On to Genoa

It took us about two hours to get to Genoa from Manarola on the train. Fortunately, our hotel was across the street from the train station. Once again, we got lucky and have a very classy hotel for about 100€ per night. We strolled about the streets of "old" Genoa and took in the architecture of this very old seaport town that is the Capital of the Ligurian Region. Genoa has always been the political and financial center for the region. It is not as popular with the tourists as Milan, Rome, Florence or Venice. Lots of big bank buildings currently occupying what were palaces of the well-to-do and assorted governmental buildings reflecting the Baroque style of architecture. We visited one Catholic church that was very Baroque with marble and gold everywhere. It reminded me of St.Peter's in the Vatican. Because there were no pews ther are a few pictures I took that reminded me of an Islamist Mosque. See here:


Here are some more pictures from our walk around town.









This is the view from our hotel window:


And this is the hotel lobby: