Lonely Planet provides us with an interesting guide on why to visit Genoa. Certainly visitors
to our beautiful city are practically never lacking: from those who reach us by car to those
who land at Genoa City Airport, to those who moor at the boat berths of our tourist marina
in Genoa.
However, one can legitimately expect that next year there will be even more people
eager to visit La Superba: giving a boost to Genoa’s image worldwide was
indeed the famous Australian publishing house Lonely Planet with its widely distributed Best in Travel
2025, an extremely appreciated travel guide. Let’s see in more detail what is reported in the
international publication when presenting the city to the global audience.
The cities to visit this year, according to Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2025
Obviously there isn’t only Genoa but in the guide a list of destinations has been compiled to inspire people from all over the world to make more conscious trips, without focusing exclusively on the most beaten paths. So alongside Genoa we find cities known and less known to the general public, such as Bansko in Bulgaria, Chiang Mai in Thailand, Edmonton in Canada, Curitiba in Brazil, Palma in Spain, Puducherry in India, Pittsburgh in the United States, Osaka in Japan and Toulouse in France, just to name a few.
Lonely Planet’s objective is to cite respectable destinations, capable with their load of attractions of diverting attention from the “usual suspects,” as could be in Italy classic destinations of international tourism like Rome, Florence and Venice: a perfect way, moreover, to combat the destructive phenomenon of overtourism.
Why visit Genoa in 2025
Obviously Genoese people would exclaim: we don’t need Lonely Planet to make ourselves known. True: what Petrarch described as “a royal city leaning against an alpine hill,
superb for men and walls, whose appearance alone indicates it as Lady of the Sea” is a
very well-known destination, not by chance included in the precious UNESCO World Heritage list for its
magnificent
destination very well, and certainly also in Europe Genoa is a reference point that all traveling spirits
know, at least second-hand, La Superba. But the same certainly cannot be said once
continental borders are crossed. So to fill this gap, the editors
of Lonely Planet stepped in, presenting Genoa as “a world unto itself.” Here we read that “those who
know Genoa protect it jealously, fearing that with notoriety it might lose part of its
charm. But a city capable of assembling a powerful fleet, accumulating incalculable wealth and
transforming basil into pesto deserves the highest admiration. And, if you don’t know it yet,
it deserves a place on the list of places to discover.”
But what are the places and attractions recommended for 2025? Obviously we start
by presenting and suggesting the Palazzi dei Rolli, then move on to the Genoa Aquarium and the Biosphere
in the Porto Antico, both destinations defined as “extraordinary,” just steps away from the moorings
of our tourist marina in Genoa. In Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2025, however, they don’t limit themselves to
indicating roles: one of the strong points of these travel guides has always been to
suggest real experiences. So they recommend taking a walk along the sea, to Boccadasse, tasting Genoese pesto at the Mercato Orientale, or having a coffee at Pasticceria Marescotti di Cavo, in Via di Fossatello.
Do you feel like visiting Genoa in 2025?
Our marina, in the heart of the historic center, is at your disposal to moor your boat: in the marina we accommodate boats up to 75 meters in length, while the small dock is dedicated to boats up to 7 meters.
