If you don't know Genoa, you should know that the city is long but not wide and consists of many small villages like Boccadasse, Nervi, Albaro and Vernazzola on the east side of town, going west it's the same thing. Boccadasse was originally an old fishing village and is very similar to the villages of the Cinque Terre.
It has the same small fishing port, a church on a higher level, a small beach, and steep, picturesque streets lined with pastel-colored houses, all of which lead to the lower village square (Piazza Nettuno) and the pebble beach. If you're lucky, you might meet the famous Seppia, the ship's cat who plays a leading role in the animated Disney film Luca.
