Genova aka: Genoa

Genova is a brilliant city, partially cuz its so unlike what you expect Italy to be like (which was a nice break after 2 months in Italy seeing small italian towns!). Friendly people, good shopping, history, easy access to the coast. Loved just sitting by the harbour watching the cruise ships prepare to leave. It felt much safer than I expected. I was a teenage girl travelling alone and had absolutely no hassle.

I went to Genova a few days before Christmas (2007), on a sunny day and with a sunny girl that completely changed my world in the last two years. She’s a perfect friend and Genova is the city of her heart and now it stays firmly in my heart too.
Keyworld for this old Sea Republic: BEAUTIFUL DECADENCE

Well, both sides of my family are from little towns surrounding Genova, and I would really like to see where my family is from.

The architecture in Genova is brilliant; lots of funky facades too. However, as a vegetarian, it had next to NO vegetarian food!!!It was difficult to find restaurants at all, actually!

Very rustic, and a little hilly. Worth an afternoon there perhaps but there is not that much to do!

Genoa is a beautiful city – lots of history, excellent food, with lots to do. Nice gateway to many beautiful sites – Cinque terre, Liguria, the Italian Riviera.

My impressions of Genoa are heavily coloured by having been there for the G8 summit a few years ago. Once they took the fences down and let us into the center of the city it seemd a pleasant place, but it’ll always sit in my mind as a place of fear, police brutality and governments hiding from their people.

I have stayed for 2 days (one night) and I was too sleepy that I could not hang around so much and the worst was that my camera was out of order so I could not take any pictures!
Seaside is beautiful , make sure that you see the Ship. It has an aquarium but it is quite expensive (I was a backpacker).

Spent 4 weeks on a short term mission trip here with my church

I know this sounds wierd..but the cemetary in Genoa is spectacular. A must see.

I want to do a pilgrimage for the martyrs of Diaz school …