BY AIR
GENOA has its own airport (https://www.airport.genova.it/), which is on the seafront and a twenty-minute taxi ride from the Faculty of Educational Sciences where the conference will be held. The taxi fare is approximately €20. There is also a half-hourly bus service which takes you into the town centre (https://www.amt.genova.it/amt/trasporto-multimodale/volabus/).
There are four other convenient Italian airports with many flights: Milan Malpensa (http://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/it), Milan Linate (http://www.milanolinate-airport.com/it), Milan (Bergamo) Orio al Serio (https://www.milanbergamoairport.it/it/) and Pisa (https://www.pisa-airport.com/it/). From the airports of Malpensa, Linate and Orio al Serio you may take a bus or a train to reach Milano Centrale railway station and take a train that will take you to either Genova Piazza Principe railway station or to Genova Brignole railway station. From Pisa you can take a train to either Genova Piazza Principe railway station or to Genova Brignole railway station.
Nice airport (https://www.nice.aeroport.fr/) in France is also an option.
FROM MILAN MALPENSA
An express train shuttle takes you to Milano Centrale railway station (http://www.malpensaexpress.it/it/malpensa-express/home.aspx).
Buses take you directly from Malpensa to Milano Centrale railway station. The drive takes 35-45 minutes, depending on the traffic (http://www.malpensashuttle.it/ ; https://www.terravision.eu/italiano/airport_transfer/bus-aeroporto-di-malpensa-milano/)
FROM MILAN LINATE
Buses take you directly from Linate to Milano Centrale railway station. The drive takes 25-35 minutes. The airport is within the city boundaries, and thus the handiest (http://www.milano-aeroporti.it/linate-shuttle/index.html)
FROM MILAN ORIO AL SERIO
Buses take you directly from Milan (Bergamo) Orio al Serio to Milano Centrale railway station. The drive takes approx. 50 minutes (http://www.orioshuttle.com/Orio-al-Serio_Milano-Centrale.cfm)
FROM MILANO CENTRALE railway station there are fast Intercity trains approximately every two hours which get you to Genova Piazza Principe railway station or to Genova Brignole railway station in approximately 1hr 45 mins. Link to Italian Railways: https://www.trenitalia.com/
FROM PISA
There is a direct train approximately every 5-8 minutes which takes you to Pisa Centrale railway station in about 5 minutes (http://www.pisa-airport.com/it/i-passeggeri/trasporti/people-mover.html).
FROM PISA CENTRALE railway station there are fast Intercity trains approximately every two hours which get you to Genova Piazza Principe railway station or to Genova Brignole railway station in approximately 2 hours. Link to Italian Railways: https://www.trenitalia.com/
NICE (France)
Nice is approx. 200 kms from Genoa. There is a train service linking Nice to Genoa, but generally one has to change at Ventimiglia. Link to Italian Railways: https://www.trenitalia.com/
BY TRAIN
Genoa has two main railway stations: Genova Piazza Principe railway station or to Genova Brignole railway station.
Genova Brignole is nearer the Faculty of Educational Sciences, where the Conference will be held.
It may be convenient to reach Genoa by train if coming from France or Switzerland and Northern Europe. Link to Italian Railways: https://www.trenitalia.com/
BY CAR
Genoa is on the motorway and can be also reached by car. Please note, however, that following the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in August 2018 it might be advisable to opt for an alternative means of transportation, as highly time-consuming traffic jams have become quite common.
BUSES in Genoa
You need a ticket before you get on a bus in Genoa. Tickets can be bought either at a newsvendor or at the tobacconist’s, but not on the bus itself. A single ticket costs €1.50 and is valid for an hour and a half on any bus, lift or cable railway: https://www.amt.genova.it/amt/