Overview

Program Rules

GENERAL

Medical Care

Academic Facilities

Student Housing

Mail/Packages

Taxi

PREPARATIONS

Packing

Arrival in Genoa

Money/Phone

Electrical Appliances

LIFE IN GENOA

Public Transport

Hangout Spaces

Nearby Sites

Shopping

Food

Restaurants

Groceries

Hotels/Hostels

TAXI 

TAXI APPS

Install on your phone the ‘Your Taxi’ app or inTaxi app from Google Play or App Store

CALL A TAXI BY PHONE

010 5966 if you have a local sim

+39 010 5966 to call them ‘long distance’

The operator will speak in Italian, and rarely speaks any English, so you must be able to say in Italian the address and how many people.

After a pause to locate a taxi, you will hear an automated voice say:

Il tuo taxi e' ALFA 9, arrivera' in 5 min.

(Your taxi is Alfa 9 (or Beta 36 or Gamma 67) and will arrive in 5 minutes.) 

Just hang up and the taxi will arrive in 5 minutes. Be there and remember the taxi name and number.

 WHATSAPP

392 5966 123

Send the pickup address (where a taxi can arrive!), with no punctuation, such as ‘Via Magenta 26’ (just the building number, no apartment number; be sure you have the address ready ahead of time, and don’t write ‘Piazza Matteotti Rooster’).

You will immediately receive:

Il messaggio è stato ricevuto. Attendi l'esito della richiesta.

(your message was received, please wait for a response)

After a few minutes you will receive:

ALFA 9 è il Tuo Taxi e ti raggiungerà in 03 min. -SOLO E SOLAMENTE PER TEMPI SUPERIORI AI 7 MINUTI  RISPONDERE 'CONFERMO' O 'ANNULLO'

(Your taxi is Alfa 9 (or Beta 36 or Gamma 67) and will arrive in 3 minutes, Only if the wait exceeds 7 minutes should you respond with ‘confirm’ or ‘cancel’)

UBER

There is no UBER in Genoa.