Genova Trip Overview
Thematic visit.
The ideal itinerary to explore the places connected to De Andrè, such as Via del Campo, Museo dei Cantautori and the Maddalena District, where you can taste traditional sweets in a typical shop, the covered walkways in Sottoripa, and then stop at a bench in “Via al mare Fabrizio De André” where you will admire the Porto Antico Area.
You will proceed to Piazza De Ferrari and Teatro Carlo Felice where the singer-songwriter had an unforgettable concert. Visit of Latteria Igea, meeting point of the most famous Genoese singer-songwriters. Free lunch.
In the afternoon, private transfer to Sant’Ilario district where you will visit the old train station from the “Bocca di Rosa” song, and a sculture shaped as a book, dedicated to the protagonist of one of Faber’s most loved songs.
Finally, visit of Villa Saluzzi Brombini from the outside where his family lived for a while, and then Boccadasse, a place that De Andrè loved very much
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Genova, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Thematic visit.
The ideal itinerary to explore the places connected to De Andrè, such as Via del Campo, Museo dei Cantautori and the Maddalena District, where you can taste traditional sweets in a typical shop, the covered walkways in Sottoripa, and then stop at a bench in “Via al mare Fabrizio De André” where you will admire the Porto Antico Area.
You will proceed to Piazza De Ferrari and Teatro Carlo Felice where the singer-songwriter had an unforgettable concert. Visit of Latteria Igea, meeting point of the most famous Genoese singer-songwriters. Free lunch.
In the afternoon, private transfer to Sant’Ilario district where you will visit the old train station from the “Bocca di Rosa” song, and a sculture shaped as a book, dedicated to the protagonist of one of Faber’s most loved songs.
Finally, visit of Villa Saluzzi Brombini from the outside where his family lived for a while, and then Boccadasse, a place that De Andrè loved very much
Itinerary
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Stop At: Via del Campo 29 Rosso, 16124, Genoa Italy
The itinerary begins with the visit of Via del Campo, which is also the title of one of his most famous songs, and then you will stop at Musei dei Cantautori number 29, one of the most important places of Genoa for De Andrè. It was his friend Gianni Tassio’s music shop and today is a museum dedicated to the singer-songwriter, his friends and Genoese colleagues including Luigi Tenco. The museum is also the home of the Genoa Club “Fabrizio De André” (possible to visit depending on opening hours)
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Portici Di Sottoripa, Via Di Sottoripa, 16124, Genoa Italy
Faber history echoes through the covered walkways in Sottoripa, where in the fifties De Andrè and his friend Paolo Villaggio hanged out at the Ragno Verde cafè, which is also mentioned in the novel “Un destino ridicolo”. Then you will stop at a commemorative bench in “Via al mare Fabrizio De André”, where you will enjoy a view of the evocative Porto Antico Area and imagine Faber recording the fishermen’ voices at the fish market in order to insert the record in his famous song “Creuza de Mä”.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Piazza Raffaele De Ferrari, 16123, Genoa Italy
The visit proceeds to Piazza De Ferrari and Teatro dell’Opera Carlo Felice, where the Genoese singer-songwriter had an unforgettable concert on Christmas Eve in 1997
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Via XX Settembre, Genoa Italy
Next to Piazza de Ferrari there is Via XX Settembre, the main street of the city center where Fabrizio performed in a place called “La Borsa di Arlecchino” during his first years
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Villa Saluzzo Bombrini, Via Francesco Pozzo 28, 16145, Genoa Italy
Visit of the Villa where his family lived for a while
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Boccadasse, Via Aurora 7, genova, 16146, Genoa Italy
Visit of Boccadasse, a district that the singer-songwriter loved
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano, Via Innocenzo IV 8, 16128, Genoa Italy
Visit of the sumptuous Basilica where De Andrè’s funeral took place
Duration: 30 minutes