Food market in Genoa & Portofino

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4 places

Area

Genoa & Portofino4

Kind of place

Food market4

Genoa & PortofinoFood market

Mercato Orientale

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.

About 1 hour

Genoa & PortofinoFood market

Bar del Mercato

Genoa & PortofinoFood market

Bar Ristorante Mercato

Genoa & PortofinoFood market

Cafè dell'Antico Mercato

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