GENOA
Genoa is the sixth-largest city in Italy with about 800,000. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. The city of Genoa covers an area of 243 square kilometers between the Ligurian Sea and the Apennine Mountains. The city stretches along the coast for about 30 kilometers from the neighbourhood of Voltri to Nervi. Genoa is adjacent to two popular Ligurian vacation towns: Camogli and Portofino. The city’s hilly nature has influenced its public transport. The city is served by two funicular railways (the Zecca-Righi funicular, the Sant’Anna funicular), the Quezzi inclined elevator, the Principe-Granarolo rack railway, and ten public lifts.
Located on the Gulf of Genoa, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean. It is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union.