Your guided tour starts in Piazza Matteotti, in front of the fascinating and beautifully decorated fa?ade of the Duchy Palace.

Continue to Piazza De Ferrari where you can visit the baroque Chiesa del Gesu and the Opera House Carlo Felice.

After walking through the fascinating carrugi (the narrow medieval alleys), the beautiful historical buildings and squares of the largest old town center in Europe, you reach Christopher Columbus' house in Piazza Dante and the majestic cathedral of San Lorenzo.

The tour ends in the old port area, a rare example of modern and industrial archaeology urban restoration, designed by Renzo Piano in 1992.

After visiting the old center you will continue the visit in via Garibaldi. This is the location of the most important historical Palaces of Genoa which were often celebrated by Rubens. Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Bianco house permanent art and residential Museums with an important collection of baroque paintings - and Palazzo Tursi, where you can admire Paganini's own violin and other of his personal belongings.

It's beauty lies in the magical atmosphere of the Porto Antico, the beating heart of Genoa, fulcrum for the city's cultural and social life and leisure-time.

A completely pedestrian-only area facing the sea where you can visit the Genoa Aquarium, the Galata Maritime Museum and take a look at the city from up above on the Bigo, the Panoramic Elevator devised by Renzo Piano.

The area of the old port was restored by Renzo Piano for the Columbus celebrations, the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of America. Since this time, every year larger areas of the old port are restored and converted to a new cultural usage. Its fascinating mixture of modern and medieval architecture attracts visitors from all over the world, making of the old port the busiest part of town, day and night.

The friendliness of the seals, the intelligence of the dolphins, the comic turns of the penguins, the unnerving calmness of sharks, and the cuteness of baby marine animals accompany you along the way.

A stimulating journey from the oceans of the origins of life to current themes of the safeguarding of aquatic habitats. An adventure that takes you from Mediterranean seabeds to a Madagascar lagoon, from mangrove forests to the jungle of hummingbirds, from Antarctic waters to delicate coral reefs abundant with life and color. You will experience the spectacular biodiversity of the Great Blue Ship, where you can stroke stingrays and find yourself face to face with young crocodiles. Come for a walk in the most beautiful seas of the world. A visit to Genoa Aquarium lasts a couple of hours, but it is a place you will never stop rediscovering.

Aquarium behind the scenes allows you to understand how the aquarium operates the facilities which host over 600 species of animals in extraordinary aquatic and terrestrial environments. You will learn about the filtration system, the techniques used to produce plankton, the treatment tanks, and even the preparation and distribution of food will no longer be a mystery. Above and beyond the tanks there is a wonderful world to discover. And don't forget to stop at the surface of what you see.

Visiting the Bigo Tower is an unusual guided tour from the sky on a spectacular panoramic-rotating lift. Designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, it offers a fascinating view over the old town area and the old busy port. The lift reaches over the 40 meters for a spectacular, amusing experience, with a selected music background and visuals explaining the city structure, famous locations and landmarks.

With 70 exhibition tanks (5 distributed on two levels) Genoa Aquarium represents the largest variety of ecosystem and the biggest Aquarium in Europe.

10,000 square meters of exhibition surface and more than 600 different aquatic species in their natural habitats. The friendliness of the seals, the intelligence of the dolphins, the comic turns of the penguins, the unnerving calmness of sharks, and the cuteness of baby marine animals accompany you along the way.

A stimulating journey from the oceans of the origins of life to current themes of the safeguarding of aquatic habitats. An adventure that takes you from Mediterranean seabeds to a Madagascar lagoon, from mangrove forests to the jungle of hummingbirds, from Antarctic waters to delicate coral reefs abundant with life and color. You will experience the spectacular biodiversity of the Great Blue Ship, where you can stroke stingrays and find yourself face to face with young crocodiles.

Cold shivers...at Genoa Aquarium. A new large exhibition area recreates the sub-Antarctic environment and welcomes two species of penguins. A great novelty refreshes the summer of the public of Genoa Aquarium: a new exhibition area dedicated to penguins which recreates the sub-Antarctic environment in which these animals live.

Come for a walk in the most beautiful seas of the world.

The Galata Maritime Museum, with more than 10,000 meters of exhibition space, is now the largest maritime museum in the Mediterranean.

The Galata is named after a base established by the Genovese at the port of Istanbul. It was the heart of the Republic's arsenal. Weapons were forged and stored here, but it was most important for the construction of galleys, the ships which Genoa sent to defend its power at sea.

The exhibition, arranged on four floors, logically starts with the large Galea. Spectacular reconstruction of ships and historic scenes, multimedia stations and spectacular audio-visual effects complete the wealth of nautical instruments, atlases, nautical maps, arms and antique pictures on show.

Visiting the Bigo is an unusual guided tour from the sky on a spectacular panoramic-rotating lift. Designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, it offers a fascinating view over the old town area and the old busy port. The lift reaches over the 40 meters for a spectacular, amusing experience, with a selected music background and visuals explaining the city structure, famous locations and landmarks.

