We offer sightseeings and guiding services in Genoa, Portofino, Cinque Terre and in the eastern part of the region Liguria with professionaly qualified travel guides - special itineraries for cultural groups and students - walk itineraries in our natural parks.
2 hours or more in Genoa
HD CLASSICAL TOUR
Panoramic tour by coach and/or visit on foot of the historical center, one of the largest and most interesting in Europe.
Visit of the main monuments and of some palaces, which are on World Heritage List since july 13th, 2006.
St. Laurence cathedral – the ducal palace – S.Matteo square and the Doria family quarter – the Jesus church that holds two paintings by P.P.Rubens – Garibaldi street, that dates back to the Renaissance and was called “the Golden Street” – De Ferrari square, the heart of the city of the 19th century – the house of Columbus – the city gate Porta Soprana.
Eventually spianata Castelletto (by coach or by lift), a terrace that overlooks the historical center and the old port.
1 day or more in Genoa
FD TOUR allows different choices:
1- Boccadasse, a typical fishing village surrounded by the modern city - by coach.
2- Visit of a museum either “Principe” Palace, the residence of Andrea Doria in the XVI century; Spinola Palace of Pellicceria, an example of a genoese noble palace situated in the heart of the medieval part of the city; the Royal Palace, an ancient mansion of the Balbi family, that became the genoese residence of the Savoy family in the 19th century; the Palaces: Rosso, Bianco, Tursi, where one can admire paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Anton Van Dyck, Caravaggio, Veronese and wonderful frescoes + the violin of Paganini.
3- monumental cemetery of Staglieno where every rich genoese family, in the 19th century, wanted to build the most beautiful monument (by coach)
4- guided Harbour Tour (40 minutes)– to discover one of the most important and largest harbours in the Mediterranean Sea, and its millenary history.
5- Genova Nervi – with its beautiful sea-promenade built on the rocks overlooking the sea and its famous gardens of the villas Gropallo, Serra and Grimaldi, today public parks, characterized by a tropical and a Mediterranean vegetation - by coach or by train.
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