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( 010 54 11 76;
www.meublesuisse.com
;
3rd fl, Via XX Settembre 21; s/d €53/71; )
Clean rooms,
service with a smile and your own personal chandelier. What more could you want?
Climb the stairs to the 3rd floor of this strapping Genoa building near Stazione Brignole
for a bit of revived fin-de-siècle magic. If the nine spacious rooms are full, climb up an-
other floor to the charming, similarly priced
Olympia Hotel Genova
(
010 59 25 38;
www.olympiahotelgenova.com
;
4th fl, Via XX Settembre 21)
.
Hotel Agnello d'Oro
HOTEL
€
( 010 246 20 84;
www.hotelagnellodoro.it
; Vico delle Monachette 6; s/d €65/85; )
Eco-
nomical and close to Stazione Porta Principe the 17-room Agnello has everything a seri-
ous traveller needs, such as terrace, reading room, tourist info, buffet breakfasts and fam-
ily rooms.
Ostello Genova
( 010 242 24 57;
www.ostellogenova.it
;
Via Costanzi 120; dm €17, s/d €28/50, shared bathroom s/d
€24/44; reception 24 hrs; )
A steep 2km north of the centre, Genoa's only hostel has
rules that won't endear it to free-spirited backpackers: its eight-bed dorms are single-sex,
there's a lockout from 9am to 3.30pm, a 1am curfew, and Hostelling International (HI)
cards are mandatory. Catch bus 40 from Stazione Brignole to the end of the line. Has ac-
cess for guests with disabilities.
HOSTEL
€
Hotel Bristol Palace
( 010 59 25 41;
www.hotelbristolpalace.com
; Via XX Settembre 35; s €92/143; )
Under
the huge portals of Via XX Settembre lies one of Genoa's fanciest pads, a belle époque
masterpiece exhibiting atmospheric, airy rooms with geometric parquet flooring and ori-
ginal antiques (as well as mod cons). Enter the domain via a sweeping staircase with an
ornamental glass roof visible at the top.
HOTEL
€€
Grand Hotel Savoia
HOTEL
€€
( 010 2 77 21;
www.grandhotelsavoiagenova.it
;
Via Arsenale di Terra 5; s/d €124/169; )
Retreat to the land of fluffy bathrobes and the customised shower gel in the aptly named
Grand Savoia, a hotel that could still happily accommodate the Italian royal family if they
