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Visitors either love or hate Genoa and few can remain indifferent. Most are wary at first and then begin to appreciate the city after having taken time to discover it. Today, Genoa provokes opposing feelings, due to the fact that it is a place of contradictions. Many tourists visit Genoa each year with most of them arriving by Plane into Genoa airport.
Genoa is a Mediterranean port, which has always traded with nearby countries and so it has incorporated some of their habits and words, and it has always been a city of merchants and bankers, known by all as the most English city in Italy.
It is easy to be confused by the maze of narrow streets in the historic centre. Genoa is an upright city, where the sky can feel very close and give you a feeling of giddiness.
Regional cuisine in Liguria has been well thought-out as second-rate because of its use of simple ingredients, such as second cuts of meat or farmyard animals, wild herbs and produce from the vegetable garden. Nevertheless, this diet has been re-evaluated by nutritionists who are now approving the qualities of the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet is one that is low in animal fat, rich in vegetables, fish, and white meat. It is exactly the type of cuisine that exists in Liguria that has always favoured extra-virgin olive oil, vegetables, fresh fish and rabbit.
There are many restaurants in Genoa with a wide variety of food on offer, perfect for a night out with a couple of glasses of wine.
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