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The Tower is the airport bed. It’s about 0.2 miles from the terminal per KAYAK, with Bistrot Albatross, Ristorante il Portico and a 24-hour gym, per Hotels.com.
For the night before a cruise it ranks last, because the ship is about 6 km away. Use it when you land late, or when your flight home leaves early.
The hotel lists no shuttle. Ask before you count on one.
Book it if
- You land late the night before
- You fly home early after the cruise
- You want dinner on site at the airport
Look elsewhere if
- You want Genoa on your last evening
- You want to walk to the ship
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Tower Genova Airport publishes and our own map estimates.
Bistrot Albatross and Ristorante il Portico, plus a bar, per Hotels.com.
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 6 km from our pin in a straight line; a taxi or Volabus gets you there.
Not in the rate: about €10, cooked to order, 07:00 to 10:00, per Hotels.com.
This is an airport hotel. Ponte dei Mille is about 15 minutes by car in good traffic, per MSC. Take a taxi, a fixed €25 from the airport, per a 2025 report.
Hotels.com lists covered parking at €25 a night, limited. It’s airport parking for your stay, not a cruise plan.
Night-Before Score: 16 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 Tower Genova Airport is about 750 m from Genoa Airport in a straight line, and about 6.1 km from Ponte dei Mille. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Hotels.com lists no shuttle. KAYAK puts the hotel about 0.2 miles from the airport, and reviewers there call it walkable, but the hotel publishes nothing on it.
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 6 km from our pin in a straight line; a taxi or Volabus gets you there.
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 parking at €25 a night, limited. It’s airport parking for your stay, not a cruise plan.
Parking for your stay: Covered on site, €25 a night, limited (Hotels.com).
No ride to the ship is listed. Ponte dei Mille is about 6 km from our pin in a straight line; a taxi or Volabus gets you there.
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. Tower Genova Airport is about 6.1 km from our Ponte dei Mille pin in a straight line, and about 5.8 km from Ponte Andrea Doria. Your documents name the terminal; the Genoa cruise guide has the rest.
Source: portsofgenoa.comDistance
~6.1 km, straight lineAbout 6.1 km from Ponte dei Mille in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
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 parking at €25 a night, limited. It’s airport parking for your stay, not a cruise plan.
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 siteBistrot Albatross and Ristorante il Portico, plus a bar, per Hotels.com.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in the rate: about €10, cooked to order, 07:00 to 10:00, per Hotels.com.
Address
Via Pionieri ed Aviatori d’Italia, at the airportVia Pionieri ed Aviatori d’Italia 44, 16154 Genova
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Tower Genova Airport and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm any airport shuttle, the hotel’s own pages, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in the rate: about €10, cooked to order, 07:00 to 10:00, per Hotels.com.
Parking for your stay
Covered on site, €25 a night, limited (Hotels.com)
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Dogs and cats, €30 a pet a day, per Hotels.com.
Food and drink on site
- Bistrot AlbatrossLunch and dinner
- Ristorante il PorticoLunch and dinner
- Bar
Rooms
283 rooms over 11 floors, with triples and a family suite for four, per Hotels.com.
Accessibility
Braille signage and a lift, per Hotels.com; ask about accessible rooms.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- About 0.2 miles from the airport, per KAYAK
- City tax €4 a person a night
Before you book
Worth knowing
- No shuttle listed by the hotel.
- Breakfast about €10 extra.
- Parking €25 a night.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Any airport shuttle
- 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 Tower Genova Airport: the Genoa cruise guide and Genoa as a port of call.
Land, sleep, then a short taxi to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Tower Genova Airport for the night before. No payment on the form.
Tower Genova Airport FAQ
Does Tower Genova Airport have a shuttle?
Hotels.com lists none. KAYAK reviewers mention one and call the walk easy, but the hotel publishes nothing, so ask.
How far is Tower Genova Airport from the cruise terminal?
About 6 km from Ponte dei Mille in a straight line by our map; MSC puts the airport about 15 minutes from the port by car.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Tower Genova Airport, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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