A day in Genoa

Genoa offers great treasures for tourists looking to enjoy the city.   There’s excellent shopping, a bustling nightlife and amazing gourmet treats.  Before enjoying all that, though, it would do you well to take in the innumerable sights around the locale.

If you’re spending a day (or two) visiting the city’s major tourist destinations, make sure to buy a museum card.  This one card gets you a pass to 22 installations around the city.  Not only that, it affords you discounts for tickets to other popular spots around the metropolis, including the largest aquarium in Europe, the Sea Museum, various renovated palaces and theatres.

You can also forego the tickets and enjoy the city on a free pass, walking around the historic centre’s alleyways and piazzas.  It’s abuzz with cafes, restaurants and museums, all with a welcoming charm and nary an air of pretentiousness.   A stroll around the reinvigorated harbour should leave you in awe at the line upon line of multi-million dollar yachts.

Genoa is a veritable eye candy of a city for visitors at any time of the year so make sure to take time off from your busy plans to enjoy it.