Savona

For residents' parking the municipality issues a digital permit, red for Centro and green for Villapiana, requested online with CIE or SPID. The permit costs 5 euro in Centro and 10 euro in Villapiana, plus a 16-euro revenue stamp for new permits. Rents, house prices and the bus pass are in the data.

Public housing is run by ARTE Savona, a regional agency based at via Aglietto 90. Allocation calls are published by municipality in the site's Bandi ERP section; the switchboard answers every day from 9 to 13. Market rents and prices are in the data.

The municipal portal groups civil-registry services under «Anagrafe e stato civile» and handles the residents' parking permit online. The city has a Mercato Civico (covered market) that also hosts cultural initiatives.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Local public transport in the province of Savona is run exclusively by TPL Linea, based at via Valletta San Cristoforo 3R. Tickets at sales points, passes also through the MooneyGo app, paid car parks run by the company. Pass prices are in the data.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Savona is served by ASL 2 Savonese: district office at via Collodi 13, San Paolo hospital at via Genova 30, out-of-hours doctor on the provincial toll-free number 800 556 688. Single telephone booking number 010 5383400; changing GP can be done online.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

The port is the main local employer the Port Authority describes: nine goods-terminal operators, the Costa Crociere cruise terminal, yacht builders, logistics and technical-nautical services. Employment and unemployment figures are in the data.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The University of Genoa's list of bachelor's courses gives Savona as the site of Media, Communication and Society (limited places), Energy Engineering (open access) and Exercise and Sport Sciences (limited places); Nursing also lists Savona among its sites.

Savona is shaped by its port, which the city's tourism site presents as a cruise stop, and by its landmarks on the sea: the Priamar Fortress, built by the Genoese in 1542, and the Leon Pancaldo Tower. The municipality has a section on participation and neighbourhoods.

In the Civil Protection Department's seismic classification (May 2025 update) Savona is in zone 3. ISPRA's IdroGEO sheet (2024 Report) counts 18,447 residents in areas at flood risk (30.4%) and 480 in areas at landslide risk (0.8%). Temperatures and days over the PM10 limit in the data.

The municipal tourism portal lists the old town and harbour basin, towers and fortresses (Priamar, Brandale, Leon Pancaldo Tower), museums, sacred art, theatres and the treasures of the surrounding area. Savona is also a cruise port, with half-day and full-day excursions on offer.

VisitSavona, the Comune's tourism portal, lists three theatres: the Teatro Comunale Chiabrera (piazza Diaz 2), the Officine Solimano (piazza Rebagliati), a former factory turned multi-purpose centre, and the Teatro Sacco in the old town. For sport it points to canoeing, kayaking and sailing, municipal pools and bowls clubs, gyms and skating rinks.