:: The only way to sum up Genoa is to look at it.
All that is in the space of a look will be the Genoa we will keep in our hearts forever.

:: In 2004 Genoa will be titled the European capital of culture. That will be a symbolic recognition of the innumerable opportunities the town offers from this point of view.

:: You have only to consider the plenty of museums (from the Civic Naval Museum to the Modern Art Gallery, to the Galleries of Spinola Palace, of the Royal Palace, of the Red Palace) or to think about the great wealth of churches and sanctuaries to imagine ways and meetings with a rich age-old history.

:: There are monuments and museums, but also the signs of the Genoese's work and industriousness (the port is the sign of a vocation that is the very essence of the city) and popular traditions, devotion, plots of relationships and stories.

All this is culture, it is the lively pulsating of history in the veins of a city.

:: THE CHILDREN'S TOWN

:: Games, science, technology: the children's town in Genoa is the largest play, didactic, educational place in Italy for children and young people aged between 3 and 14.

The structure has been conceived considering the characteristics of the little guests who are the protagonists of the visit.

The aspects connected with security aim at minimizing the risks taken by making use of expository elements or by moving in the structure.

The inlaid moquette of the floor is of a particular quality and has also the function of leading the public among the different "isles"; the lighting, the kind, the shape and the colour of the furniture aim at giving visitors quiet and comfort.

The children's town proposes a simple method: "doing or doing together in order to discover and learn while having a good time". Children have the opportunity to explore without any danger a little world where they can get stimuli and answers useful to widen their knowledge.

The specialized staff shows the public about 22 animations a day, more than 6500 a year.