The B&B is located in an elegant apartment from the early twentieth century, in the San Nicola area (Castelletto district) convenient to the Principe Station, the University (via Balbi), and the historic center. Starting from the B&B with the Zecca-Righi funicular, you can reach Largo Zecca in just 7 minutes (pictures 11 and 12), and in about fifteen minutes on foot, you will arrive at the Royal Palace located on via Balbi or at the Aquarium in the Porto Antico, at Palazzo Ducale (walking thought the beautiful Via Garibaldi, a Unesco heritage site), and at San Lorenzo cathedral, discovering alleys, churches, museums and much more. It will be a pleasure for me to suggest interesting itineraries and places to visit.
The B&B can be reached both by the Zecca-Righi funiculare (pictures 11-12-13) and by bus n° 36 which passes in front of the Principe Station (. Stop code 0433, picture 6) as well as in front of the Brignole Station and goes up the ring road upstream (Circonvalmonte). For routes in both directions, the descent is always indicated on the bus displays as "Firenze4 / San Nicola" (pictures 7-8). In case the visitor wants to avoid the stairs reaching the B&B from Corso Firenze (San Nicola), I suggest to the visitor to get off the bus n° 36 at the bus stop indicated as "Firenze3/Salvago" if the visitor comes from the Brignole Station, and she/he must wait for the bus n° 375 (timetable daytime only) on that same stop; otherwise, if the visitor as coming from the Principe Station, she/he must get off at the bus stop identified as "Firenze5/Salvago", crosses the road and wait for the bus n° 375. Once the visitor is on bus n° 375 she/he will arrive via Marco Polo getting off at the first bus stop of via Piaggio.
Note: those who go up from Portello (picture 15) with the public elevator of Castelletto (picture 16) can admire the splendid panorama of the roofs of the historic center of Genoa from the Belvedere Montaldo (picture 21). Then the visitor can catch bus n° 375 at the terminus of Spianata Castelletto (picture 18).
On the previous request, it is possible to offer in the immediate vicinity of the B&B a repaired motorcycle parking lot, closed by gates. The cost of it is € 10, 00 per night.
It is possible to park in via Piaggio in the blue lines paying with coins or credit card: from 8 in the morning to 20 in the evening they are € 17. 70 per day (first hour € 1. 30; second hour € 1, 40 and from the third hour onwards € 1. 50) excluding Sunday which is free.
The payment accepted for the overnight stay at B&B and parking can be done in cash.
- Picture n° 1. Room with one double bed, 140 cm wide, and one single bed, stable broadband WIFI access, ceiling fan, water boiler and microwave oven.
- Picture n° 2. The breakfast is served in the room from 7. 30 to 9. 30.
- Picture n° 3. The bathroom is reserved for the guest room (detail).
- Picture n° 4. The reserved bathroom with a hairdryer (detail).
- Picture n° 5. The B&B building is on via Marco Polo 12. The B&B is inside apartment 9 of staircase B (at right). "A. M. La Funicolare" indicate the proper intercom button. In the B&B building, there is an elevator.
- Picture n° 6. The walking route to reach the bus stop of bus n° 36 that goes up the ring road (Circonvalmonte) is marked with a yellow line. Be aware that after 8: 20 PM the bus n° 36 is replaced by bus n° 606.
- Picture n° 7. Bus stop of bus n° 36 in Corso Firenze coming from the Principe Station; the bus display will show "Firenze4/San Nicola", the visitor can get off, and I'll be there waiting.
- Picture n° 8. Bus stop n° 36 in Corso Firenze coming from the Brignole Station; the bus display will show "Firenze4/San Nicola", the visitor can get off and I'll be there waiting.
- Picture n° 9. Together we head towards my building, which is located right above the "Zecca-Righi funicolare" stop (indicated as San Nicola).
- Picture n° 10. We go up to the secondary entrance of the B&B building, crossing the passage that leads to the "funicolare".
- Picture n° 11. Largo della Zecca, entrance to the "funiculare" Station.
- Picture n° 12. The "funiculare" to the Zecca terminus ("Zecca-Righi funicolare").
- Picture n° 13. "San Nicola funicolare" stop: here the two cars cross each other and the visitor has arrived at the get-off point; the visitor will find me waiting on the central platform. A flight of stairs separates us from the secondary entrance to the B&B building.
- Picture n° 14. The terminus of the minibus F2 Castelletto San Simone, which replaces the "funicolare" under revision. The terminus is located at Piazza Bandiera, adjacent to the church of SS. Nunziata: stop code 2430
- Picture n° 15. The "Portello" on bus stop of bus n° 18, 18/ and 20 coming from Brignole.
- Picture n ° 16. Access to the Castelletto elevator that leads to the Belvedere Montaldo and Spianata Castelletto.
- Picture n° 17. Picture of the public elevator of Castelletto seen from Belvedere Montaldo and celebrated in a poem by Giorgio Caproni.
- Picture n° 18. Spianata Castelletto: terminus of the bus n° 375, with which the visitor can reach the B&B by getting off at the first stop on via Piaggio. Via Marco Polo starts to the right of the gate of the Bruzzo castle.
- Picture n° 19. Terminus of the night bus n° 606 (Circonvalmonte) in Piazza Acquaverde, Principe Station. The bus n° 606 also passes in front of the Brignole Station and after 8: 20 PM it replaces the bus n° 36. To reach the B&B, either from Principe or from Brignole Stations, the visitor must get off the bus at San Nicola at the stop indicated on the display as "Firenze4/San Nicola".
- Picture n° 20. Volabus at the terminus at the Cristoforo Colombo airport.
Please verify the AMT timetable (in pdf) on the AMT website.