Albaro

Albaro () is an affluent residential neighbourhood of the Italian city of Genoa, located east of the city centre. It was formerly an independent comune (municipality), named San Francesco d'Albaro, and was included in the city of Genoa in 1873. At present, together with the neighbourhoods of and , it is part of the Genoa's city VIII Municipio (Medio Levante).

From the 16th to the 19th century, Albaro was a renowned holiday resort for the Genoese upper class, who lived in the city and during summer used to move to their villas in Albaro. For few months, from September 1822 to July 1823, the romantic poet Lord Byron lived here. The English writer Charles Dickens spent in Albaro the summer of 1844, and here he wrote the short novel The Chimes. Nowadays it is a wealthy residential neighborhood, where during the last century next to the historic villas apartment buildings have been built, most of them with broad exclusive green spaces.