The best city hikes and walks in Val Noci - Torrente Geirato - Alpesisa

Fishing village at the beginning, or at the end, of Corso Italia

A little paradise in the middle of the big city 🌊☀️ – Boccadasse lies on the eastern outskirts of Genoa and feels like another world. Between pastel-colored houses 🏘️, small boats 🚤, and narrow cobblestone streets, the scent of the sea and fresh focaccia 🥖🐟 wafts. The tiny pebble beach is a meeting place for locals and visitors alike – here, people sit on the wall with gelato 🍦, chat, swim, or simply enjoy the view of the Mediterranean 💙. It becomes particularly atmospheric in the evening, when the sun bathes the houses in warm light 🌅. Around the small piazza and the harbor, cozy restaurants and trattorias invite you to linger 🍝🍷. Despite its popularity, Boccadasse has retained its authentic charm—a place where time seems to have stood still. Tip: It's best reached on foot along the Genoa coast or by bus—especially beautiful at sunset.

beautiful route easy to do

Listen to the audio guide: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7eHYnzhDm2DOrqIC8T42vL?si=4f7b3dadb942441a Whether we have chosen to integrate our training with free body exercises or whether we have chosen to continue straight, the route now offers us a short series of climbs alternating with flat sections that we can decide to tackle in two ways: keeping the pace constant or the intensity. In the first case - suitable for more trained people - it will be a soft form of interval training: during the climb our FCR will increase and in the active rest phases consisting of the flat, it will return to lower levels. In this way the cardiocirculatory system will be stimulated to increase resistance, speed and anaerobic threshold. If, however, our training level is not yet optimal, we can choose to keep the intensity of the training constant: this means that on the climbs we will slow down just enough to keep the FCR constant, to increase the pace on the flat. In this way our cardiocirculatory system will always work in our optimal range (age, training level, etc.) but our muscles will be subjected to different stresses. Once we have chosen the way in which we want to tackle the next stretch of the route, we will continue crossing via Pisa and via Paolo Boselli, to arrive in via Albaro.

Listen to the audio guide: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19z4eqTjKQF17zebBTbCbb?si=482a39fabdc7480d Inside the Edoardo Firpo viewpoint, there is the Church of S. Antonio in Boccadasse. It was built in 1706 by Genoese fishermen and sailors who, on stormy days at sea, hung their ex-votos there, that is, small handcrafted models of ships, which are still kept in the church today. In 1745 it became the seat of the Confraternity of S. Antonio da Padova and since 1894 it has been a parish looked after by the Friars Minor Conventual of the Franciscan Order. This is the only church in Genoa dedicated to the Saint, where on June 13 the patron saint's day is celebrated with the Procession of the Crucifix and a ceremony at sea, when the fishermen carry the statue of Saint Anthony by boat with fireworks to conclude the evening. The church houses works of art by Francesco Storace and Antonio Canepa. The abbey, which is located at the entrance to the ancient seaside village of Boccadasse, is almost to protect and watch over the small and picturesque village of Pescatori.

The church of St. Anthony of Boccadasse is a beautiful building overlooking the sea and the typical fisherman neighborhood below. It's definitely worth a little detour.

Boccadasse is a picturesque seaside village located a few steps from the center of Genoa. With its pastel-colored houses overlooking the sea, narrow streets and small pebble beach, it retains the charm of an ancient fishing village.

Monument inaugurated in 1915, created by E.Baroni, who was inspired by the opening verses of Garibaldi's Hymn: «The tombs are uncovered, the dead are raised, Our martyrs are all risen». The sculptural group in fact depicts a group of naked men, leaning against each other, who seem to emerge from the ground. They are led by the figure of Garibaldi, standing and intent on scanning the horizon. The group of men is dominated by a winged female figure depicting Victory, with her arms arched to represent a crown above Garibaldi's head.