Boccadasse - buildings at sunset by Mark Sukhija

Boccadasse - buildings at sunset

During the Travel Blogger Elevator conference in Genoa we spent an evening in the Boccadasse district of town. Boccadasse is where mariners used to live and, apparently, the houses are all different colours to make it easy for the sailors to identify their own homes from their ships. The Boccadasse itself is small and popular with Genoans for a day out close to the sea - and it's not difficult to see why with the colourful historic buildings and gelato on the seaside.

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Albaro - sunset over the sea of Liguria - Sunset over the sea of Liguria seen from the Albaro district of Genoa

Genoa - pictures from TBE12 - Pictures of Genoa taken during the travel blog elevator in 2012

Genoa - Palazzo Tobia Pallavicino - Facade of the Palazzo Tobia Pallavicino - home of Genoa Chamber of Commerce

Genoa - Palazzo della Meridiana - Baulstrade in the courtyard of the Palazzo Reale in Genoa

Genoa - Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato - Façade of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato Nunnziatta in central Genoa

Genoa - Palazzo Reale - Frescoed cieling on the Palazzo della Meridiana in central Genoa

Pisa - Chiesa Santa Maria della Spina - Some brief notes on the Chiesa Santa Maria della Spina on the banks of the River Arno in Pisa

Italy - 10 places not to miss - 10 places you shouldn't miss in Italy

Milan - Detail of the Cathedral - Detail of the exterior of the Cathedral in Milan

Italy - 5 great hotels - Recommended hotels in Rome, Florence, Turin and Milan

About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook