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A night in Genova

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On my way to the French Riviera, I decided to stop over and spend the first night in Genova. Genova is fantastically connected for transportation, ala planes trains and automobiles....in this case including ferries as well. Unfortunately there were not any ferries going in the direction that I wanted to go, but sometime I would love to take one of the Genova to Barcelona ferries.

I did not have high expectations for Genova. It is, and always has been a major port town.

I figured that the modern interpretation of this would be a busy, dirty harbor. This was not the case. Genova is not a wonderland, but it has a lot to offer. It is one of the few cities that I have been to in Italy that really has a modern Italian vibe the way that an outsider would expect to see it. The city seamlessly combines modern demands with old world charm and behavior.

Genova is mostly known to us westerners as the bithplace of Christopher Columbus and the place that Marco Polo was hung. There are some truly fantastic buildings in the old port section and walking around at night transports to another era as perhaps only Florence can compete to do. It is very charming.

Labels: genova, italy, trips

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