The Galata Maritime Museum, with more than 10,000 meters of exhibition space, is now the largest maritime museum in the Mediterranean.

It is located in the oldest of the buildings of the municipal docks, restored by the Spanish architect Guillermo Vasquez Consuegra, who covered the original early seventeenth century building with steel, glass and wood.

The exhibition, arranged on four floors, logically starts with the large Galea. Spectacular reconstruction of ships and historic scenes, multimedia stations and spectacular audio-visual effects complete the wealth of nautical instruments, atlases, nautical maps, arms and antique pictures on show. A tour which is both informative and entertaining.

Visit the Genoa Aquarium, where the friendliness of the seals, the intelligence of the dolphins, the comic turns of the penguins, the unnerving calmness of sharks, and the cuteness of baby marine animals accompany you along the way.

A stimulating journey from the oceans of the origins of life to current themes of the safeguarding of aquatic habitats. An adventure that takes you from Mediterranean seabeds to a Madagascar lagoon, from mangrove forests to the jungle of hummingbirds, from Antarctic waters to delicate coral reefs abundant with life and color. You will experience the spectacular biodiversity of the Great Blue Ship, where you can stroke stingrays and find yourself face to face with young crocodiles.

Cold shivers...at Genoa Aquarium. A new large exhibition area recreates the sub-Antarctic environment and welcomes two species of penguins. A great novelty refreshes the summer of the public of Genoa Aquarium: a new exhibition area dedicated to penguins which recreates the sub-Antarctic environment in which these animals live.

Come for a walk in the most beautiful seas of the world. A visit to Genoa aquarium lasts a couple of hours, but it is a place you will never stop rediscovering.

Through a variety of filmed documentation, reconstructed settings and multi-medial displays you can have the opportunity to discover the extreme conditions of life at the South Pole and see the different things of research activity that have been carried out by the Italian Scientific Expeditions. This tour to the Antarctic National Museum offers you a new adventure - over and under the ice - to discover the great cetaceans and sea birds migrations towards Antarctica.

On a Genoa Aquarium visit, the friendliness of the seals, the intelligence of the dolphins, the comic turns of the penguins, the unnerving calmness of sharks, and the cuteness of baby marine animals accompany you along the way.

A stimulating journey from the oceans of the origins of life to current themes of the safeguarding of aquatic habitats. An adventure that takes you from Mediterranean seabeds to a Madagascar lagoon, from mangrove forests to the jungle of hummingbirds, from Antarctic waters to delicate coral reefs abundant with life and color.

Cold shivers...at Genoa Aquarium. A new large exhibition area recreates the sub-Antarctic environment and welcomes two species of penguins. A great novelty refreshes the summer of the public of Genoa Aquarium: a new exhibition area dedicated to penguins which recreates the sub-Antarctic environment in which these animals live.

You will experience the spectacular biodiversity of the Great Blue Ship, where you can stroke stingrays and find yourself face to face with young crocodiles. Come for a walk in the most beautiful seas of the world. A visit to Genoa aquarium lasts a couple of hours, but it is a place you will never stop rediscovering.

The guided tour starts in Piazza Matteotti, in front of the fascinating and beautifully decorated fa?ade of the Duchy Palace.

Continue to Piazza De Ferrari where you can visit the baroque Chiesa del Gesu and the Opera House Carlo Felice.

After walking through the fascinating carrugi (the narrow medieval alleys), the beautiful historical buildings and squares of the largest old town center in Europe, you reach Christopher Columbus' house in Piazza Dante and the majestic Cathedral of San Lorenzo.

The tour ends in the old port area, a rare example of modern urban restoration and industrial archaeology, designed by Renzo Piano in 1992.

It's beauty lies in the magical atmosphere of the Porto Antico, the beating heart of Genoa, fulcrum for the city's cultural and social life and leisure-time.

A completely pedestrian-only area facing the sea where you can visit the Genoa Aquarium, the Galata Maritime Museum and take a look at the city from up above on the Bigo, the Panoramic Elevator devised by Renzo Piano.

The area of the old port was restored by Renzo Piano for the Columbus celebrations, the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of America. Since this time, every year larger areas of the old port are restored and converted to a new cultural usage. Its fascinating mixture of modern and medieval architecture attracts visitors from all over the world, making of the old port the busiest part of town, day and night.

The Galata Maritime Museum, with more than 10,000 meters of exhibition space, is now the largest maritime museum in the Mediterranean.

It is located in the oldest of the buildings of the municipal docks, restored by the Spanish architect Guillermo Vasquez Consuegra, who covered the original early seventeenth century building with steel, glass and wood.

The Galata is named after a base established by the Genovese at the port of Istanbul. It was the heart of the republic?s arsenal. Weapons were forged and stored here, but it was most important for the construction of the galleys, the ships which Genoa send to defend its power at sea.

The exhibition, arranged on four floors, logically starts with the large Galea. Spectacular reconstruction of ships and historic scenes, multimedia stations and spectacular audio-visual effects complete the wealth of nautical instruments, atlases, nautical maps, arms and antique pictures on show.