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 The fort which was defended by Foscolo |
Strada per i Due Fratelli Genoa 16100 Italy |
Building work was started by De Sicre, a Frenchman, in 1747 and finished by the sabaudo military engineers in 1832. It's main feature is a square tower with three levels and the remains of the walls supporting the ramparts around the fort. The Fratello Minore (literally baby brother) is on top of the Spino mountain, 622 metres above sea level. It's the end-point of many of the itineraries which leave from the centre of City wall Park and take you up to the villages at Begato and Geminiano. This is the only one of the two 'brothers' which has survived. The other was built nearby and underwent heavy fire in the fierce fighting with the Austrians during their siege in 1800. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Bathing establishment in pretty bay |
Via V Maggio, 26 Genoa 16147 Italy |
The Bagni Cinque Maggio are located in a pretty bay, just a short distance from the Genova Quarto railway station. Going down the entrance stairway you cross through the bar-restaurant and then come out onto the beach where you can swim under the watchful eye of the lifeguard Luca. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Bathing establishment on a sandy beach |
Lungomare G. Govi Genoa 16016 Italy |
This bathing establishment is run by Ivana and Tino. The beach is a mixture of sand and pebbles. It has a bar which serves drinks and snacks, and there is also table football. It is open from mid-May to mid-September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Live music in the evenings |
Lungomare G. Govi Genoa 16016 Italy |
The Bagni Central bathing establishment is on a sandy beach. It has a bar and canoe hire, and there is live music during the evening. It is open from May to September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Covo |
Via Rossetti, 1 Santa Margherita Ligure Genoa 16038 Italy +39 185 28 6558 |
The Covo is a complex famous for its disco and restaurant where young and old come from Liguria and the surrounding area to spend the evening. During the summer season, there is also the swimming pool on the stretch of land that surrounds the rocky promontory where the discotheque is located. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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La Marina |
Via Pomaro, 8 San Michele di Pagana Genoa 16035 Italy +39 185 5 1410 |
Bagni La Marina offers the usual services such as sun beds, beach huts and a bar as well as a wide selection of video games for children and a small jetty for diving for older children. Bar is open year round. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Sandy beach |
Lungomare Kennedy Genoa 16011 Italy |
From the Bagni Maria's sandy beach or from the comfortable seats in the bar restaurant you can observe the young (and the not so young) taking part in the acqua gym, acqua volley, and in swimming courses. There is a special swimming pool for children only. This bathing establishment is run by Signora Giovanna, an ardent lover of new information technology; so make sure you let her know that you have heard about the Bagni Maddalena on the Internet! Hot showers are free for all customers. It is open from mid-May to mid-September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Bathing establishment in central location |
Lungomare G. Govi Genoa 16016 Italy |
This bathing establishment is in a very central position. Its beach is a mixture of sand and pebbles. You can hire canoes and pedalos here, or play table tennis and table football. On Saturday evenings, there is an open-air disco in front of the bar. It is open from May to September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Popular with families |
Piazza C. A. Dallachiesa Genoa 16016 Italy |
Entire Genoese familes spend the summer months in the town of Ponente (Cogobeach), taking advantage of its vicinity to the city which enables parents to reach their workplace in little more than half an hour. The Bagni Marinella, at Cogoleto, have become an institution. This bathing establishment is in a very central location and has more than ten years of experience. Additions are always being made, such as the recent children's swimming pool and the floating island. It has a bar, which serves drinks and snacks, and hires out pedalos. It is open from mid-May to mid-September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beach at the western end of Cogoleto |
Loc. Arrestra Genoa, Savona 17100 Italy |
The Bagni Mauro beach is twinned with the adjacent Bagni Pippo beach. It is located at the extreme Western end of Cogoletto, although it falls under the administration of Varazze. The beach is a mixture of pebbles and sand and the area is very quiet. It is fairly easy to park nearby without having to spend hours looking for a parking space. There is a bar which sells snacks and drinks, and you can also hire pedalos and canoes here. The Bagni Mauro offer an interesting game known as "rave sport" which involves an unusual way of diving into the sea. It is open from May to September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Garibaldini |
