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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.
About Boccadasse
Where to stay in Boccadasse
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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.
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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Updated September 2026