Local directions

 

These pages contain descriptions, maps and visual references that will help you orient yourself on your arrival in Genova and to reach your accommodations the Collegio Emiliani. For practical purposes, we are using the Genova Brignole Railway Station as the major landmark for arrivals and subsequent connections to the institution housing participants.
This information is being provided presuming that you will try to use local public transport rather than taxis (which can in no way be refunded!). Clearly, taking a taxi is much easier but more expensive: taxi fare ranges between 15/20 (from Genova Brignole) to 30/40 (from the Genova Airport) euros.
It is advisable to purchase some bus tickets immediately on your arrival (€ 1.20 each; valid for 90 minutes on metropolitan mass transit routes, including many local trains.
Tickets can be purchased at tobacconists and newsstands, as well as at an automatic vending machine in Piazza Giuseppe Verdi (i.e., the major square in front of the Genova Brignole Station). When you board the bus, you must stamp the ticket in the small yellow machine that you will find at the rear or at the front of the bus once inside.

 

a) ARRIVALS AT GENOVA "CRISTOFORO COLOMBO" AIRPORT
Volabus Airport Shuttle C. Colombo Airport - Stazione F.S. Principe
An Hourly Service
Every hour, every day of the week from early morning to late in the evening, the Volabus service will take you to Stazione Principe in approximately 20 minutes.
Connect with Genova in approximately 20 minutes
From Stazione F.S. Principe, one of the principle transport hubs in Genova, you can connect with the urban transport network of AMT Genova using buses, underground metro, or even Trenitalia's urban services.
Ticket - 4 Euro
Gives you access to AMT Genova and Trenitalia's urban transport network
You can purchase your Daily Integrated Tourist Ticket (Biglietto Giornaliero Turistico Integrato) on board the Volabus, from the Poste Italiane office in the airport, all AMT ticket offices, kiosks, automated ticket machines and Trenitalia's ticket offices.
First service from GenovaAirport at 6.00 AM, last service at 23.20 PM.
Catch the bus immediately outside the arrivals terminal.

b) ARRIVALS AT BRIGNOLE RAILWAY STATION
Participants arriving in Genova by train should bear in mind that there are two major stations in the city: Genova Brignole and Genova Principe. Not all trains - particularly from Northern Italy (e.g., Milano) - pass through Genova Brignole: therefore, make sure that your train does indeed stop at Genova Brignole.
c) ARRIVALS AT MILANO MALPENSA AIRPORT
Direct connections to Genova by VOLPI Viaggi e Turismo
+ 39 010.561661
Call Center 0142.781660
www.volpibus.com
Tickets online
A coach leaves Malpensa Airport Terminal 1 from outside exit 4, precisely from stop number 17. The bus will have "Volpi" (the name of the company that runs the service) written on its side.
You must book your seat by phone /n. +39 010 586511 and purchase the ticket on board.The duration of the journey from Malpensa-Genova is approximately 3 hours.
The coach arrives in Genova in Via E. F. Duca d‘Aosta in front of the StarHotel President, just 200 meters away from the Genova Brignole Station.
If your arrival time does not coincide with the Volpi service, please know that there are numerous other alternatives available to connect from MalpensaAirport to the Milano Central Railway Station, and from there, an Intercity (rapid) trains leaving every hour for Genova Brignole and Genova Principe.

DETAIL OF AREA IN FRONT OF GENOVA BRIGNOLE RAILWAY STATION

ON YOUR ARRIVAL IN GENOVA
HOW TO REACH THE COLLEGIO EMILIANI FROM GENOVA BRIGNOLE
Take bus no. 17
The platform for the no. 17 Bus is located approximately 50 meters from the Volabus end of the line, or outside the station and across the street at the farthest platform to your left. The journey lasts approximately 20-25 minutes. You must get off at the first bus stop in Genova Nervi (ask the driver or another passenger; if you don't want to ask, the stop is situated in a large, recently renovated roundabout/square). Once off the bus, turn to your right, proceed to the corner and take the street (Via Felice Gazzolo) that leads down to the "Porticciolo” (small harbor) in Nervi. At the end of the street there's a T-intersection: here turn right, continue for approximately 50 meters until you reach a small alley (Via Provana di Leyni) that leads up to the gate of the Collegio Emiliani.
Collegio Emiliani
Via Provana di Leyni 15
Telephone: 010 320 275

Map on how to reach Collegio Emiliani

Gate and entrance to Collegio Emiliani

 

ON MONDAY MORNING OF THE COURSE

HOW TO REACH THE COURSE VENUE FROM THE COLLEGIO EMILIANI
Bus no. 17
The most convenient route is as follows: outside the Collegio gate turn to your right and proceed down Via Provana di Leyni until you reach the small harbor of Nervi and, 50 meters ahead, the intersection with Via Felice Gazzolo. Turn left and continue until you reach the large roundabout. Cross the roundabout to the bus stop for the number 17 bus (a large “accordion” bus). Take the number 17 bus towards downtown Genova for approximately 2.5 km.s. Keep on the lookout for a bridge passing over the road: you should get off the bus at the third stop after this bridge. Other good markers to look out for are an ESSO gas/service station and a large modern hotel (the AC Hotel), which should be directly across the street from you when you get off the bus. After crossing Corso Europa at the stoplight, turn left and proceed for about 50 meters until you reach Via Antica Romana della Castagne. The Badia Benedettina is located another 50 meters straight on, and will be clearly marked as venue of Genetic and Renal Diseseas Course. Refer to the map for help, and remember the address: Badia Benedettina, Via Antica Romana della Castagna.

Map on how to reach the course venue from Collegio Emiliani

Gate and entrance to Badia Benedettina