Boccadasse, Genoa

Boccadasse (Boca d'âze or Bocadâze in Genoese) is an old mariners' village. It lies within the borders of the neighbourhood of Albaro. In today's administrative suddivision it is located in the Municipio VIII - Medio Levante area which includes the neighbourhoods of Albaro, Foce, San Martino.

The village of Boccadasse, with his pastel coloured houses around its cobblestone beach, preserved itself and remained unchanged making it a well-known tourist location of the city. Tourists are attracted to the neighbourhood also because, other than being a tourist location, it is inhabited by a living and active community where still some fishermen continue doing their traditional job. Today, next to the bay there are ice cream shops, restaurants, bakeries, bars and art galleries.

Boccadasse is also characterised by its church namd after Saint Anthony of Padua. The church faces on the east side Corso Italia and on the west side the panoramic square dedicated to the Genoese poet Edoardo Firpo. From the square it is possible to see the typical view of the village with in the background the eastern side of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the Promontory of Portofino.

From the square, the accesses to the bay are two: a sairway and Via Aurora, a typical Ligurian narrow street ("crêuza"). From the bay, several other narrow streets are found. One of them goes up to Capo Santa Chiara and continues down to the old village of Vernazzola, part of the Sturla neighbourhood. From Capo Santa Chiara, dominated by the Türcke Castle, there is a wide view of the Paradise Gulf and of Portofino.