Attraction in Genoa & Portofino

Beaches, temples, waterfalls, viewpoints and markets — the things worth building days around. Nothing here is booked on this page: each one says what it is and how long people spend there, then points at the stays and tours in the same area.

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Aquarium of Genoa

The largest aquarium in Italy, on the restored old harbour, and the one thing in Genoa that everyone with children ends up doing. Two to three hours and busy at weekends. The harbour around it — Renzo Piano's rebuild of the waterfront — is worth the walk on its own.

About 2.5 hours

Genoa & PortofinoAttraction

Chiesa di Sant'Antonio in Boccadasse

A former fishing village swallowed by the city, still a pebble cove ringed by ochre houses, twenty minutes east along the seafront promenade. Genoese come here for ice cream at sunset. The walk out along Corso Italia is half the point.

About 1 hour

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