Genova | The Italian Adventure

We are finally ready to premiere!
Welcome to my channel, I really appreciate the support!
My Italian experience is properly under way, and my first feature on the channel is on the Ligurian Coast in sensational Genova!
Genova (or Genoa in English) is a city with so much to offer to its visitors, and I am so eager to recommend it as it is so much more then just a gateway to more well-known nearby towns. Andiamo! Let's go!
Please like and comment on the video, and stay tuned, as more episodes will be on the way!
P.S. Did you know that I'm a travel advisor? Going to Italy or perhaps to another bucket-list destination? I'd love to work with you so feel free to contact me for more information!
- David
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Learn more about me and my upcoming projects by visiting me at: linkpop.com/somethingaboutdavid
"Something About David" is my blog where I will be sharing written stories on my website, and vlogs on KZbin. Follow me as I explore Italy from thigh to toe, immersing myself in the culture, traditions, food and history of this beautiful country. I want to highlight this country that I love so dearly through my personal lens as a traveller from Canada.
Some details in this video are with thanks to www.visitgenoa.it & wikipedia.
Music featured is from Epidemic Sound:
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[@NoObligationToday]

Just left Genoa 4 days ago. Wonderful city that has great food, history, and monuments. We stayed for 3 full days and had a great visit. Go if you can! 😊

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks for the comment! Glad you had a good time ☺️

[@18giarr5occo]

Italy, the most beatiful country in the world.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

I completely agree :) - thanks so much for watching!

[@zemundico7913]

After France, for sure.

[@bennybragoli1214]

Belin belino

[@lucalegrottaglie7335]

@@bennybragoli1214 belin belino

[@scemochilegge777]

@@zemundico7913 france sucks

[@xhildabianchi282]

Bravo, tutto ciò è ripreso alla perfezione, Genova, bellissima.

[@singleman805]

Phenomenal presentation ! @10.14 "You might have to wait in a line to enjoy some gelato." Well, that is one of the best gelato places in the entire city !

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much for the kind comment! I can confirm it was worth the wait! :P

[@margiekn]

This is such a beautiful depiction of Genova. A grand city steeped in culture and history.Thank you

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks for the lovely comment :) - appreciate you watching!

[@riccardomorgagni5181]

Also, great you made a video, because here we feel that we're not so considered outside Italy. Also, you've a good pronunciation of the city name. Keep it up😃

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks! 😃 It means a lot :) - its a fabulous place!

[@patriziaspartana2734]

Grazie del bellissimo video sulla mia città ❤️❤️❤️

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Grazie ☺️

[@ib777]

Thank you for talking about my city, such an underrated destination in Italy, yet so nice and unique. You presented it very well, and carefully. Cheers mate! :)

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much for your amazing comment I really appreciate it. Your city is such an incredible place!

[@vianadecapitanis]

I’m Italian, living in Berlin and Turin. Genova is MORE than underrated, because I’d say it’s one of the most beautiful city in Italy - certainly in the group of the top 5 (and there the competition is tough:) Genova has a beauty that moves you. And for my German girlfriend it’s the MOST beautiful Italian city! And probably I should agree! Ahh..Genova: if only 90% of the jobs there were not only harbour and tourists related!

[@fernweh3726]

Si potesse abbattere la sopraelevata!

[@andreaderasmo2850]

@@fernweh3726 sarebbe meraviglioso

[@vianadecapitanis]

@@fernweh3726 Pare che molti anni fa abbiano interpellato un urbanista di fama il quale dopo aver esaminato la situazione disse "scordatevelo". A Genova c'è pochissimo spazio e in più quella - maledetta - sopraelevata è lo snodo di vie importanti.. Certo il giorno che hanno dato il permesso di costruirla proprio lì dovevano essere giorni in cui il concetto di salvaguardia del territorio - o del bello - doveva essere sconosciuto.. Ci sono spassato spesso con dei tedeschi amici miei che infatti mi hanno sempre detto "ok ma proprio lì?" Invochiamo Renzo Piano che ama Genova!

[@WanderlustJourney]

Congratulations on your first video! I absolutely loved it! I can’t wait to explore Genoa (or Genova) in the future!

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much! You’ve been such an inspiration thanks for watching :)

[@grifone_1893]

Da italiano ti consiglio di visitare lo stadio della squadra di calcio di Genova ovvero il genoa🔴🔵

[@valerianocuomo996]

​@@grifone_1893 ti piace?

