Dreamy Europe Trip Summer 2024 - Part 9 Genova Italy

After spending 2 nights in Parma, we continued our journey towards France, along the Italian Riviera. That day, we left Parma in the morning and started driving towards Ventimiglia, the closest town to France in Italy. Between Parma and Ventimiglia, we made several stops. The first one is Genova, or Genoa. Don’t confuse this with Geneva, as they are two different places :D

Genova is a large port town in the Italian Riviera. It’s the capital city of the Liguria area of Italy, and it’s a very busy one, The old town is known for their very narrow lanes, so the buildings looks like they’re almost touching each other. This place is also where the Pesto alla Genovese originates from.

When we arrived in Genova, it was around lunch time. We parked in a paid parking lot (Park and Ride) where my parking skills were put to test. The X5 we rented has an auto parking feature. But either we were not using it right, or it was not able to squeeze itself in to the extra tight parking spot. For lunch, Miss Kiki chose a seafood restaurant off of Google Maps, it was a port town afterall. The restaurant was pretty empty so we had our doubts, but the pasta and fried seafood were excellent!

Barely fits!

Fried seafood

Seafood Pasta

In Genoa, we were able to catch another deal from Too Good To Go, so after lunch Miss Kiki and I separated from DH so he can go and fetch the food. It was a very hot day, with the sun scorching and no clouds were in sight. Miss Kiki and I walked along the port and then crossed towards the Old Town. She decided that she wanted to get her second gelato in Italy so we found a shop and got a cone.

With her gelato in hand, we continued walking down the narrow alleys of Genova and we met up with DH again at the Piazza de Ferrari.

Narrow alleys of Genoa

Old Town

Genoa Cathedral

Piazza de Ferrari

Third Gelato in Italy

Our time was limited, so we walked back to the car and continued driving to Ventimiglia. I’ll tell you about it in the next post.

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