Genoa, where to go: the best museums

Studio Giuseppe Mazzini | Museo del Risorgimento

Museo del Risorgimento

GENOA WHERE TO GO: THE BEST MUSEUMS

Genoa is full of history, traditions as well as museums.
After telling you which museums you can’t miss in Genoa, in this post I want to give you some advice on the least known and unusual museums.

To make this 24-hour tour, I bought the Genoa Museum Card, that is to say to easiest way to enter the city’s most interesting museums and monuments.
At the end of the post you’ll find the video with all the stages of my journey, too.

Genoa, where to go

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Free museums in Madrid

palazzo reale | Madrid

FREE MUSEUMS IN MADRID

Spain is a culturally rich country nation and not everybody knows that there are many free museums in Madrid.
The museums have created this opportunity to allow Spanish citizens or regular tourists to admire their huge collections in many ways.
In fact, the admission is free on specific days or at specific times, so you can visit the museums and admire only one work or focus only on the works of a particular artist or historical period.
So here are the list of free museums in Madrid and useful information not to miss out this opportunity.

Free museums

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Unmissable museums in Genoa

Rolli Days Genova

UNMISSABLE MUSEUMS IN GENOA YOU MUST VISIT AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME

Art and history are the legs of a journey discovering the museums in Genoa I consider unmissable.
Old and modern, between the sea and the mountains, Genoa is a city full of art, breathless landscapes and museums housing  the history of the more or less famous Genoese people.

5 unmissable museums in Genoa

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The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

Galea | museo del mare

THE GALATA MUSEO DEL MARE IN GENOA: MY VISIT TO THE GALATA MUSEUM, THE LARGEST MARITIME MUSEUM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

If there’s a museum I go to every time I visit the coast of the Liguria region, that’s the Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa (The Galata Sea Museum).
Here you can breathe the history of the sea and know the history of the city in depth.

When I visited Genoa for the first time I admired the Palazzi dei Rolli, the historic buildings of the city which are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, while the last time I discovered its historic shops.

 

The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

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Museums in Florence: 6 beautiful and little-known museums

Museo Gucci | musei Firenze

Museo Gucci

MUSEUMS IN FLORENCE: 6 BEAUTIFUL AND LITTLE-KNOWN MUSEUMS

Museums in Florence, how many they are!
They are several and spending few days in Florence is not enough to see all the masterpieces housed in the Florentine museums.
The little-known museums are usually those which surprise you more, and it seems impossible that there are even more fascinating museums than the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery, the Medici Chapels and the Pitti Palace.
But there are and are well worth a visit.

Museums in Florence: beautiful and little-known museums

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