PasseXout internet cafe is one of the places I haunt while staying in Genova, is the internet cafe down in Piazza delle Erbe. It opens at 10am Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays ... understandably closed, as they stay open until midnight or later.
The staff are friendly, they speak English and will sign you into their system as long as you can provide them with ID. When I returned after almost 9 months away, I still had .80 cents in time sitting there in my account.
They don’t offer a wifi service but you can print A4 and A3 papers there.
Internet time costs 3 euro per hour. Free wifi is restricted to a few cafes, 2 more since I was here last year but forget about Sundays, I haven’t located a Sunday internet source yet, and I have never seen more than 2 secured wifi signals floating loose here in the old part of the city.
No, my hands aren’t shaking ...
Anyway, PasseXout is located at Piazza delle Erbe 12R, and if you want to know more, you can mail them at ellepiemmesas@libero.it.
Bottega degli Aromi is just next door at 16R Piazza delle Erbe and I was so very glad I wandered in this time, as the mosquitoes decided to feast on me. Initially, I did the usual and saw the pharmacist who gave me cream with hydrocortisone in it. I resisted smearing it all over my bites not liking the idea of the cortisone.
Bottega deglia Aromi was an impulse followed. I popped in to see if they had anything homeopathic and they did. Crema cinque Fiori is the cream version of Rescue Remedy and my bites were much happier after it was applied. In English the cream is called Five Flower Cream and comes from Healing Herbs.
You will also find Mario Rivaro and his exquisite gelato on Vico delle Erbe, 15/17R. My favourite flavour is the cherry gelato, the piccolo version in a cone is more than enough to satisfy on a hot day. However, that said, every choice offers new delights ... the lemon meringue gelato is stunning, as are the chocolate varities. Tasting them all is too much to ask.
Piazza delle Erbe is one of many excellent places if you are looking for lunch or an aperitivo in the evenings. A popular local haunt, you can order from various bars. It reminds me a little of Campo dei Fiori in Rome but unlike Rome, locals outnumber the tourists
Ciao from Genova.