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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.

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In the final post in this series, we are rounding up the last of our picks of highlights of the incredible Galleria Borghese in Rome. This excellent gallery is home to works by the likes of Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian and Rubens but has a particularly exceptional group of works by Baroque sculptor and architect Bernini.

If you are a Bernini fan, the gallery truly is a must-see. Just find a vacation rental in Rome and drop by the Galleria Borghese to learn more about the great genius manipulator of marble that was Bernini.

7. The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, Bernini, 1609-1615

This work is actually the earliest known work by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and was produced sometime between 1609 and 1615. It depicts the mythological figure of Amalthea as a goat, the infant god Jupiter, and an infant Faun.