Italy · Liguria · Genoa
Fegino, Genoa — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Fegino is a quarter of Genoa that holds the Abbazia di San Nicolò del Boschetto within its bounds.
About Fegino
Where to stay in Fegino
Not every neighbourhood fits every trip — here's what each one is good for.
Almost no lodging exists inside Fegino. A traveller drawn by the Abbazia di San Nicolò del Boschetto will usually sleep in Genoa and come out for the morning, since the quarter runs to housing rather than hotels and offers little to fill an evening. Quiet is the compensation.
Anyone set on staying inside Fegino should expect to eat where they sleep, or to travel back into the city for dinner.
About Fegino
What are the main landmarks in Fegino?
An abbey sets Fegino apart. The Abbazia di San Nicolò del Boschetto is a monastic foundation, and its title sets the name of San Nicolò beside that of Boschetto. Sant'Ambrogio di Fegino carries the quarter's own name and serves the parish.
Those two exhaust the list, so a visit here is a matter of two buildings and the ground between them, rather than a circuit of museums and squares.
What is the history of Fegino?
Fegino comes down to us undated. No founding year is recorded for Fegino, and the two names the archive keeps, the Abbazia di San Nicolò del Boschetto and Sant'Ambrogio di Fegino, are religious foundations rather than civic ones. Fegino answers to Genoa for everything civic.
What the quarter can show of its own story is therefore architectural, held in two buildings that were raised for worship and have kept their names ever since.
Where is Fegino?
Fegino is one of the quarters that Genoa's boundaries take in, a small area whose two recorded buildings are an abbey and a parish church.
Good for
More areas in Genoa
Updated August 2026