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Boccadasse, Genoa — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Boccadasse is an old mariners' village of Genoa, held inside the borders of Albaro and open to the sea along its southern side.
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Where to stay in Boccadasse
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Three streets draw the line. Via Felice Cavallotti closes Boccadasse on the west, Via Caprera on the north and Via Capo di Santa Chiara on the east, which makes the old village a small pocket of Albaro rather than a district with its own hotel quarter. Genoa supplies the beds. Foce and San Martino share the same Municipio VIII - Medio Levante area, and rooms taken in either leave the old village within easy reach.
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Boccadasse
The old mariners' village runs to the sea between Via Felice Cavallotti and Via Capo di Santa Chiara, a pocket small enough that lodging is thin and Sant'Antonio in Boccadasse is the landmark you steer by. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Boccadassethe neighbourhood whose borders contain BoccadasseAlbaro
Albaro holds Boccadasse inside its own boundary, so a room off Via Caprera keeps the village within a walk and the wider neighbourhood streets at hand.Find hotels in Albarothe Municipio VIII - Medio Levante side closer to central GenoaFoce
Foce belongs to the same Municipio VIII - Medio Levante area as Boccadasse and San Martino, which makes it a workable base with more of Genoa's ordinary services around it.Find hotels in FoceHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Boccadasse
What are the main landmarks in Boccadasse?
One church carries the name. Sant'Antonio in Boccadasse is the single entry filed against the village, and past it the landmarks are the streets themselves, Via Felice Cavallotti and Via Capo di Santa Chiara marking where Albaro's ground gives way to the old harbour houses. The sea does the rest.
Genoa keeps its larger registers under other neighbourhoods.
What is the history of Boccadasse?
Sailors made it first. Boccadasse comes down as an old mariners' village, taken into Genoa and set within the borders of Albaro, while the modern subdivision files it in the Municipio VIII - Medio Levante area beside Foce and San Martino. The mariners left no date behind.
Sant'Antonio in Boccadasse holds whatever date the village can claim.
Where is Boccadasse?
Boccadasse fills a pocket of Albaro on the Genoa shore, boxed in by Via Felice Cavallotti, Via Caprera and Via Capo di Santa Chiara, with the sea to the south.
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What is the best area to stay in Boccadasse?
Boccadasse: a stay behind Via Capo di Santa Chiara, down at the water. Albaro: the neighbourhood whose borders contain Boccadasse. Foce: the Municipio VIII - Medio Levante side closer to central Genoa.
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Updated October 2026