Mercato Orientale

Food marketGenoa & PortofinoAbout 1 hour

Genoa's covered market since 1899, in a former convent cloister off Via XX Settembre — produce and fish downstairs, a food hall on the upper level. The city's basil, and therefore its pesto, passes through here.

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