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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/a?¬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/a?¬7.74-12.90 one-way), departing either from the Aquarium or from Calata Zingari next to the Stazione MarAttima. 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 cybercafA© 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/a?¬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). Other useful information
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