Focaccia di Recco Festival

This curious event is entirely devoted to focaccia, the flat Italian bread.

This curious event is entirely devoted to focaccia, the flat Italian bread. It’s not any old focaccia either, focaccia di Recco is covered in a layer of creamy melted cheese, it has even obtained European Protected Geographical Status, so imitators beware. This one day event starts early in the morning, with local bakers handing out different varieties flavoured with onion or herbs – roughly 25,000 pieces of focaccia are distributed each year, for free. This popular event has been going strong on the outskirts of Genoa since 1960.

Location map

Map showing the location of Focaccia di Recco Festival

Getting here by train

Recco, on the outskirts of Genoa, has it's own railway station with a good local service to it's bigger neighbour (approx 25 minutes journey time). From the station in the town centre, it is just a couple of hundred metres to the Focaccia-related festivities!