Il Bigo Review

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Il Bigo

  • Address: Ponte Spinola, Porto Vecchio, Genoa
  • Phone: 010/23451; 347/4860524 ice-skating

Fodor's Review:

The bizarre white structure erected in 1992 to celebrate the Columbus quincentennial looks like either a radioactive spider or an overgrown potato spore, depending on your point of view. Its most redeeming feature is the Ascensore Panoramico Bigo (Bigo Panoramic Elevator), from which you can take in the harbor, city, and sea. Next to the elevator, in an area covered by sail-like awnings, there's an ice-skating rink in winter.

  • Cost: Elevator EUR 3.30, skating rink EUR 7.50
  • Open: Elevator: Feb. and Nov., weekends 10-5; June-Aug., Tues., Wed., and Sun. 10-8, Thurs.-Sat. 10AM-11PM; Mar.-May and Sept., Tues.-Sun. 10-6; Oct., Tues.-Sun. 10-5; Dec. 26-Jan. 6, daily 10-5. Skating rink: Nov. or Dec.-Mar., weekdays 8AM-9:30PM, Sat. 10AM-2AM, Sun. 10AM-midnight
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