Genoa Open Bus Tour with Live Guide: Discover the City's Iconic Sights

Highlights

• Panoramic Open Bus Tour
• Expert Live Guide
• Hop On Hop Off Ticket

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

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   Your tour leaves at our bus stop just outside Cruise Terminal

2. 2

   Piazza Caricamento

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   Aquarium of Genoa composed by 43 tanks including the 4 open-air ones in the Cetacean Pavilion. The total surface area of ​​the structure is 27,000 square metres. The tanks are home to around 15,000 animals of 400 different species including fish, marine mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates in environments that reproduce the original ones of the individual species with clear educational purposes.

3. 3

   Stop 3

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   The historic center of Genoa is the nucleus of the old city organized in the maze of alleys (caruggi) of medieval origin

4. 4

   Piazza Raffaele De Ferrari

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   It is the main square of Genoa. Located in the heart of the city, it represents its commercial, financial and economic hub, as well as being the main point of reference during the most important events of city life. The current appearance of the square took shape in the first two decades of the twentieth century, with the construction of the three streets that converge there from the east, via XX Settembre (1892-1901), via Dante and via Petrarca (1901-1915), and the four large buildings in eclectic style, headquarters of companies and institutions, built between 1899 and 1923 in the area obtained from the excavation of the hill of S. Andrea.These are contrasted, on the opposite side, by the neoclassical profile of the buildings built in the first half of the nineteenth century by Carlo Barabino in what was the ancient Piazza San Domenico: Carlo Felice theater (1827) and the Palazzo dell'Accademia ligustica di fine arts (1831).

5. 5

   Piazza della Vittoria

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   Piazza della Vittoria is one of the most central and largest squares in Genoa. The area adjacent to the square has been inhabited since very ancient times. Before the construction of Piazza della Vittoria in the 1930s, it existed in this flat area

6. 6

   Boccadasse

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   It is an ancient seaside village in the municipality of Genoa with its pastel-coloured houses, leaning against each other and crowded around a small bay, although now surrounded by the city context, it has remained almost unchanged over time, as it would have been could have seen a century or two ago. Some fishermen still continue their ancient activity.

7. 7

   Stop 7

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   It is one of the main arteries of Genoa. It develops along a route of approximately 2.2 km, entirely overlooking the sea. Built in the first decades of the twentieth century, it immediately became one of the main meeting points for the Sunday strolls of the Genoese, ending up being considered the promenade par excellence of the city.

8. 8

   Via XX Settembre

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   Built in the last decade of the nineteenth century, rectifying and widening the route of via Giulia and via della Consolazione, to create a new road towards the east, which until then had inadequate outlets for the urban expansion of the city. The name of the new road was the subject of heated discussions at the time, until the desire of numerous citizens to see the historic date of the Fall of Rome recognized with this name prevailed. The street was strongly supported by the mayor Andrea Podestà, but opposed by the resident population because to build it it was necessary to demolish houses and shops. Above all, the religious of the Rimedio church, expropriated to allow the passage of the artery, were against it. Among the other necessary demolitions there was that of the Sant'Andrea prison, hindered by the government.

Before you go

Location