BEST OF GENOA ITALY! 🇮🇹 THE MOST UNDERRATED CITY IN THE ITALIAN RIVIERA! (& PORTOFINO DAY TRIP)

In today's vlog we'll be showing around the underrated city of Genoa Italy and a fun little day trip to the iconic Italian Riviera town of Portofino 🇮🇹

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Why is nobody coming to Genoa? We don't know. But it's such a cool city with so many kind and genuine people and of course, delicious food! We had a blast exploring this beautiful part of Italy.

On day 2, we headed to Portofino. Which is known for its glamorous yacht-lined harbor and pastel-colored buildings and even though it wasn't exactly our vibe, it's one of the most beautiful places we've ever visited!

We hope you enjoy this Genoa Italy vlog! If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments. We are always happy to help! ❤️

Thanks so much for watching and we will see you next Saturday from Bologna!

XO,
Aimara & Gordon

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[mabelmayorca]

Italy y is a beautiful country!, No matter how many times you visit, you always end up falling in love again with its people, its food, its culture, its history!

[GJKemp]

YES! Welcome back you two! Good to see you both again. Loving the Italian travel videos! 💛 Cannot wait for the next one!

[alexsbr]

Nice video and it's always good to see someone who comes from abroad to review Genoa. Indeed, we are too often overlooked by the main tourist routes.

The only criticism I feel is related to the fact that only the city center was visited.

Genoa is 20 Km long (West-East) and almost every neighborhood has its own ancient churches, historic palaces and villas, parks, etc. The various Genoese neighborhoods were nineteen independent municipalities, of different sizes and development, until 1926, when they were unified with the central (and biggest) one, the historical Genoa. Some suffered from strong building speculation in the 60s / 70s (a period of intense immigration from the central and southern Italy) which makes the town seem a continuous whole, but anyway they have maintained a strong identity.

However, despite having passed almost a century, the vast majority of tourist guides / television documentaries / the institutional tourist promotion, seem to be interested only in what is present in the cental area, where there was the "historical" (central) Genoa, neglecting the more decentralized districts like Sestri, Pegli, Nervi, etc so unfortunately it's a generalized problem.

If you were to return, I would like to recommend the "Villa Duchessa di Galliera" in Voltri with its large historical park, the "Parco Villa Durazzo Pallavicini" in Pegli (unfortunately this isn't free), the "Sanctuary of Nostra Signora del Monte Gazzo" above the neighborhood of Sestri Ponente, from which you can see a panorama that sweeps for a good part of the west ligurian coast, and the "Anita Garibaldi promenade" in the Nervi district, with its parks and art museums.

And yes, we eat focaccia (rarely the one with onions) dip in cappuccino (or in coffee with milk, which is served in regular espresso cups) for breakfast and sometimes as an afternoon snack. However, focaccia, plain or stuffed with onions, olives, salami, etc... is also eaten alone or accompanied by local white wines.
Tthe combination of sweet and salty is not to everyone's taste and outside of Liguria the custom of combining focaccia and cappuccino is not usually practiced.

[sergiopoggetti]

the beauty of Italy is diversity, you can find charm in every country and in every city, they are all different, I love Genoa for its Carrugi and I am happy you liked it, as in Portofino it is very expensive like all the places well-known tourist, as they say in Italy: "TI PELANO", congratulations for the nice video.

[Yasin_Affandi]

Beautiful. Thank you for this wonderful video.

[mihaigrosu]

Welcome back guys and welcome to 2024 ! I wish you and wonderfull year and thanks for this beatiful Genova trip, to start the year. Some sunshine in this cold days of winter 😍😍

Siii, focaccia molto inzuppato nel cappuccino. Il salato della focaccia contrasta con il dolce del cappuccino

[JasonandMelissaTravel]

Great video, A&G! As always we love watching your adventures! 🥂

[pony-aracno]

I confirm, we put the focaccia, the normal one not the one with onions, in the cappuccino or in the sweetened coffee and milk. and we like it very much

[gletschert]

Genoa was such a cool city! Better go back for more of that pesto 😎

[Dipuffpuff]

Awesome video, thank you ❤ finally will go to my dream country this fall (plan includes Milano, Florence, Genoa, Bologna and Venice) and taking Mom to her dream city Paris 🎉
Enjoyed your video a lot, especially food part 😊

[Thesavageeye]

My ancestors from the family Andriollo came from Genoa. What a gorgeous city‼️❤️

[inthedark]

Just came back from a 10 day solo trip to Italy, France & Spain. Part land part MSC cruise. Pro tip::: Pack light!! I can’t express that enough. So much walking, so many stairs and uneven cobble stone terrain. It’s ok to be fashionably stylish but do dress comfortable and plan to rewear your clothes. It’s ok to wash a few outfits and wear them again. Also.. if in Italy specifically Genova. Never enter a bus without a ticket. You cannot pay on the bus. The police comes on the bus and asks for your ticket. If you don’t produce a ticket you will be forced to pay €67 later or€47 on the spot by credit card. The will not budge with tears or pleading about being an English speaking tourist. Happened to me and had I let it get to me it certainly would have ruined my trip 2 days in. For the trains make sure that if you buy your ticket at the station that you validate it at one of the many machines before boarding. If you bought it online make sure that the pass is downloaded to your wallet or you have a screenshot of it. For taxi drivers always navigate the route with them on your speakerphone or they will take you the longest route possible to Jack up the fare.

[hydeyoungg]

Hello. It's been too long. Where are you? Thank you for this beautiful video. See you.

[omi]

My favorite artist live in this city😍
Her name is Elisa Rosselli ❤

[nicost]

I personally dip focaccia in milk and chocolate, for me it's even better. But only very few people that I know of here in Genova dip ONION focaccia in cappuccino. That we all do here it's a myth.

[Mahfudsidiq]

Pemandangan gedung gedung kota besar dengan penataan yg indah 1:40

[Florence-kndq]

😂😂😂😂focaccia in the cappuccino!! Salt no, only sweets we eat with cappuccino or coffee. Poor you for your bad experience 🤪🤗

[loickjean-paulletarnec]

Can't believe you guys fell for it. 😂😂

[poklars]

Genova, Bari or Verona? 😂 which one is better? Can’t decide!