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Metropoli is the old-town base. It’s on Piazza Fontane Marose at the top of Via Garibaldi, about 1.1 km from Ponte dei Mille in a straight line, with a family room for four, per Hotels.com.
There’s a bar and a café, no restaurant. Breakfast is about €12 extra.
On sail morning, take a taxi down to the port. The old town’s lanes aren’t a place to roll bags.
Book it if
- You want Via Garibaldi’s palaces on foot
- You need a room for four
- You’re bringing a dog
Look elsewhere if
- You want to walk to the ship
- You want a restaurant in the building
- You want a pool or a gym
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what BW Metropoli publishes and our own map estimates.
A bar and a café, per Hotels.com. No restaurant is listed.
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 1.1 km from our pin in a straight line; Hotels.com says within a 10-minute drive. Take a taxi.
Not in the rate: a buffet is about €12, from 07:00, per Hotels.com.
Ponte dei Mille is about 1.1 km away in a straight line, roughly 17 minutes on foot by our estimate. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Hotels.com lists off-site parking about 200 m away at €25 a day. Nothing is offered for a cruise.
Night-Before Score: 28 of 100
Every point comes from Hotels.com’s listing (we couldn’t reach the hotel’s own site); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate BW Metropoli is about 7.8 km from Genoa Airport in a straight line, and about 1.1 km from Ponte dei Mille. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No airport shuttle is listed; Hotels.com puts the airport about 24 minutes’ drive away.
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 1.1 km from our pin in a straight line; Hotels.com says within a 10-minute drive. Take a taxi.
From GOA without a hotel shuttle
A taxi from the airport to the cruise terminal is a fixed €25 a car, per a January 2025 report of the city’s fares. Volabus runs to Piazza Principe in about 30 minutes, per AMT, for €10, per an October 2025 report. MSC sells a transfer at €19 a person. The airport page has the fares.
Hotels.com lists off-site parking about 200 m away at €25 a day. Nothing is offered for a cruise.
Parking for your stay: Off site, within about 200 m, €25 a day (Hotels.com).
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 1.1 km from our pin in a straight line; Hotels.com says within a 10-minute drive. Take a taxi.
Flying in the morning you sail? You can skip the hotel entirely; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Ponte dei MilleMSC says its ships use Ponte dei Mille / Ponte Andrea Doria, the two cruise terminals Stazioni Marittime runs below Piazza Principe. BW Metropoli is about 1.1 km from our Ponte dei Mille pin in a straight line, and about 1.3 km from Ponte Andrea Doria. Your documents name the terminal; the Genoa cruise guide has the rest.
Source: portsofgenoa.comDistance
~1.1 km, straight lineAbout 1.1 km from Ponte dei Mille between our map pins, roughly 17 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Not statedThe hotel doesn’t say where the airport bus stops. Volabus, per AMT, stops at Via Milano / Ferry Terminal, Piazza Principe, De Ferrari and Brignole on the way in from the airport.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists off-site parking about 200 m away at €25 a day. Nothing is offered for a cruise.
In town
MSC Parking at Ponte dei Mille, from €70MSC runs valet parking at the Garage Ponte dei Mille, by the terminal: €70 for four days up to €160 for thirteen, car or SUV, per MSC. You drop the bags, then hand over the car. We found no published cruise parking for Costa guests.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteA bar and a café, per Hotels.com. No restaurant is listed.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in the rate: a buffet is about €12, from 07:00, per Hotels.com.
Address
Piazza Fontane Marose, by Via GaribaldiPiazza Fontane Marose, 16123 Genova
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from BW Metropoli and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the hotel’s own pages, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in the rate: a buffet is about €12, from 07:00, per Hotels.com.
Parking for your stay
Off site, within about 200 m, €25 a day (Hotels.com)
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Pets up to 55 lb, about 25 kg, €10 a pet a night, per Hotels.com.
Food and drink on site
- Bar
- Café
Rooms
52 rooms over five floors, with a family room for four, per Hotels.com.
Accessibility
Hotels.com lists a lift and nothing more, so ask.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- The Old Port is about 8 minutes on foot, per Hotels.com
- City tax €3 a person a night
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast about €12 extra.
- Parking off site, €25 a day.
- A taxi to the ship.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The hotel’s own pages
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Hotels.com’s listing (we couldn’t reach the hotel’s own site), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins; both terminal pins are our estimates.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book BW Metropoli: the Genoa cruise guide and Genoa as a port of call.
An evening on Via Garibaldi, a taxi to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check BW Metropoli for the night before. No payment on the form.
BW Metropoli FAQ
How far is Best Western Hotel Metropoli from the Genoa cruise terminal?
About 1.1 km from Ponte dei Mille in a straight line by our map. Hotels.com says within a 10-minute drive.
Is breakfast included at Best Western Hotel Metropoli?
No. Hotels.com lists it at about €12.
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