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As mentioned in the previous post in this series, Genoa is a well-known and lovely city but often is overlooked in favour of more famous Italian hot-spots. However, there are plenty of reasons to choose this historic, cultured and beautiful city as your next holiday destination and here are more reasons why you should find a villa in Liguria and visit Genoa ASAP.

3. It Is Home To One Of Europe's Loveliest Public Parks

The city of Genoa is an exceptionally beautiful place, a bustling metropolis full of elegant historic buildings, well-planned public squares, dramatic fountains and sweeping thoroughfares. Complementing these lovely structures are the city's public parks and, among them, the Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini stands out as especially stunning. A 19th century park in the English Romantic style, it is located in the residential neighborhood of Pegli in Genoa, right next to the railway station.

If it was not already apparent, we're fans of Genoa here at Easy Reserve and think it is a lesser-known gem that deserves more attention. In fact, we even decided to dedicate an entire series of articles to the city, with a list of the top ten reasons why you should choose it as your next holiday destination. Here are more reasons you need to find a villa in Liguria and visit Genoa ASAP.

7. Via Garibaldi

The Old Town of Genoa has been mentioned several times already in this series and for good reason. UNESCO awarded and beautiful, this part of the city is the stuff postcards and dreams are made of. Via Garibaldi is street in this historical centre of Genoa, that is well known for its ancient palaces. Dating back to the 16th century, it is incredibly lovely and is lined with some stunning palaces, the breath-taking Royal Palace among them. Dickens is just one among the great number of writers and artists who has been enamoured with the street in the past, recording it with excitement in his travelogue:

Genoa is a beautiful Italian city, located on the Italian Riviera that has lots to offer visitors. Historic, cultured and picturesque, it is the perfect place for a city break, and there are, really, endless reasons why you should choose it as your next holiday destination. However, we have rounded up ten of the top reasons why you should find a villa in Liguria and visit Genoa. Continuing on from our previous posts in this series, here are more of those reasons.

5. A City With Perfect Beaches

As Genoa is located on the Italian Riviera, it isn't just a great urban destination but it is also home to some excellent beaches, meaning you can have the best of both seaside and city breaks in one destination.

Pizza is a must-try Italian dish, something that tastes quite different (and, generally, better) to the pizza found elsewhere in the world. As its birthplace, there is no better place to eat pizza. However, there is also a great range of regional pizza dishes that you may not have even heard about before and these are really dishes that you can't miss out on in Italy.

Sardenaira is a pizza dish from the Liguria region of Italy. It is also known as “Sardinaira” or Pizza all'Andrea, a name that comes from local hero and admiral Andrea Doria (1466-1560), who was known to be very fond of the dish. A type of pizza, which is remarkably similar to the pissaladière of southern France, it is a very popular street food throughout the region.

Although termed a pizza, some consider it more akin to a focaccia and is made up of a slice of bread with olive oil, garlic, and salted anchovy. In the city of Sanremo in western Liguria, it is also often garnished with salted sardines. As the dish predates the likes of the Margarita pizza and the Columbian Exchange, traditionally, it is made without tomatoes but many add them today.

San Remo is Italy's answer to Monte Carlo or Las Vegas – but with a distinctively Italian twist and a more laid-back atmosphere. It is a sun-dappled Mediterranean resort on the Ligurian Riviera and is known as the City of Flowers for the colourful blooms that blanket the area in the summer.

With picture-perfect beaches, pretty streets, architectural gems and its famous casino, it is a charming resort town and one of the key tourist destinations on the Italian coast. Just find a vacation rental in Liguria and discover this magical town for yourself.

Founded in Roman times, San Remo was once a settlement called Matutia or Villa Matutiana and expanded greatly during the Middle Ages. After passing through different hands several times and eventually became a free town in the 15th century.