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Portofino / Italy
Frugone 1885 is a Genoa-based cashmere house whose Portofino boutique on Molo Umberto I sells hand-finished knitwear, scarves and accessories. The brand also operates stores in Florence, Genoa and Savignone.
Best for Hand-finished knitwear, scarves and accessories
Genoa / Online
Genoa's rosolio-and-candied-fruit house since 1780 — Verdi's favorite. Municipal and official texts both name Giuseppe Verdi as a patron; official page quotes his letter on Romanengo candied fruit, now at the La Scala Theatre Museum.
Best for Candied fruit, rosolio drops, and historic sweets.
Campo Ligure (laboratory) / Via di Soziglia (Genoa shop)
Gierre produces silver filigree in Campo Ligure and sells it through a shop on Via di Soziglia in central Genoa. The workshop draws on the town's filigree tradition recognised since the 18th century.
Best for Silver filigree from Campo Ligure
Genoa Pra' / Online
The Pra’ operation connects basil cultivation with pesto production, keeping the herb close to processing. Fresh pesto, sauces and pantry products are sold in multiple formats, with refrigerated delivery used for the perishable lines.
Best for The reference Genoese pesto, DOP basil and all.
Genoa / Sottoripa / Online
Genoese Bottega Storica since 1920 — Lucardine breton knits, the Camugin fisherman's cap, and portside workwear made in Liguria.
Best for Lucardine stripes and true marinaio kit.
Online
Founded in 2005 in Genoa by Massimo Nobile and Stefania Giannino, building on a family perfumery opened by Massimo's grandfather in Rome in 1942. Fragrances including Pontevecchio, named for Florence's bridge, are hand-bottled, labeled and packaged.
Best for Italian-made artisan perfumes.
Nobile 1942 was founded in 2005 by Massimo Nobile and Stefania Giannino, though the name reaches back further: Massimo's grandfather opened the family's first perfumery in Rome in 1942, run by his wife, with the family's involvement in perfumery traced back even earlier, to around 1930. The modern company operates out of Genoa rather than Rome or Florence, at a facility on Via Evandro Ferri. Its debut fragrance, Pontevecchio, launched in 2005 and takes its name and inspiration from Florence's Ponte Vecchio bridge, historically home to the city's goldsmiths — a place the founders describe as personally significant, distinct from where the company is actually based. Across the range, the company emphasizes small-batch, hand-finished production: each bottle is filled, labeled and packaged by hand rather than on an automated line, and the founders frame their work as 'emozioni liquide' — liquid emotions — with each scent tied to a specific historical or personal narrative rather than a seasonal marketing concept. The Premium collection, which includes the gladiator-themed fragrance Rudis, extends that same storytelling approach into scents built around historical figures and settings rather than abstract mood names.
Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi 41, Rapallo (Genova)
Founded in Rapallo in 1862, Pasticceria Canepa is known for cubeletti, the town's shortcrust-pastry sweets filled with quince jam. It also bakes traditional Ligurian pandolce genovese, panettone and pandori to time-honoured recipes.
Best for Cubeletti di Rapallo and traditional Ligurian pastries
Genoa / Online
An online Genoese bakery shipping focaccia fresh to order across Europe, timing dispatch to Monday through Wednesday so it arrives within days of baking. The site describes its focaccia as an artisan product from a Genoa bakery, sold alongside traditionally mortar-made pesto.
Best for Fresh-shipped Genoese focaccia and traditionally mortar-made pesto.
Via Cesarea, centro
Trading in Genoa since 1947, Rossi makes pesto genovese with Basilico DOP alongside aromatic oils and specialty salts, sold through several traditional shops in the city centre. Its pesto was singled out by Gambero Rosso in 2008 as the best produced in Italy.
Best for Pesto genovese with Basilico DOP
Prà, Genova ponente
The Cini family has grown Genovese basil on the terraced hills of Prà since the early 19th century, supplying the district's prized leaf for pesto. The farm sells its basil and derived products directly.
Best for Genovese basil from Prà
Genoa / Online
SLAM sells sailing clothing and technical outerwear through its Genoa shop on Via Ceccardi. The brand began in Genoa in 1979, developing garments around sailing and life near the water. Its range includes clothing for use on a boat as well as pieces suited to everyday wear.
Best for Sailing clothing and technical outerwear in Genoa
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