[@janmarsh5643]

What an extraordinary seaport city. It has a long maritime history. I had no idea how beautiful the buildings were with painted facades and ornate decoration. I have often wondered and seen other videos but none covering as much as yours. Thank you.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

That is such a kind message, thank you so much for watching! It is absolutely a stunning city.

[@riccardomorgagni5181]

Ok, I'd never expect to find a video of my city randomly in the recommended section, made by a foreign tourist.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Fair enough :) - if you watched it i hope you enjoyed!

[@DanieleDallorto]

Thanks! Welcome in Genoa! :)

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks for watching! 😃

[@alessioferrante8083]

hey, what a wonderful video! It has a lot of information about the city, the music is relaxing, the photography is so nice and you illustrate every part very well, I actually live in Genova but although I already know these places I really enjoyed watching this video! also your italian pronunciation is pretty good

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much for the comments Alessio! You live in a stunning city ☺️

[@travelwithrobert7131]

Wow David, excellent video of the City - Thank you for showing us around that beautiful location. I can't wait to see what you give us next.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much Robert! Stay tuned for my next videos - good stuff on the way 🙃

[@mohammedsharif2651]

Great work… outstanding! You are very talented. Thank you 👏👏👏😀

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you! I appreciate you watching :)

[@MaggieMuuu]

Lovely place. Regards

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@slkonnaris8477]

I love your video of Genoa- thank you for sharing your trip with us❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@619Susi86]

Thank you for this wonderful video. A friend of mine lives in Genova and I hope to visit the city maybe next year.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

I hope so too! Thanks for watching :)

[@luisalou8913]

Lovely video and well done Thanks talking my city Genova ❤ you

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you for watching :)

[@AndreaComini]

Very thorough video of Genova, covers for real the main sights without focusing only on a couple like others I have seen. Really well done.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much Andrea :) - I really wanted to show more of the city then I had previously seen on KZbin. I appreciate your comment and view!

[@lidiacoppa7579]

Ma che bella la mia Liguria

[@CedroLinkin]

ohhh, too bad that you didn't land in our airport. althoughi it's pretty small, the approach is really stunning. every time i come back and land there, i have a taste of home even from the air

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

I really wanted to!! Hopefully I can see that approach one day! I just couldn't find a specific flight that worked with my plans. Thanks for watching!

[@Lynch1903]

Excellent video, fun and full of information ☺️ Keep posting 👍🏻

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment and for watching 🥰!

[@evawalther9473]

@@itssomethingaboutdavid ……tolles video alte schöne Stadt. Bin überrascht, ich kenne Genova nur von Milano mit dem Auto kommend, Autostrada Brücken über den Hâusern, eng, vor bei an verrosteten Schiffen, öltankern, Kränen, in Richtung France. Was ich da sah gefiel mir nicht, deshalb freu ivh mich über Dein schönes Video

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

@@evawalther9473 Danke fürs zuschauen! Es ist eine tolle stadt!

[@scudnet]

Genova, my birth place town

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

A beautiful place :)

[@alexsbr7111]

Nice video and it's always good to see someone who comes from abroad to review Genoa. Indeed, we are too often overlooked by the main tourist routes. The only criticism I feel is related to the fact that only the city center was visited. Genoa is 20 Km long (West-East) and almost every neighborhood has its own ancient churches, historic palaces and villas, parks, etc ... indeed the various Genoese neighborhoods were nineteen independent municipalities until 1926, when they were unified with the central one, the historical Genoa. Some suffered from strong building speculation in the 60s / 70s (a period of intense immigration from the central and southern Italy) which makes the town seem a continuous whole, but anyway they have maintained a strong identity. However, despite having passed almost a century, the vast majority of tourist guides / television documentaries / the same institutional tourist promotion, seem to be interested only in what is present in the area of ​​the "historical" (central) Genoa, neglecting the more decentralized districts, so unfortunately it's a generalized problem. If you were to return, I would like to recommend the "Villa Duchessa di Galliera" in Voltri with its large historical park, the "Parco Villa Durazzo Pallavicini" in Pegli (unfortunately this isn't free), the "Sanctuary of Nostra Signora del Monte Gazzo" above the neighborhood of Sestri Ponente, from which you can see a panorama that sweeps for a good part of the west ligurian coast, and the "Anita Garibaldi promenade" in the Nervi district (unfortunately in recent years a very lacking in maintenance), with its parks and art museums. Staying in the city center, there is also the Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto lift, near the Principe station, which is often the destination of groups of civil engineers and public transport fan, due to its particular conformation (a horizontal section, followed by a vertical one), which leads to the museum of cultures of the D'Albertis Castle (a 19th century palace built in the likeness of a little medieval castles).

