Genoa until recently it was not among the favorite destinations for tourists, perhaps accomplices the many cities of art scattered around the peninsula that boast a greater tradition of hospitality and have been confirmed for decades, and in some cases for centuries, as destinations of holiday for every kind of tourist and traveler, from all over Italy, Europe and the world.
Actually the tourist attractions for those who decide to visit Genoa there is certainly no shortage. For example, after you settle into ahotel in Genoa you can visit the Ducal Palace, centuries-old seat of the city government, today, after an important restoration, one of the largest cultural centers in Italy, which houses archives, libraries, conference rooms and shops. You can discover them splendid architectures and the furnishings with interesting guided tours, or visit one of the large temporary exhibitions that it periodically hosts.
Tanta modern artof great interest and extraordinary quality also to Gallery of the White Palace, which in an eighteenth-century frame collects Italian paintings by the likes of Veronese, Filippino Lippi, Caravaggio, alongside Flemings such as Memling, G. David, Massys, Rubens, Van Dyck, French like Vouet and Lancret, and Spanish like Murillo and Zurbaran.
The review of Genoese painting between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, with works by Cambiaso, Strozzi, Assereto, Castiglione, Castello, De Ferrari, Piola and Magnasco. If you love painting your itinerary could continue with Gallery of Palazzo Rosso, one of the most important and ancient aristocratic residences of the city, today a splendid art gallery. In addition to precious frescoes by important Ligurian painters, you can admire paintings by Dürer, Guercino, Veronese, Reni, Preti, Strozzi, Castiglione and Van Dyck.
But theartistic offer Genoa does not stop there, just to give a last example we mention the National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola, where you can admire rich furnishings, curtains, porcelain, silver, and a prestigious picture gallery with works by major Genoese and European artists, such as Rubens, Van Dyck and Antonello da Messina. If nature attracts you more than art and history, you can't get lost the aquarium of Genoa, one of the best known, most visited and appreciated in the world, which will offer you an exciting journey into biodiversity, to discover truly extraordinary animals and plants.
A few steps from the Aquarium and above the City of Children, in the building of the Cotton Warehouses, the maritime collections of the so-called Sea Pavilion are located, thanks to which you can then continue your adventurous journey. If after staying in one of the many hotel in Genoa and having discovered its beauties, you will also want to move to its province, do not forget a visit to Camogli, Also known as City of the Thousand White Sailing Ships, an ancient fishing village, which has remained practically intact for centuries.
Another really interesting destination, especially if you are looking for one well equipped beach and known for the quality of its sea, it is Chiavari, overlooking the sea in the center of the Gulf of Tigullio, where the Entella river flows. Finally, we remind you that just over 30km from Genoa there is that real jewel called Portofino, one of the symbols of the dolce vita.
