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Ostello di GenovavsHotel Bristol Palace
Both hotels are praised by expert writers. Overall, Hotel Bristol Palace scores significantly better than Ostello di Genova. Hotel Bristol Palace is ranked #1 in Genoa with recommendations from 10 sources such as Frommer's, Oyster and Star Service.
Ostello di Genova
Frommer's
Rough Guide
Via (Passo) Giovanni Costanzi 10, 16135 Genoa
From $18/night
- Free Internet
Frommer's "This hostel is fairly new and attractive, and affords some marvelous views over the city from its hillside perch about a kilometer (1/2 mile) from the terminal of the Righi funicular...in a safe area." Full review
Rough Guide "Genoa’s HI hostel is clean and well run, although its out-oftown location means you will be heavily reliant on buses... Closed 11.30am–2.30pm."
Hotel Bristol Palace
Insight Guides
DK Eyewitness Rough Guide
Star Service
Oyster
The Telegraph
Afar Magazine
Fodor's Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Via XX Settembre 35, 16121 Genoa
From $125/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
Insight Guides "Traditionally Genoa’s grandest hotel, the Bristol Palace is on the city’s most elegant shopping street, close to Old Genoa."
DK Eyewitness "Housed in a 19th-century palazzo, the decor is sumptuous, with a grand sweeping staircase, elegant rooms, spacious public rooms and a bar."
Rough Guide "Grand old pile near Stazione Brignole, full of antique furniture, old masters and an Edwardian sense of order and discretion."
Star Service "This fun and fanciful traditional hotel provides Genova's most authentic period pomp, combining the classic palace hotel attributes some travelers love with a few updated contemporary touches." Full review
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OysterUpscale
"The Hotel Bristol Palace certainly stands out as one of the Genoa's more elegant upscale properties, and features a genuinely stunning spiral staircase." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"Slip into a grande-dame suite for a taste of luxury, 1905-style." Full review
Afar Magazine "Located directly in the middle of the main high-end shopping street Via XX Settembre, the Hotel Bristol Palace is an old Genovese palace that has been reconfigured into a 133 room 4 star urban hotel." Full review
Fodor's "One of Europe's gracious 19th-century grand hotels...guards its reputation for courtesy, service, and elegance, offering mostly spacious, handsomely furnished, high-ceiling guest rooms." Full review
Frommer's "This 19th-century palazzo is one of Genoa’s most regal and popular hotels with its opulent oval staircase and beautiful stained-glass dome" Full review
Lonely Planet "Under the huge portales of Via XX Settembre lies one of Genoa’s fanciest pads, a belle époque masterpiece exhibiting atmospheric, airy rooms." Full review
