A fun and amusing way to explore Genoa is to ride the various public elevators or funiculars of the city. Breathtaking city views guaranteed! At a very reasonable price.
Our first ride was on the Funicolare de S. Anna. Junior’s first-ever funicular ride – what a better place to do it than in Genoa! 🙂
Next, we opted to ride the Ascensore Castelletto, a public elevator. This one was located very near the funicular that we rode earlier.
A Weekend in (La Superba) Genoa – Old Port (Porto Antico) Area
A Trenitalia train transported us from Milano Centrale to Genoa (Principe) in about 2 hours. We passed picturesque locales and several tunnels on our way to La Superba.
Our hotel, Hotel Vittoria & Orlandini, proved to be a good choice – great location, comfortable room, friendly personnel.
The Old Port Area (Porto Antico)
I LOVE ports. Period. 🙂 And therefore, the Porto Antico area of Genoa was the first place we visited.
A weekend in (La Superba) Genoa – I
A city referred to as La Superba.
Home to the most delicious pesto… and amazing focaccia (oops, the goodies were GONE before I could take any pictures!).
Said to be the birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
Colorful houses in the hills… and public elevators as local transport!
A beautiful old port… and one of the largest aquariums in Europe.
Extremely narrow streets (caruggi)… and steep slopes.
Made famous by Shakespeare. “What news from Genoa?