Genoa
Our tour starts at Piazza Caricamento, Genoa's striking cityscape, with pastel buildings piled up steep hillsides above the long curving waterfront can be admired from a variety of viewpoints along our open top tour of this fascinating city. The town has many museums to visit, including galleries dedicated to modern art and a great museum of nautical history. Your tour, with easy access to both train stations, provides the opportunity to explore the key tourist areas, shopping zone and many attractions including the Cathedral San Lorenzo, a building in a patchwork of styles from Gothic to Renaissance and close by the huge Palazzo Ducale.
Genoa boasts one of Italy's UNESCO World Heritage sites. This status was awarded for the early town-planning of the Strade Nuove 'new streets' district, where grand palaces were erected in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries as part of a scheme where noble families, resident in the new palaces, would pay host to visiting dignitaries. Via Garibaldi, an elegant narrow street lined with grandeur, is the cultural centre of tourist Genoa. The town's best art collections can be visited here, in three palaces grouped together as the Musei di Strada Nuova: Palazzo Bianco, Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Tursi, Garibaldi, where highlights include works by Rubens as well as many local artists.
Down by the rejuvenated Porto Antico (Old Port) are a number of attractions for all the family, including the Aquarium, which, along with the UNESCO listing, is Genoa's proudest attraction, and where visitors can admire sharks and dolphins up close.
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| Tour: |
City Sightseeing Genoa |
| Start Point: |
Piazza Caricamento |
| Duration: |
50 mins |
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60 mins |
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1 July - 31 October 2010 |
| Ticket Validity: |
24 hours |
| Commentary: |
Multi lingual commentary in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian |
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Adult: €15.00
Child (4-15yrs): €7.50
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