Historical Genoa Tour: Explore Artisan Workshops and Traditional Culinary Flavors
Genova
Immerse yourself in the rich history of Genoa on a guided tour of its artisan workshops and traditional culinary flavors. Sample local delicacies like focaccia and farinata, and explore charming stores frozen in time.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Piazza Raffaele De Ferrari - Here starts the unique experience finding the historical shops of downtown Genova. The tour may be subject to variation according to the closing days of some shops.
What's Included
  • Certified tourist guide
  • Tasting of traditional flavors
What's Not Included
  • Transfer to the meeting point
Additional Information

Experience the distinctive allure of Genoa’s craft workshops. Meander with your guide in pursuit of unmatched handmade items crafted with love and dedication.

Genoa boasts approximately fifty historic workshops: shops frying food, sciamadde, coffee houses, and bakeries, all maintaining the ambiance of the 19th century, allowing you to savor local delicacies. Try scrutinizing the focaccia, a unique local bread that is vying for World Heritage recognition, fresh from the oven of the city’s premium bakery. Savor Farinata, a thin, appetizing chickpea pie, and pànera, the traditional Genoan coffee parfait.

Keep exploring clothing and fabric stores, barber shops, pharmacies, and a multitude of other quaint shops where time appears to have paused a hundred years back. Traverse the thin lanes of the historic heart of the city, the renowned caruggi, past dignified plazas and aged mansions, once the residences of Genoan nobility, now home to shops committed to preserving tradition.

Location
Piazza Raffaele de Ferrari
In front of Palazzo Ducale
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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