Prior to our cruise on Costa Mediterranean we stayed in Genoa at Best Western City Hotel. It is clean, tidy and has a great breakfast plus is well situated for walking and exploring the old part of town, plus there are several restaurants close by.

We were a group of four and used "Airports Shuttle" for all our transfers from the airport plus to and from the port of Savona, they were prompt, efficient and good drivers.

Arriving at Savona port our luggage was promptly taken away as soon as we got out of our vehicle and we were given boarding cards no 11 even though I had requested wheel chair assistance in our original booking. On pointing this out to check-in staff we were put on priority 1 for embarkation. I noted that Italians and Germans seem to get preference with higher boarding numbers. Read more