Genoa City Pass: What it is, How it works, Is it Worth it?

Are you planning a visit to Genoa and want to visit as many attractions as possible? Have you heard about the Genoa City Pass, a tourist pass that gives you access to all the sights?

You have landed in the right article! If you don’t know me yet, let me introduce myself, my name is Andrea, and I am the owner of Genova Turismo, the site where I strive to provide all the tourist information about my city.

If you landed here it means you want to know what the Genoa City Pass is, how it works, what attractions it gives you access to, and how much it costs, right?

Read on to find out more.

What does Genoa City Pass include?

The Genova City Pass is a tourist pass that offers access to several tourist attractions in the city of Genoa, Italy, at a discounted price compared to the cumulative cost of tickets purchased separately for each attraction.

The Genoa City Pass includes access to more than 20 tourist attractions, including the Genoa Sea Museum, the Genoa Lantern, the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, the Royal Palace of Genoa, and many others. The tourist pass also offers free access to public transportation in the city, including buses, metro, and funiculars, as well as discounts on restaurants, stores, and guided tours.

The Genoa City Pass is available in different options, depending on your needs, including the 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour pass.

In addition, the tourist pass can be purchased online or at authorized outlets around the city.

How the Genova CityPass works?

Here is how the Genoa City Pass works:

• Purchase: You can purchase the tourist pass online or at one of the authorized outlets in town.
• Collection: Once purchased, you can pick up the Genova City Pass at the Information Office located at 12 Via Garibaldi in downtown Genoa.
• Activation: You can activate the tourist pass at any time within 12 months from the date of purchase. Activation is done by using the QR code on the pass at the first attraction visited.
• Usage: Once activated, the Genoa City Pass offers free access to many of the city’s tourist attractions, including museums, monuments and other attractions, as well as free access to public transportation in the city.
• Validity: The validity of the Tourist Pass depends on the option chosen at the time of purchase (24 hours, 48 hours or 72 hours), which begins to run from the time of activation. The Pass automatically expires at the end of its validity period. For example, if you use the 24h Pass for the first time on a Saturday at 9:30 a.m., it will expire at 9:29 a.m. on Monday.
• Additional benefits: In addition to free access to attractions and transportation, with the Genoa City Pass you can skip the lines at the entrance to tourist attractions.

What are the tourist passes in Genoa?

There are three types of tourist passes for the city of Genoa: the first has a 24-hour duration, the second 48 hours, and the third 72 hours from the visit of the first tourist attraction. Let’s find out about them together.

24H Genoa City Pass

The 24-Hour Pass is valid for 24 hours from the first use, and thus allows you to joust at your leisure at 2 attractions of your choice and AMT local public transportation (subway and bus)

The attractions included in the Genoa City Pass 24H are divided between 2 to choose from the following:

• Selection 1: One attraction of your choice from Strada Nuova Museums, Albertis Castle-Museum of World Cultures, Ascent to the Towers of San Lorenzo Cathedral, Ducal Palace;
• Selection 2: One attraction of your choice from Villa Pallavicini in Pegli, Galata Museo del Mare + Submarine Nazario Sauro, Lanterna Museum.

48H Genoa City Pass

The 48 Hour Pass allows access to up to four attractions of your choice and AMT local public transportation.

• Selection 1: Two attractions of your choice from Strada Nuova Museums, Albertis Castle-Museum of World Cultures, Ascent to the Towers of San Lorenzo Cathedral, Ducal Palace;
• Selection 2: Two attractions to choose from Villa Pallavicini in Pegli, Galata Museo del Mare + Submarine Nazario Sauro, Lanterna Museum.

72H Genoa City Pass

The 72 Hour Pass grants access to up to seven attractions of your choice and AMT local public transportation.

• Selection 1: One of the available guided walking tours, a Segway tour of the historic center;
• Selection 2: Access to 3 museums among Strada Nuova Museums, Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of the Risorgimento, Museum of Natural History, Wolfsoniana, Castello d’Albertis – Museum of World Cultures, Palazzo Reale and Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria, Ascent to the Towers of San Lorenzo Cathedral, Palazzo Ducale.
• Selection 3: Treecycle electric bicycle rental or City Sightseeing Genova

How much does a Genoa city pass cost?

The 24-hour Pass costs €23.60, the 48-hour Pass costs €47.20 while the 72-hour Pass costs €64.90.

With the Genoa CityPass can I skip queues?

Yes. The Genoa City Tour Pass allows you to skip the lines and queues at the ticket office, which during peak season (or on weekends) can be quite long.

Is the Genoa City Pass worth it? My personal opinion

Before moving on to the conclusions of this post, I will give you my personal opinion on whether or not it is convenient to purchase the Genoa City Pass.

Some people believe that it can be done without it. This is true if we were able to plan in detail our trip to Genoa, taking advantage of the free admissions to museums (bound to specific days and times), and deciding to discard a priori some places of interest.

As you can guess, this is certainly not an easy thing to do.

There are unforeseen events that we cannot foresee (rain, queues, etc.), which can throw off all the minute accounts made to save money in an instant.

A pass gives you the freedom to see what you want, makes you extremely flexible and takes away the boredom of always having to deal with your wallet every time you are faced with a choice.

Some have complained that for the few attractions they have visited, at the end of the day, the pass is not worth it at all. Instead of just going into a few museums (that you may not even be interested in) you could take advantage of the opportunity (with the 72H pass) to take a segway tour of the historic center or rent Treecycle electric bicycles for an unforgettable ride along the Corso Italia waterfront or around the city center.

I think they are really the best way to make the most of your vacation in Genoa and I assure you they will make you forget the money you spent to buy the pass.

What attractions are included in the Genoa City Pass?

Here are some of the attractions included in the Genoa City Pass:

Conclusions

Here we come to the end of this article on the Genoa CityPass in which I told you what the three Genoa tourist passes are, how much they cost, what attractions are included, and how to go about buying one.

If you need more information, or if you are looking for some advice about your visit to Genoa, please leave a comment below. I always reply to everyone when I can.

A hug,
Andrea