La Spezia

We were up early and left Hotel Le Botti. We have been across the northern top of Italy and now starting to head south. Our first stop was Genoa.

This is an interesting city. The road went through lots of tunnels and soon we could see the Mediterranean. Genoa is a major port city and the city is built around the docks. This is where Christoper Columbus left from when he discovered the Americas.

We had some free time so we wandered around. You can see in the photos there are lots of apartments built on the hills and down to the city. The city has lots of small alleyways a bit like Venice but without the canals.

The main cathedral is dedicated to St Lawrence and is built from black and while marble, hence the stripes.

Genoa is popular with the wealthy people and there was a nice selection of super-yachts down at the marina.

After Genoa we headed for La Spezia which is the gateway to the Cinque Terre which is where we are going tomorrow.

La Spezia is also a key port and has a large naval base. We had a sensational dinner of risotto and a few beers at a nice restaurant (total cost was 40 euro, very cheap).Meer informatie