{"id":6411,"date":"2012-07-18T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T01:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:14:54","slug":"day-53-wednesday-july-17-tour-of-genovagenoa-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=6411","title":{"rendered":"Day 53, Wednesday, July 17 – Tour of Genova\/Genoa, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, scratch the idea from yesterday to avoid large cities, just avoid biking into them.<\/p>\n

Genova is a fabulous city and one of Europe’s largest on the Mediterranean Sea\u00a0and the largest seaport\u00a0in Italy. \u00a0Think we covered most of it today. \u00a0We’ll identify a few, but most of what we saw will be covered in the gallery below.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Doge’s Palace<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Porta Soprana<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Birthplace of Christopher Columbus.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Palace of St. George<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cattedrale di San Lorenzo\/St. Lawrence Cathedral (5th or 5th century)<\/p>\n

The Church del Ges\u00f9 \"\"<\/a>originally built in the 6th century with a most incredible interior\"\"<\/a> including at least two pieces by Peter Paul Rubens.<\/a><\/p>\n

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There were shops for the super high heels the girls wear\"\"<\/a>and beautiful wedding dress shops,\"\"<\/a> especially popular in Spain, just never took a picture and fabulous food everywhere.\"\"<\/a>Still can’t get over what they serve you for an appetizer when you order a drink.\"\"<\/a>Genova\/Genoa is an incredible city, easy to see the sights “by foot” as they have direction signs everywhere. \u00a0Fun place, incredible food, great place to see.\n\t\t