Our group of tourist and environmental hiking guides offers guided tours, educational trails and treks in Genoa and Liguria for the schools Of all grades and levels.
Our proposals have the duration of half a day (morning or afternoon). By choosing two of them, you can create tour routes for the whole day. The itineraries can be conducted in any month of the year (not only in spring). In particular, the following can be arranged guided tours e teaching activities on reception trips at the beginning of the school year. Most of the locations indicated have intimate and flat historic centers, so they can be visited without difficulty even by pupils in wheelchairs or with mobility difficulties.
In case of bad weather, the visit may favor indoor spaces (palaces, museums...); it is possible to use the spaces of an oratory for an indoor packed lunch.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
For the elementary schools we propose a playful educational path in the downtown of Genoa lasting about two hours. The activity can be combined with a visit to the’Aquarium.
DISCOVERING...GENOA
The many trompe l'oeil facades make Genoa a painted city (Genua picta). Route led by the popular “carrugi” to the magnificent “Via Aurea” one of the most beautiful roads in Europe. Visit a mansion of the ancient Genoese nobility: Red Palace, with ascent to the rooftop belvedere (magnificent view of the city and harbor).
For elementary school, we can offer excursions to Santa Margherita Ligure, Portofino, Camogli and San Fruttuoso, however, we also suggest evaluating western Liguria. In the palm coast we propose child-friendly educational itineraries in quieter locations less frequented by mass tourism. By contacting us we could suggest itineraries in Roman Albenga with the Via Julia Augusta, Finalborgo, Noli, Varigotti with its promontory, Borgio Verezzi and Toirano with the famous Grotte.
In cooperation with travel agencies and tour operators, we are available to arrange stays (usually two or three days).
SECONDARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
To middle and high schools we propose:
DISCOVERING THE ANCIENT REPUBLIC OF GENOA
(preferably between October and March)
The educational path will take us through the most important moments of the Great History: the Middle Ages, when the walls of Barbarossa will tell us about the struggles between the Empire and the Commons, while the ashes of St. John the Baptist and the Holy Grail will revive the spirit of the Crusades. The modern age is symbolized by the Siglo de oro de los genoveses, with the splendor of Garibaldi Street and of the rolli palaces. The contemporary age is represented by Mazzini's house, now the Risorgimento Museum, the famous Quarto dei Mille cliff, emigration (Galata Museum) but also to the sumptuous palaces and elegant streets of the Belle Époque.
A snack stop, perhaps at one of the historical workshops where you can taste the typical Genoese specialties such as focaccia or pànera, a coffee parfait, devised in the mid-19th century.
Depending on the class attended and the topics studied in class, the Genoa visit may focus more on one or more of these topics:
- Genoa Maritime Republic, the downtown medieval
- Between Renaissance and Baroque, Genoa's golden century: via Garibaldi
- visit inside some of the famous palaces of the Rolli, or of the prince's villa, Andrea Doria's residence.
- visit of one of the museums of Genoa: it is possible to create themed routes, for example marked on the Risorgimento and the unification of Italy, with a visit to Mazzini's house and the cemetery of Staglieno with the tombs of the Thousand. Another possible pairing: the old town and the Galata Museo del Mare, the largest and most innovative maritime museum in the Mediterranean.
- coach tours with stops at Castelletto, Colombo's house, Boccadasse.
PORTOFINO, CAMOGLI, SAN FRUTTUOSO DI CAMOGLI, SANTA MARGHERITA LIGURE
The Paradise Gulf and the Gulf of Tigullio Are classic destinations for educational trips.
With our tour guides you can discover:
- Portofino, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy and among the most beautiful villages in Liguria
- Camogli with its tall, brightly painted houses. Starting point for a wonderful boat trip to San Fruttuoso di Camogli which-circumnavigating the promontory-can include a visit to Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure.
- Santa Margherita Ligure and the Gulf of Tigullio; an elegant resort with villas and hotels of the Belle Époque.
- Chiavari, Sestri Levante e other locations Of the province of Genoa.
- the Five Lands, Portovenere, the Golf of the Poets. Guided tours and treks to Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore, and to Palmaria Island. Contact us to plan together itineraries by train or boat or excursions on the most beautiful trails in the Cinque Terre National Park. Due to the large influx of spring tourists, we recommend choosing these destinations only in the period between late October and early March.
Nature excursion: the Mount of Portofino and the Bay of San Fruttuoso
Meeting with the environmental guide Recco. By bus we reach Ruta di Camogli (270 mt asl), located on the ridge on the watershed between Paradise Gulf and Tigullio Gulf: here the hike begins. Skirting the summit of Monte di Portofino (610 mt asl), we will continue through a mixed forest environment to the locality Pietre strette (425 mt asl). From here you can continue toward Portofino, or continue along the classic route to San Fruttuoso di Camogli (with a relatively challenging descent at the end). At San Fruttuoso: relaxation on the beach (and possible bathing) in the shadow of the thousand-year-old Doria abbey. In the afternoon we continue by boat to Portofino e St. Margaret's or towards Camogli.
Nature excursion: Santa Margherita - Gassetta Mill - Portofino
Going up along a crêuza, among beautiful villas and olive groves, we will arrive in the vicinity of the Shrine of Our Lady of Nozarego. La environmental guide will then lead us to the “Valley of the Mills,” where there are the remains of numerous mills used in ancient times for milling chestnuts and grains and pressing olives.
We are at your disposal to devise guided tours, excursions and visits during stays in Liguria. Contact us to also learn about proposals in the Riviera of the Palms, the Riviera of Flowers and in French Riviera. Among the many destinations we propose Varigotti, Noli, Finalborgo, Albenga, the caves of Borgio and of Toirano, Deer, Dolceacqua, San Remo, Imperia, monk e Monte Carlo, Èze, Nice and Saint Paul de Vence.