Via V Maggio, 28 Genoa 16148 Italy |
The area of Quarto is better known as Quarto dei Mille because it was from here that Garibaldi left on his expedition to the south. Today there is an imposing statue to record the event giving the name of Monumento to the area between the train station of Quarto and the sea as well as the bathing establishment, with its bar and restaurant at its feet. As with all beaches to the east of Genoa, it is located between the sea and the coastal road, which can be reached by a small stairwell. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Bathing establishment with 281 beach huts |
Lungomare Kennedy Genoa 16011 Italy +39 10 912 6668 |
The beach at the Bagni Nuono Lido is made up of a mixture of sand and pebbles (it depends on the mood of the sea), and is spread over more than 110 metres in the centre of Arenzano. It has 281 beach huts, a salt water swimming pool for adults, and a fresh water pool for children. The bar serves drinks and snacks, and has an excellent view over the sea. You can hire pedalos, roller skates, and canoes. The Bagni Nuovo Lido offer everything you need (and more) for an excellent day by the sea! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Pagana |
Via Pomaro San Michele di Pagana Genoa 16035 Italy |
In the bay of San Michele, the Bagni Pagana are recognisable by the long pier with a cloloured beach hut which juts out into the sea like a pile dwelling! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Bathing establishment with beach volleyball |
Via Aurelia di Ponente Genoa 16016 Italy |
This bathing establishment is run by a young couple who are planning to carry out some great improvements on the place, however even now it is a good place to go and offers some excellent local fish dishes. The beach is a mixture of sand and pebbles. There are 50 beach huts and 60 umbrellas. You can hire pedalos and canoes, or play beach volleyball. It is open from mid-May to mid-September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Private beach area between Cogoleto and Varazze |
Loc. Arrestra Genoa, Savona 17100 Italy |
The Bagni Pippo are "married" (as are the respective owners) with the Bagni Mauro, and share the same area of sandy and pebbly beach as well as the "rave sport" - this game involves a floating buoy placed in the open sea off these two bathing establishments on the border between Cogoleto and Varazze. There is a bar which serves drinks and snacks, and you can also hire pedalos and canoes here. It is open from May to September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Games for children and the elderly |
Via Parenti Genoa 16016 Italy |
This bathing establishment is of a medium size and the beach is a mixture of sand and pebbles. You can hire pedalos and play ping pong here. The two owners, Federica and Francesca, have provided entertainment for both the young and the not so young. The Bagni Sorriso have colourful games for children and a small bowls area. It is open from May till September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Rino's Star |
Via Pomaro San Michele di Pagana, Rapallo Genoa 16035 Italy +39 185 5 7465 |
Bagni Stella, with their 85 beach huts and 300 sunbeds are a real point of reference for the summer tourist trade. The establishment with its yellow-green colours has a bar where the owner Rino sells excellent rolls and hot food. When the sea is calm you can hire rowing boats and pedalos. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Pebbly beach |
Via P. Rubens, 36 r Genoa 16158 Italy +39 10 613 6305 |
Andrea is a life guard and runs this bathing establishment which is the furthest west in Genoa. This pebbly beach doesn't exactly make you think of the Caribbean, and the buildings could do with a bit of work, but the bar and restaurant (open all year round) and the 60 beach huts are just a few minutes from the city. It is open from May to September. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Fort |
Strada Militare fuori le Mura Genoa, Genoa 16010 Italy |
The Diamante fort is distinguished by its particular star-shape form. It is perfectly visible from the sky. The fort is the highest and furthest from the coast. It was built under the supervision of the Frenchman De Sicre in only two years, from 1756 to 1758, in a strategic position at the confluence of the Polcevera and Bisagno valleys. It has undergone few modifications in time since. 667 metres above sea-level, it is connected by a secret underground tunnel to the Forte Sperone. This fort represented the first bulwark of the city's defences against northern attackers. At present, it is not possible to visit inside due to many decades of decay. However, its lower bastions offer equally complete views of the city, the valleys and the Riviera. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Red Cross museum |
Via P. Cavallieri, 42 Genoa 16014 Italy +39 10 78 3694 |
