From the owner: Un magnifico giardino all'italiana a picco sul mare, un glicine centenario e una collezione di…read moreagrumi rari. Una preziosa chiesa ed un magnifico chiostro in cui si ode solo lo zampillo dell'acqua. La Cervara è uno dei posti più belli al mondo. Oggi, dopo un importante lavoro di recupero, vi si organizzano concerti ed eventi.

This is not Venice, as this Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace) is a little more pedestrian in terms of…read moreits rich Genova empire history and wider public use. The only tickets required are for the museum contained within and for the wide variety of cultural events that are held here. And all Gayle and I had to do was walk in from either the street or the Piazza De Ferrari.

The palace itself is very beautiful, with the typical architecture of the region. But what earns…read morethe five stars is definitely the Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera exhibition. I went with low expectations, loving their work but not expecting to see much. Boy was I wrong! They had almost EVERYTHING! Cristina, Frida's sister, loaned so many paintings for this exhibition I was overwhelmed with joy. They had works from every stage of her carreer, reproductions of his murals and many paintings from him as well. They had staged a reproduction of her dresses and they even had the casket she used during recovery from her accident with the hammer and sickle painted on it. Simply amazing.

We were unable to have our walking food tour in Genoa because of heavy rains. Via telephone, our…read moreguide confirmed we would be refunded. Do Eat Better now refuses to even respond to our requests for refund. Now that we are 5,000 miles away, they must know that we have little recourse. Beware that once they have your money they are likely never going to give you a refund, regardless of circumstances. In our case, they provided nothing in the way of services, yet kept our money. This is not the way ethical and legitimate businesses operate.

We wanted to travel to Genova for a day trip. We have always found food tours a great way to…read moreexperience the culture and personality of a city rather than just visiting a whole lot of historic locations and The Do Eat Better experience was exactly as we'd hoped. We ate some great street food, perhaps too much and saw many fantastic things in this beautiful city. However, it was our guide's insights into Genova and its people that really made this tour amazing. Genova is only just starting to embrace tourism and this is a great way to get under the skin of the city. We loved walking with a local "friend" explaining us the curiosity of the city!!

Great tour! Valentina was our guide and she effortlessly led us through the city and shared history…read moreand stories while feeding us with information about ingredients and cuisine. I am lactose intolerant and was worried I would miss out on flavors and tastes, but the team was so accommodating and I got a different dish when needed and it was sooooo good. Thank you!

UPDATE: THE YELP IDIOTS - YES, IDIOTS - HAVE MOVED THIS TO GENOVA. They do have tours there but I…read moreused their local office in PALERMO and Yelp won't put it back in Palermo despite my edit. My friend and I booked the "Palermo Street Food" tour on another website and all went perfectly well. Communication was excellent with reminders beforehand and then a text message the day before with the instructions for the meeting. We (two Americans) arrived a little bit early and the young lady conducting our tour was already waiting. Two other guests (a married Chinese couple) arrived a few minutes early and we were on our way. Well over three hours of walking, eating, drinking and talking. Just four of us with Federica and we stopped at two sit down restaurants and two sit down street food spots. All interesting and lots of cultural information on Palermo along the way. I would really recommend taking this tour early in your visit to Palermo so that you can really get a lay of the land and acclimate to the city for your visit. Arancina, cheeses, fried panino, cannolo, Italian wine, Italian beer and at the end of the tour, I was stuffed. So stuffed that I couldn't even eat the last snack on our final stop. Federica's English was excellent and I learned a lot while eating a lot. It was a fab tour and much fun. (Hey, Yelp people. Please don't merge this with the Genova business. If you do that, people won't find this when they search "food tour Palermo".) [Review 12801 overall, 115 of 2020.]