Carignano

After we got back to the port on the open top tour bus, Maz and Sue decided to go back to the ship.
I wanted to have a mooch around the town, so I left them at the port and walked to the main road and crossed over.
Within about two hundred yards from where the bus had stopped, I came across an open door, and inside I could see some marble or maybe alabaster busts.
So I wandered in to have a look, just inside the door was a security guard, who informed me that I was welcome to have a look around the gardens, and better still it was free!
I didn't even know that there where any gardens there.
I'd only seen the entrance hall, from the street, so off I go for a walk around the gardens.
Well what a lucky break this was, as the gardens and the villa were beautiful, and only two minutes walk from the port.
The villa itself was also a museum, and for about €10 you could buy a day pass, which would get you in all the towns museums.
But we were only in Port for a very short time, so it wasn't worth it to me, so I just wandered the gardens and a very small part of the house.
The house was called Villa del Principe, and it was build in the 1500s by Prince Andrea Doria. Who apparently was the only Prince of Genoa.
Anyway I spent a very pleasant hour or so wandering around the gardens, and if you are ever docked in Genoa and don't fancy the hustle and bustle of the city, this is a beautiful place to visit and right by the port.

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