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you so so much for all the recommendations! I absolutely loved Genoa so I will definitely return in the future. Saved your recommendations for when I do! Thanks for watching!

[@singleman805]

Compared to other cities such as Rome, Naples, Venice or Florence, the city of Genoa for tourists comes soo much later. - I find ridiculous to suggest tourists who come to Genoa to visit the suburbs of Genoa. Nostra Signora del Monte Gazzo, seriously ? Other cities, have much more glamorous and easier to go sanctuaries than that. There is no reason to invite someone to see a park in Sestri Ponente located about 30 minutes from the center when in 10 min one can go to the free park and promenade in Nervi ( you mentioned it. ). Maybe since he already was in the city center and "caruggi" he could have shown a few sex workers. Not only they have been there for hundred of years, but it would have certainly gotten more views to an already well done video. In his other videos he totally skipped Portofino ( if one does not own a mansion or a yacht there is little to nothing to do for regular folks ) and showed 5 terre which is much more interesting for the vast majority of visitors. In my modest opinion he is definitely on the right track. No need to come back to Genoa, he totally nailed it the first time.

[@alexsbr7111]

@@singleman805 No, Genoa and its Riviera have always been a tourist destination, indeed they appear in "The Voyage of Italy" by Richard Lassels (1670), the text that first introduce the "Grand Tour" in Europe. Lassels himself at the time wrote in the book that he appreciated the landscape made up of suburbs, villas and little settlements from Savona to Genoa, more than the city itself. Over the decades, the type of tourism specialized in seaside tourism (but very different from today's mass seaside tourism). There were problems starting from the end of the nineteenth century, when heavy industry (shipyards, foundries, later petrochemical industry) expanded to the west of the city center, going to occupy the beaches: the result was that this type of tourism moved more to the Riviera di Levante (Rapallo, Santa Margherita, Sestri Levante, etc ...) and Riviera di Ponente (Cogoleto, Celle, Varazze, Albisola, Alassio , etc...), but it still remained nearby and Genoa (thanks to its port) was often the point of arrival and departure. But all the other tourist destinations, not linked to the sea, present in the various independent municipalities and then in the unified Genoa (palaces, churches, panoramic points, etc.), continue to exist and to be visited, in the last 30 years them was greatly re-evaluated, but they have always remained a point of attraction (just read the publications of the Italian Touring club published over the decades). Are you surprised that I suggest the panoramic view of the sanctuary of "Nostra Signora del Monte Gazzo"? Do you know what places Elisabeth of Austria visited when she visited the Riviera in 1893 for a 3 days holiday? Castelletto, the Nervi promenade, Villa Pallavicini in Pegli and the Sanctuary of Gazzo. And this is because the Sanctuary, thanks to its panoramic view, was considered one of the obligatory places to see on trips in the Riviera. Visiting the Genoese Riviera and seeing only the mainstream attractions of the old Genoa city center ignoring everything else (including the historic centers of the various districts), is like going on vacation to the antipodes and, once you arrive, spending all your time inside a McDonald's.

[@singleman805]

@@alexsbr7111 Elisabeth of Austria in 1893 and someone else from 1670 liked it, so what ? It does nor mean anything about now and how people decide to go somewhere and travel today. Rest assured that when someone goes to Genoa today " Nostra Signora del Monte Gazzo" is not on top of the list for places to visit. ( Scusa, ma chi se la incula la signora del monte gazzo ? ) Everywhere in Italy you have an unlimited number of sanctuaries and about every 750 meters there is a church or 2 or 3, soo it is totally irrelevant who visited what sanctuary 100 or 300 years ago. It's is ridiculous !!! We can agree to disagree. McDonald's old slogan used to be " You deserve a break today." Now it is " I am loving it." The people you mentioned have been dead for a long time. You might want to follow McDonald's and have a more updated point of view for visitors that also reflects what is important today.( Convenience, parking, restaurants, public transportation time/money budgets etc etc and certainly go somewhere and see something that is at hand and easy to do.) Last but not least: instead of criticizing the video he published ( it was awesome ) and suggest him to go to places that no one cares like the suburb of the city, you could always go there yourself and make your own video :- )

[@valerianocuomo996]

Italy is a great economy, because UK is failed e france 13 % work less? Pil 12% is aumentated in 2 year...

