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Meliá is the one with a pool you can use in any month. A heated indoor pool, the YHI Wellness spa with a Turkish bath, a 24-hour gym and Blue Lounge & Restaurant, per Meliá.
That’s the full fifteen evening points. Distance costs it: it’s in Carignano, about 2.3 km from Ponte dei Mille in a straight line.
Spa access costs extra and breakfast is about €25. Plan a taxi to the ship.
Book it if
- You want a swim the night before, in any season
- You want a spa evening
- You need a family room for four
Look elsewhere if
- You want to walk to the ship
- You want breakfast in the rate
- You want the old town outside the door
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Meliá Genova publishes and our own map estimates.
Blue Lounge & Restaurant, per Meliá.
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 2.3 km from our pin in a straight line, so this is a taxi morning.
Not in the rate: a buffet is about €25, 07:00 to 10:30, per Hotels.com.
Ponte dei Mille is about 2.3 km away in a straight line, roughly 37 minutes on foot by our estimate. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Hotels.com lists covered valet parking at €36 a night; Meliá marks parking as extra. It’s for your stay, not a cruise week.
Night-Before Score: 27 of 100
Every point comes from Meliá’s own page for the hotel, with Hotels.com’s listing for breakfast, parking and fees (named where used); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Meliá Genova is about 8.5 km from Genoa Airport in a straight line, and about 2.3 km from Ponte dei Mille. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Meliá lists an airport transfer without a price or schedule. Hotels.com puts the airport about 11 minutes’ drive away.
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 2.3 km from our pin in a straight line, so this is a taxi morning.
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 covered valet parking at €36 a night; Meliá marks parking as extra. It’s for your stay, not a cruise week.
Parking for your stay: Covered valet, €36 a night (Hotels.com).
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 2.3 km from our pin in a straight line, so this is a taxi morning.
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. Meliá Genova is about 2.3 km from our Ponte dei Mille pin in a straight line, and about 2.4 km from Ponte Andrea Doria. Your documents name the terminal; the Genoa cruise guide has the rest.
Source: portsofgenoa.comDistance
~2.3 km, straight lineAbout 2.3 km from Ponte dei Mille between our map pins, roughly 37 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 covered valet parking at €36 a night; Meliá marks parking as extra. It’s for your stay, not a cruise week.
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 siteBlue Lounge & Restaurant, per Meliá.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in the rate: a buffet is about €25, 07:00 to 10:30, per Hotels.com.
Address
Via Corsica, CarignanoVia Corsica 4, 16128 Genova
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Meliá Genova and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the airport transfer price, whether the pool is included in the spa fee, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in the rate: a buffet is about €25, 07:00 to 10:30, per Hotels.com.
Parking for your stay
Covered valet, €36 a night (Hotels.com)
Pool
A heated indoor pool with a waterfall and whirlpool in the YHI Wellness area, per Meliá; Hotels.com gives 09:00 to 20:00.
Pets
Pet-friendly, per Meliá; Hotels.com gives €30 a day.
Food and drink on site
- Blue Lounge & Restaurant
Rooms
Classic rooms to a Presidential Suite, with terrace suites and a 474 sq ft family room, per Meliá; no total is given.
Accessibility
A wide lift and a front ramp, per Hotels.com; ask about room details.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- YHI Wellness, 200 m² with a Turkish bath, 08:00 to 21:00, extra cost, per Meliá
- 24-hour gym
- City tax €5 a person a night
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Spa access costs extra, per Meliá.
- Breakfast about €25 extra.
- Parking €36 a night.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The airport transfer price
- Whether the pool is included in the spa fee
Every hotel fact here comes from Meliá’s own page for the hotel, with Hotels.com’s listing for breakfast, parking and fees (named where used), 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 Meliá Genova: the Genoa cruise guide and Genoa as a port of call.
A swim, a spa, then a taxi down to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Meliá Genova for the night before. No payment on the form.
Meliá Genova FAQ
Does Meliá Genova have a pool?
Yes, a heated indoor pool with a whirlpool, per Meliá.
Is breakfast included at Meliá Genova?
Not in the rate. Hotels.com lists it at about €25.
How far is Meliá Genova from the cruise terminal?
About 2.3 km from Ponte dei Mille in a straight line by our map. Take a taxi.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Meliá Genova, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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