This museum was set up in 1981 and was definitively opened in 1986. Its main aim is to disclose human rights, it is important for the didactic significance of the materials on display. An interesting archive of photographs and other objects are exhibited in the museums seven rooms, they are divided into sections which include: documents which demonstrate the growth of the Red Cross throughout the years (Red Cross), stamps from many countries which depict the Red Cross, equipment used in Red Cross hospitals during and after the war (Hospitals), pedagogical publications (Health Education), the history of the emergency services (Evolution of means), information about the founder and the local branch (Brief local history), photographs from 1908 to the present day (The Work of the Red Cross), and work done during the wars (The Red Cross during the War). Admission: Free. It is run by volunteers, and can be visited on request. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 The genovese sanctuary |
Monte Figogna, Loc. Santuario Genoa, Genoa 16014 Italy |
Located on Monte Figogna, at a height of 804 metres above sea-level, this is the favourite of all Genovese sanctuaries, a place of real devotion as well as of pilgrimage and countryside excursions. In 1490, after the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Benedetto Pareto, a humble farmer from a village in the valley, a chapel was built, demolishing an old watch tower from which the sanctuary takes its name. The current building, the result of a grand design willed by the Polcevera valley dwellers, was inaugurated in 1890, when the apparition was seen again. The most interesting part of the entire building is without doubt the gallery of the ex-votaries: they were devoutly faithful but simultaneously excluded form the daily life of the time. Near the sanctuary, which welcomes visitors, there are picnic facilities, several good restaurants where pilgrims can take some sustenance after the long climb, which can be undertaken on foot, by bicycle, or, for the lazier, by bus or car. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Ships, globes and armour in a sixteenth century villa. |
Piazza C. Bonavino, 7 Genoa 16156 Italy +39 10 696 9885 |
Opened in 1930, this museum is housed in the sixteenth century villa which belonged to the nobleman banker Adamo Centurione. It was later extended by Vannone at the wishes of Gian Andrea Doria, who had it beautifully frescoed by L. Tavarone. Conserved in the museum are nautical instruments, figure heads, portholes, cards, nautical paintings, armour and models of ancient ships, which document four centuries of naval art and history (from the 12th -16th centuries). The modern collection has been recently transferred to the Padiglione del Mare e della Navigazione, in the Area del Porto Antico. Among the exhibits at Pegli, there is a much celebrated View of Genova in 1481 painted by C. Grassi, as well as a late fifteenth-century reproduction of a lost fresco, two large globes showing the earth and the heavens, which belonged to the cosmographer M.V. Coronelli, a well-known portrait of Christopher Colombus, traditionally attributed to Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio (early 16th century), and models of the galleons which belonged to the great explorers, made in 1892 by Captain D'Albertis. The park behind the palazzo is of great natural interest, featuring a lake on which it is possible to sail; there is an enchanted isle in the centre, designed by Galeazzo Alessi, which is today unfortunately in a state of disrepair. Entrance: Free for school parties (booking required), under 18's and pensioners. Free entrance for all on Sundays. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Paper making museum |
Via Acquasanta 251 Genoa 16010 Italy +39 10 63 8103 http://www.acquasantaonline.it... |
In Acquasanta, a few kilometres from Voltri, in the small Piccardo paper mill, dating back to 1756, you can visit this interesting paper maker centre. It documents the various techniques of paper making in Val Leira which has been the principal centre of Genoese paper making since the 16th century (in 1850 there were 150 paper makers working here). It exhibits original paper making machinary and equipment, many of which remained in use here until 1985, as well as watermarks. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 A neogothic villa in the Val Polcevera |
Via Cassissa Genoa, Genoa 16010 Italy +39 10 71 5577 |
One of the rare Italian examples of an English house and garden, this perfectly conserved estate lies in the Val Polcevera, on the left banks of the Torrente Secca, in the little Rio Comago valley. It was built in 1850 by C. Cusani, the Lombard landscape architect, as a country residence for the Genovese nobleman Orso Serra. The neogothic Tudor house has a three peaked façade, high chimney stacks and bow-windows. The romantic English park features woods, lakes with water games, the essential viewpoints and gives an overall impression of a period garden, down to the rare botanic plants. Among the species of tree there are sequoias, cypresses, beech trees, Lebanese cedars and horse chesnuts. The estate remained the property of the Serra family until 1938, when it was handed over to the local council, who converted it into a public park, which is now revealed in all its original splendour after a period of recent restoration. There is a bar and an information office within the park. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The bread fortress |
