant view of the city and of the seaport. It can be reached by public lift from Piazza della Nunziata or on foot from that very same square.
• Other good places to visit are: The Aquarium, The Naval Museum, The Cathedral of San Lorenzo and The Historical Center. Genoa is known to have Europe’s biggest historical center. This is the heart of the old city. It’s made up of an incredible amount of tiny streets and alleys called Caruggi.
• Walking through it will plump you right back in ancient times when Genoa was the most important harbour of the Mediterranean sea. Get a ferry to Genoa and enjoy these main sights.

Miscellaneous

• The Aquarium of Genoa was the largest in Europe at the time it was built.
• The University of Genoa, with 40,000 students (one of the largest universities in Italy) was founded in 1471.
• Genoa Cricket & Football Club was the first football team founded in Italy, in 1893. Even if it plays in Serie B, it's the most followed team in town.
• U.C. Sampdoria, football club founded in 1946 from the merger of two existing clubs, Andrea Doria (founded in 1895) and Sampierdarenese (founded in 1911), it's the second team of the city. Its supporters come mostly from southern Italy and live in Genoa's suburbs.
• The 27th G8 summit took place in Genoa in July 2001.
• For 2004, the European Union designated Genoa as the European Capital of Culture, along with the French City of Lille.

Genoa 's ferry operators and routes:

SNCM Ferries:        

• ferry Genoa - Tunis;
• ferry Tunis - Genoa

Grimaldi Ferries Prestige: 

• ferry Genoa - Malta;
• ferry Malta - Genoa

Grimaldi Ferries Prestige: 

• ferry Genoa - Catania;
• ferry Catania - Genoa

Moby Ferry Lines:   

• ferry Genoa - Olbia;
• ferry Olbia - Genoa

Moby Ferry Lines:   

• ferry Genoa - Bastia;
• ferry Bastia - Genoa

Getting to Genoa Ferry port

Grandi Navi Veloci

Direction Source: www.AFerry.to