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Local directions
These pages contain descriptions, maps and visual references that will help you orient yourself on your arrival in Genova . 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. Brignole
Every approximately 40 minutes, every day of the week from early morning to late in the evening, the Volabus service will take you to Stazione Brignole in approximately 30 minutes.
Ticket - 6 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 23.40 PM.
Catch the bus immediately outside the arrivals terminal.
Volabus site
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
