Airlines Alitalia, via
XXII Ottobre 12 (tel
1478.65.642); British Airways
(tel 1478.12.266); Delta (tel
1678.64.114); Meridiana (tel
0789.69.300).
Banks Plenty are
clustered next to Stazione
Principe in Piazza Acquaverde,
along Via Balbi, and on Via XX
Settembre.
Boats Alimar (tel
010.256.775, www.alimar.ge.it
) and Cooperativa Battellieri
(tel 010.265.712, www.battellierigenova.it
) offer 45min tours by boat
around the port, departing
from alongside the aquarium
(every 30min, daily 10am-5pm;
L10,000/?5.16). Alimar also do
romantic tours by night (July
& Aug daily 9pm). Both
companies run plenty of summer
excursions west and east along
the Riviera (generally
L15-25,000/?7.74-12.90
one-way), departing either
from the Aquarium or from
Calata Zingari next to the
Stazione Maríttima. Routings
along the eastern coast are
also operated by Golfo
Paradiso, based in Camogli (tel
0185.772.091, www.golfoparadiso.it
), whose boats depart from
Calata Mandraccio, just south
of the Bigo.
Bookshops
Feltrinelli, Via XX Settembre
233, has some English-language
paperbacks, but Di Stefano ( www.distefano.it
) at Porto Antico and Via
Ceccardi 40r, has a better
selection.
Car rental Europcar
(airport tel 010.650.4881);
Hertz, Via Casaregis 76 (tel
010.570.265; airport tel
010.651.2422); Maggiore, Corso
Sardegna 275 (tel
010.839.2153; airport tel
010.651.2467); Sixt, Via
Montevideo 111r (tel
010.313.024); Swiss Rent, Via
Canevari 191 (tel
010.882.248).
Consulates UK,
Piazza Vittoria 15 (tel
010.564.833); USA, Via Dante 2
(tel 010.584.492).
Doctor Call
010.354.022 for a doctor on
call; First Aid emergency is
on tel 113.
Ferries Any of the
shipping agencies under the
arcades along Piazza
Caricamento can give current
details of the long-distance
ferries departing regularly to
Bastia (Corsica), Olbia or
Porto Torres (both Sardinia),
Palermo (Sicily) and further
afield to Barcelona, Tunis and
around the Med. Main operators
are: Corsica Tours, Piazza
Dante 5a (tel 010.593.301, www.corsicaferries.com
); Grimaldi, Via Fieschi 17 (tel
010.589.362; www.grimaldi.it
); Moby, Ponte Asseretto (tel
010.252.755, www.mobylines.it
); and Tirrenia, Ponte Colombo
(tel 010.275.8041).
Flight information
tel 010.601.5410.
Football Genoa's
premier side, the sporadically
successful Sampdoria, play at
the Luigi Ferraris stadium, up
behind Stazione Brignole. They
share the stadium with the
city's other major team, Genoa
- founded in 1893 as the Genoa
Cricket and Athletic Club,
originally for British
expatriates only. Bus #12 from
Piazza Caricamento, and bus
#37 from Stazione Principe,
Piazza Corvetto and Stazione
Brignole, both pass near the
stadium; or you can walk it in
15-20min from Brignole.
Hospitals Ospedale
Galliera, Mura delle
Cappuccine 14 (tel
010.56.321), is the city's
most central hospital,
situated just south of Piazza
Vittoria, while Ospedale
Evangelico, Corso Solferino 1a
(tel 010.55.221) is
English-speaking. For an
emergency ambulance, call
010.5551.
Internet access
Amazingly, Genoa had no public
access points at the time of
writing, but word had it that
a cybercafé was due to open
on Via Ravecca in the old
town.
Parking There are a
dozen or so central car parks,
all of which cost
L30-35,000/?15-18 per day; the
largest is beneath Piazza
della Vittoria (open 24hr).
The old quarter is barred to
traffic.
Pharmacies Ponte
Monumentale, Via XX Settembre
115r (tel 010.564.430) and
Farmacia Pescetto, Via Balbi
185r (tel 010.246.2697) are
both English-speaking and open
24hr.
Police Carabinieri
tel 112; Polizia tel 113;
coastguard police tel
010.267.451. Genoa's police HQ
is on tel 010.53.631.
Post office Via
Dante 4 (Mon-Sat
8.10am-7.40pm; staff at window
15 speak English). Sub-post
offices are at both train
stations, open same hours.
Taxis Radio Taxi
Genova tel 010.5966.
Train information
tel 1478.88.088.
Travel agents CTS,
Via San Vincenzo 119 (tel
010.564.366 or 010.532.748);
Giver Viaggi, Via XX Settembre
14 (tel 010.570.1241 or
010.585.010); Nouvelles
Frontieres, Via Brigata
Bisagno 19r (tel
010.553.6474).
