Best Western Premier CHC Airport

This is a practical Genoa base for travellers who want the city within reach without paying for a night in the middle of its busiest streets. The Best Western Premier CHC Airport is built around the useful things: air-conditioned rooms, free Wi-Fi, a restaurant, a bar, a gym and a sauna.

You are also close enough to the airport for a painless arrival or departure, with a complimentary shuttle available during the stated weekday service period. That makes the hotel particularly suited to an early flight, a late landing or a trip where the airport is part of the itinerary rather than an unfortunate surprise at the end of it.

English and Italian are the languages used on the hotel's website, so English-speaking guests have clear information to work with before arrival. The on-site team languages are not listed, so keep any detailed request in writing when arranging the practical side of your stay.

The address is Via Albareto, in Genova, Italy, close to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport and the Erzelli Scientific and Technological Center. The airport is about 0.8 miles away, while the hotel places Sestri Ponente city centre around 1 km away. Genoa city centre is about 15 minutes by car, traffic permitting — Genoa is not famous for allowing plans to remain entirely theoretical.

For a few local options on foot, Bar Valter & Simone is about 0.4 miles away and Stefano e Mimi is about 0.3 miles away. Pegli Beach is around 2 miles from the hotel, reached in roughly three minutes by car. This is an airport hotel, not a beachfront address, so you choose it for access and logistics rather than for stepping straight from your room onto the promenade.

The Genova Sestri Ponente - Aeroporto railway station is about 0.3 miles away. Genoa's Aquarium is around 4 miles away, with Galata Museo del Mare at a similar distance, and the city's historic sights further into the centre.

The room choice is less about decorative theatre and more about getting the right sleeping arrangement. Couples can take a queen-bed room, while friends travelling together have a twin-bed option. For a small family or a trio, the room with a queen bed and a single bed is the sensible fit; family rooms are also available, although there are no extra beds at the hotel.

Rooms have wooden floors, air conditioning, a minibar and a kettle with tea and coffee-making facilities. That means cold water, a hot drink and a controllable temperature when you return tired, salty and no longer interested in heroic ventilation. The rooms are allergy-free, and soundproof rooms are available for guests who would rather not make friends with every aircraft, road movement or early airport departure.

A desk gives you somewhere to sort travel documents or download the next day's plan, while the flat-screen satellite television, radio and free Wi-Fi cover the less ambitious part of the evening. Bathrooms include a bidet, hairdryer and bathrobe. A cot can be requested for a young child, subject to the selected room and availability.

Breakfast is a buffet with Italian and American choices, including sweet and savoury products and a typical Ligurian breakfast touch. It runs from 6.30am to 10am on weekdays and from 7am to 11am at weekends, which gives early departures a fighting chance on some mornings and a more civilised start on others. Breakfast can also be served in your room.

For lunch and dinner, Gate 15 works with Ligurian and international cooking, using regional menus revisited in a modern style. The restaurant has a terrace, and its stated service runs from 12.30pm to 2.30pm for lunch and from 7.30pm to 10.30pm for dinner. Fish and meat feature in the local-cuisine offer, with special diet menus for coeliacs and children's meals available.

There is one bar: the lobby bar, with cocktails and a comfortable place to sit without committing to a full meal. A coffee house is also on site, while the minibar and in-room tea and coffee facilities deal with the small hours when the airport timetable has already beaten the restaurant to bed.

The Biosauna is the hotel's main answer to the question of what to do when you have finished eating and still have time before sleep. It sits somewhere between a Turkish bath and a Finnish sauna, with a relaxation area attached. After travel, or after a day spent carrying bags rather than cylinders, that is a useful place to slow the machinery down.

The gym is deliberately compact rather than pretending to be an athletic complex. It has a treadmill, an exercise bike and a multifunction machine, enough for a straightforward session if sitting in a car or on a flight has left you feeling assembled at the wrong angle.

For a more outward-looking break, Villa Rossi Martini is about 0.7 miles away and Villa Durazzo Pallavicini around 2 miles away. The Aquarium of Genoa, Galata Museo del Mare and the historic centre provide the stronger half-day options, all reachable by car. Back at the hotel, the shared lounge and TV area offer the traditional post-travel activity: sitting down and not moving unless food is involved.

Check-in starts at 2pm and check-out is by noon. The front desk is open around the clock, luggage storage is available, and wake-up calls can be arranged — useful when the flight leaves before your enthusiasm does. A lift serves the building, with accessible rooms and accessible spaces for guests who need them.

The airport shuttle is complimentary and operates from 7am to 10pm on weekdays, with a reservation required. The hotel is also reachable by car from the A12 motorway via the Genova Aeroporto exit: continue towards Sestri Ponente for about 500 metres, then take the second street on the right at the roundabout. Parking is available on site, but it is not guarded.

Free Wi-Fi covers the hotel. Room service, a 24-hour reception, laundry and dry-cleaning services, meeting facilities and three meeting rooms add practical support for longer stays or business travel. Pets are welcome on request. Children of all ages can stay; children aged 13 and over are treated as adults for occupancy purposes.

The hotel holds Green Key certification and separates its waste. That is the useful, concrete part of the environmental policy: a named certification and a stated everyday practice, rather than a brochure full of clouds and heroic promises.

For you, the arrangement is straightforward. Sort waste as requested during your stay and use the hotel's existing systems without expecting the building to pretend it is a wilderness lodge beside the airport.