[@alel3178]

Genoa🔴🔵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@travel_and_explore_with_BIP]

Beautiful 🍺🍺

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

It sure is!

[@mariasusannaperfetti3936]

Mai visti gli ulivi in città? Se dovesse tornare a Genova, non dimentichi di andare, tassativamente a piedi (non c'è altro modo per arrivarci), piazza San Bartolomeo dell'olivella, anche villetta Dinegro merita una visita, il cimitero di Staglieno e il bellissimo acquedotto, posti che i turisti non conoscono, ma che valgono la pena di camminare un po'.

[@andreaderasmo2850]

Sì ma son tutti a pagamento

[@mariasusannaperfetti3936]

@@andreaderasmo2850 a pagamento? non mi risulta.

[@andreaderasmo2850]

@@mariasusannaperfetti3936 se son liberi buono a sapersi

[@mariasusannaperfetti3936]

@@andreaderasmo2850 l'accesso migliore per l'acquedotto è andare in macchina fino al cimitero di San Siro di Struppa, almeno c'è da posteggiare.

[@andreaderasmo2850]

@@mariasusannaperfetti3936 grazie dell'info. Posso arrivarci tranquillamente con la mia auto elettrica.

[@dimitrikanellopoulos3476]

very good video

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks so much!

[@yaelrozenthal9498]

♥️♥️♥️

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks for watching :)

[@andreapepato6473]

Minute 8: now cycling lane in corso Italia is finished! So unlucky you to be there during the works!

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Shame I missed it! Glad to hear its all finished though :)

[@valerianocuomo996]

​@@itssomethingaboutdavid italiani rich s but no bomb on Europa. Dominium italicus is in the HISTORY. Germania genocide in the HISTORY.

[@peterlarsen1000]

Una citta interessante con tanti contrasti.....Rosa Larsen

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Assolutamente!

[@margiekn]

I would definitely consider living there. Are there any beauty salons and spas and gyms in Genova?

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Absolutely! Its a fantastic place :)

[@dritandrive]

if i can give u 2 hints about genoa. we got an airport too soo . the ctysightseeing bus is ok, but it barely scratches the beauties of the city. is way better if u step of places like corso italia, porto antico, and soo on. u missed the best part about them.

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

I did a lot of exploring on foot, but I’m excited to hear there is so much more to discover! I loved the city ☺️

[@morcinklass7680]

The house of Cristoforo Colombo

[@alexdefconiii6967]

Adesso sono in corso parecchi cantieri che una volta terminati renderanno la zona del porto più efficiente , più grande e bella .

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Davvero? Che fantastica!

[@carolinaanthoness9428]

🇦🇺☀️🇮🇹

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks for watching :)

[@matte1893]

Zena❤ 🔴🔵

[@rjh2772]

What is the weather like year round

[@andreaderasmo2850]

It's worm

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Really comfortable! The winter months are cooler but still agreeable!

[@raadzeki1352]

Gerinamo

[@calvizia_bellezza_fittizia]

GeNova city Geova soccer team end religion

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Also Genoa for the city name in English ☺️ - thanks for watching!

[@nachtrevi82]

Manco da 14 anni, me la sogno la notte.

[@edombre4637]

unfortunately the "caruggi" in Genova are now to be avoided - what was once an amazing place to wander through, with extremely narrow streets designed like a maze so as to confuse invading pirates in the middle ages, filled with antique shops, fashion shops, small businesses, an absolute delight of a place (I'm talking about 20 years ago), is now filled with Indian and african migrants (sorry, this is not a racist comment, it simply is telling what it's like now), full of crime, dirty, smell of urine every, very unsafe place to be - avoid it if you're a tourist (and locals avoid it too), and the police do nothing about it,

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thanks for the insight Ed :)

[@pinopino9045]

Transizione antipatica. Fa male agli occhi …. Prova a guardare questo tuo video su un tv 55 pollici. Non mi piace questo video

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you for the comment :) - it was my first episode so I appreciate the suggestion.

[@31047]

I am from Genova….but your film could be much better without that horrible underground music !!!! So annoying!!!!!

[@itssomethingaboutdavid]

Thank you for the comment! It was my first episode and my music has changed since then on future episodes. I appreciate the feedback. Thanks for watching!