Getty Images. Looking up at the washing pegged on lines everywhere, it becomes obvious that these dark, cave-like laneways and blind alleys are still largely residential, although the number of fashionable bars, shops and cafes continues to grow.
Parts of the caruggi can feel somewhat unnerving, especially after dark. Although it's not particularly dangerous, do take care in the zone west of Via San Luca and south to Piazza Banchi, where most street prostitution and accompanying vice concentrates. East of the piazza is Via Orefici, where you'll find market stalls. Musei di Strada Nuova. Skirting the northern edge of the old city limits, pedestrianised Via Garibaldi formerly Strada Nuova was planned by Galeazzo Alessi in the 16th centuryβ¦.
Palazzo Reale. If you only get the chance to visit one of the Palazzi dei Rolli group of palaces belonging to the city's most eminent families , make it this one. Some 18, items from the period β are displayed in the Wolfson Collection, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, decorative arts,β¦. When the sun is shining, do as the Genovese do and decamp for a passeggiata late afternoon stroll along the oceanside promenade, Corso Italia, whichβ¦.
Abbazia di San Fruttuoso. The hamlet's sensitively restored Benedictine abbey was built as a final resting place for Bishop St Fructuosus of Tarragona, martyred in Spain in AD β¦. Palazzo Bianco. Flemish, Spanish and Italian artists feature at Palazzo Bianco, the second of the triumvirate of palazzi that are together known as the Musei di Stradaβ¦.
Villa Durazzo. This exquisitely turned-out mansion and gardens, part of a 16th-century castle complex, overlooks the sea. In the lavish Italian gardens, you can take anβ¦. Cappella Sistina. Though far less famous than its Roman counterpoint,β¦. Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola. This gallery's paintings are wonderfully displayed over four floors of the 16th-century Palazzo Spinola, once owned by the Spinola family, one of Genoa'sβ¦. Primo Piano. A beautiful historical space that runs a program of modern and contemporary shows along interesting curatorial themes.
