Recommended Restaurants

Twinroom brings to you a selection of some of the most popular and good value restaurants and eateries in Genoa.

Ristorante Zeffirino
Via XX Settembre 20
Genoa

Just off of one of the busiest boulevards the Ristorante Zeffirino has hosted a number of famous faces from Frank Sinatra to Pope John Paul II. Around 14 members of the Zeffirino family are responsible for preparing the best pasta in town using reciprs from all over Italy. The restaurant offers 1,000 types of wine. Ligurian specialties, including risotto alla pescatore are available from the regularly changing menu.

Gran Gotto
Viale Brigate Bisagno 69r
Genoa

Opened in 1937 this is one of the best restaurants in Genoa. The speciality at the Gran Grotto is the seafood, main dishes are of a high standard. Recommended dishes include the risotto and zuppa di pesce (fish soup).

Ugo
Via Giustiniani 86r
Genoa

Ugo is a traditional trattoria near San Donato serving Genovese and Ligurian cusine. This restaurant offers good value and is worth a visit. Ugo is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Da Giacomo
Corso Italia 1r
Genoa

Da Giacomo is widely regarded as the best restaurant in Genoa. The restaurant also features a piano bar and the décor is modern, decorated with a number of plants. Cuisine is predominantly Ligurian and the emphasis is on seafood. Pesto accompanies many dishes and visitors can drink some of the best regional wines in Italy.

Fratelli Klainguti
Piazza Soziglia
Genoa

The Fratelli Klainguti is a traditional cake shop, food is served in a lounge with antique mirrors and ornaments.

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Recommended Bars and Nightlife.

Twinroom suggests the following bars in and around Genoa.

Mako
Corso Italia 28r
Genoa

The Mako is a popular venue with a piano bar, disco and restaurant.

Le Corbusier
V.S. Donato 36
Genoa

Le Corbusier is a favourite with the young and trendy. Art exhibitions and poetry reading often take place here.

Rosse
Via Ravecca 54r
Genoa

The Rosse is a wine-bar with a great atmosphere.

Louisiana Club
Via San Sebastiano
Genoa

The Louisiana Club is the place to go for Jazz in Genoa. Traditional Jazz nights take place most nights from 10pm.

Quaalude
beneath the "Massari" signboard at Piazza Sarzano 14
Genoa

Quaalude is an underground nightclub that feature live bands and dance parties on the weekends.

Teatro Carlo Felice
Passo E. Montale, 4
Genoa

The Teatro Carlo Felice is Genoa's main opera house, tickets are generally hard to get but it is well worth trying. Performances include Opera, Classical music and ballet.

Moretti
Piazza San Bernardo 73r
Genoa

The Moretti is a fashionable meeting place in the centre of Genoa. This venue is original with wooden table and neon lights. Friday evenings are generally very busy but there are a large number of tables.

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Shopping

Not far from the Old Port, you can enter typical little shops and buy foods from every corner of the world: shark fins, wine from China, rice from Thailand, ouzo from Greece.
The "Oriental Market" is a large covered market facing the centrally located via XX Settembre where you can buy everything from fresh fish to oriental spices.
In via San Bernardo, the ancient drugstore Torielli with its historic sign, sells everything from tea to candied fruit covered with chocolate.
For traditional Genoese sweets you can try the ancient Viganotti laboratory of Vico Castagna for chocolates, or via Soziglia, for candied fruits.

Other Useful Information.

Stazione Principe on Piazza Acquaverde just above the port on the west side of the centre is the main train station. If you're arriving at Principe after dark, take care while moving through the station and avoid the notorious Via di Prè alley nearby.
Getting around the centre is best done on foot however, public transport tickets, available from tabacchi and newspaper stands, cost € 2.58 for the day, and are valid on buses and all of the city's various funiculars and lifts.

Another good way to get a flavour of the city is from a boat.

Genoa has a complicated double system of street-numbering: commercial establishments have red numbers (rosso), while all other buildings have black numbers (nero). For example, that Piazza San Bernardo 73r might be next-door Piazza San Bernardo 90n, but several hundred metres from Piazza San Bernardo 74r.

Airport Bus Links

The Volabus Linea 100 offers fast links between Genoa Airport and the City Centre.

The service runs every 30 minutes.

Tickets can be purchased on board for 2,07EUR and AMT travelcards are also valid.

All buses have air conditioning and luggage racks.

Buses run from :
Brignole Station - 05h30 until 23h00.
Genoa Airport - 06h15 until 23h45.

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