Strada per i Due Fratelli Genoa 16100 Italy |
The fort was built by Sardinian military engineers between 1815 and 1828. It is based on a previous design. The Puin fort is the smallest and best preserved of the forts which made up the nineteenth century defensive network of the city. It owes its name to a corruption of the Italian word for bread 'pane'. The fort was evidently used as a store for provisions. It is made up of a central square tower, surrounded by a rare star-shaped defensive wall. Five pentagonal bulwarks give it a very dramatic effect. At 500 meters above sea level, it has beautiful views looking over the City wall park. The fort has been used by the Comune both as a place to watch for fires as well as a meeting point and shelter for groups during excursions and guided tours. For further information you should contact the comune di Genova City desk 2p-3p M-F. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Safe and sound in the cloisters |
Via Tommaso Reggio Genoa 16123 Italy +39 10 2 7001 |
The cloisters are next to the State archive, which was once the Criminal courts. They are connected to the Archbishops office and theCathedral of S.Lorenzo by a series of hanging bridges. They have undergone a restoration project over several years now and they have been transformed into the new site for the Diocesan Musum of Sacred Art. They were built at the end of the twelfth century and incorporated part of the ninth century city walls. They were the residence of the Canons of the Cathedral up until 1800 when they were increased in size and changed into housing. During the last war they were damaged by bombardment. Today they are again splendid, characterized by a loggia with coupled columns, similar to those seen at the cloisters of S.Andrea. In the loggia there is a collection of interesting examples of art, (wooden floors decorated with prints, wall paintings from the 15th century). It is interesting to remember that this cloister had the benefit of immunity; a fact inscribed on a memorial stone in the facade. It was a safe refuge for those who were threatened by either public or private violence. Moreover, according to folklore every Holy Thursday the cloisters offered a meal to thirteen of the city's poor. Also they would regularly distribute soup, focaccia bread and wine. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make visits at present. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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A Roman church in Valbisagno |
Via Creto 64 Genoa 16165 Italy +39 10 80 9000 |
In the valley of the Bisagno river, this Benedictine abbey is one of the most important and best preserved Romanesque, Genoan churches. Commissioned in 1025 by the Landolfo bishop in the birthplace of the first bishop of Genoa, Siro, there have been various restorations which eliminated the baroque additions and restored the splendid original facade. It is entirely made of stone with a three part facade, a valuable belltower and semicircular apses. Inside there is a font dating from the thirteenth century, a stature of San Siro from 1640 and a splendid portrayal of San Siro, dating from the beginning of the sixteenth century, showing a horrendous monster of a half serpent and a half dragon, a symbol of heresy. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Deer and Tibetan goats in the park |
Vico Da Corte, 2 Genoa 16158 Italy |
Built between the 16th and 17th centuries in the Voltri region, at the very edge of the present day "Grande Genova", the villa underwent reconstruction work in the nineteenth century, at the wishes of the owner Maria Brignole Sale, the Duchess of Galliera. A cultured and refined woman, a benefactress of the city, who was to furnish the Palazzo Bianchi and Palazzo Rosso with the respective art collections, as well as donating large amounts of money to charitable trusts, the duchess left this villa, and the enormous park surrounding it to the city council. The estate is actually known not so much because of the villa, but on account of the 25 hectares of land around it, including an Italian garden, the sanctuary of N. S. delle Grazie, and several other eclectic buildings like the "Latteria" (dairy), the castle and the "Café". Walking round the park, you cross large green areas, with woods, grottoes and meadows where a herd of friendly deer live in captivity; fun for the children and another excuse to leave the hustle and bustle of the city to immerse yourself in this natural oasis of calm. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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