The school provides a wide range of solutions for housing.

All are carefully selected, located in the immediate vicinity of the school, as well in areas connected to the city-centre by public transport.

v  Rooms in shared apartments with other students

Room in shared apartment with other guests, usually students of the school

(the owner doesn’t live in the apartment)

Bed linen furnished.

Cleaning service compulsory and provided at the arrival (just the once) € 25,00

Extra cleaning service available on request at € 10,- per hour

Deposit: 100,00 € to pay at the beginning of the stay

. The caution will be given back when returning the keys

v Host Families

Single or double room in private houses.

Bathroom to share with the owner or other guests.

Bathroom sometimes could be for private and exclusive use at higher category.

Flat rate description:

Weekly flat rate fee means:

-          rent of single or double room

-          ingredients for continental breakfast, self service only

-          consumption (water, gas, electric current, heater)

-          use of kitchen for dinner only

-          cleaning of the room + bed/bath linen changed weekly,

-          general cleaning of common spaces

-          use of washing machine once a week (together with change of bed/bath linen)

Weekly flat rate fee do not include (but could be arranged with owners):

-          use of dishwasher and use of washing machine more than once/weekly

-          use of telephone and internet

-          preparation of meals

-          service of meals

Economic category

Room with bathroom to share with the owner or other guests. It’s simple furnished apartment located in the centre or higher level apartment situated just out of the centre but in the nearest external district (15-30 minutes from the centre by public transport).

HB supplement: 70,- € / week

Intermediate category

Room with bathroom to share with the owner or other guests. It’s well furnished and elegant apartment in/or out of the centre but in the nearest external district (15-30 minutes from the centre by public transport).

HB supplement: 70,- € / week

High level category

Room with bathroom at exclusive use.

It’s high level, elegant and superior apartments, located in the centre.

v  v Apartment for indipendent use

Flat rate description

Weekly flat rate fee means:

   bed/bath linen furnished

-          consumption (water, gas, electric current, heater)

-          initial cleaning before check in

Weekly flat rate fee does not include:

   use of telephone and internet

-          cleaning at the end, obligation, 40 €

-          extra cleaning during the stays (by arrangement with the owner)

Deposit

a deposit is required for some apartments to cover possible lost, damages, accident.

The deposit is  reimbursed at check out after the check of the apartment by the owner or by a responsible of the school.

If there is any damage, the cost will be deducted from the deposit.

MONO or BILO apartment, located in different districts of the town, with different quality standards, from 2 up to 4 bed places.

Rate per week

STUDIO                                                          from 450,00 €

BILO OR BIGGER APPARTMENTS                       from 600,00 €

 v Hotels (2*, 3*, 4*, 5*)

1. Searching for an hotel during your study holiday…

Clients who desire to live in a hotel can arrange through a Door to Italy their stay in one of the following hotels, all located in the town, close to school and railway station, and above all easy to rich by bus.

2. Booking an hotel to live in Genoa during your study holiday…

To book the hotel the client is requested to ask us in advance in order to let us verify the availability of the room/rooms during the requested period. In case of availability we will inform the client and ask a credit card as guarantee.

3. Payment

The credit card number used as guarantee to book the hotel will be not charged at all. The payment will be done personally by the client and direct to the hotel at check out time at the hotel reception.

The only exception will be done for the Hotel Jolly Plaza, which payment will be requested direct by the school at the booking time The amount will be paid as following: 30% in advance (minimum the value of the first night) as deposit together with 30% in advance for the course confirmation. The difference will be balanced at the school secretary the first day, while registering at school, together with the balance of the course fees.

4. Cancellation of your accommodation

After confirmation the booking can be cancelled, if communicated with enough time in advance: 5 working days before estimate check in time. In this case the school will be able to find another solution or to change the order as requested by the client.

In case of booking at the Jolly Plaza Hotel, for which the school asks 30% in advance (minimum the value of 1st night), the sum paid will be totally returned to the client, with the exception of bank fees.

For late cancellation after the 5th working day before estimate check in time or no show cases, the hotel (the school in case of booking at the Jolly Plaza Hotel) will have the right to charge the client of the first night

5. Reduction of your hotel…

All bookings confirmed through the A Door to Italy’s office will receive

5% reduction on the following prices

The offer is valid for all the hotel here listed and for all 2007, apart the period of the exhibitions. Reduction will be immediately recognized to the client at the moment of the payment.

Hotel Assarotti**                                                                                                       Center

Location: The hotel is situated in the heart of the eight-hundred years old city. It is a welcoming hotel offering single rooms, double rooms (with large bed or twin beds), three beds rooms and four beds rooms.

Rooms: private bathroom with shower and hairdryer, direct phone and phone jacks for PC and Internet connections, tv color with various satellite channels (CNN, Eurosport, ecc.).

All rooms have individual air-conditioning and window frame with double glazing.

Hotel services: small well-stocked bar, daily newspapers and magazines, Internet point with ADSL connection, possibility of parking in the private area.

Cot for baby (until 3 years old) without additional cost.

Pets are welcome.

Price per room

Price is inclusive of VAT                                                      

Payment is direct to the hotel at check out.

Hotel Boccascena***                                                            

Center/East

Location: The Hotel Boccascena has is located in the centre of the city, just 100 metres from the Corso Italia bathing establishment and the International Exhibition Centre of Genoa, in via Carlo Barabino, in one of the most elegant quarters (Foce) of Genoa, where you will find beautiful buildings from the late 1800s. The central position of the hotel allows you to reach the central train station at Brignole as well as the International Exhibition Centre and the seafront on foot. In 15 minutes you can reach the central Piazza de Ferrari and the Carlo Felice Theatre; continue your walk and you'll arrive at the Porto Antico and the Aquarium after

having passed through the largest old town centre in Europe which holds many interesting sites. This area has very efficient public transport.

Rooms: The Hotel Boccascena has 14 rooms, three of which are in the annex on the 5th. Floor, each has telephone, 21" colour TV, DVD, free high velocity Internet connection, air conditioning, fridge bar, safe, hairdryer, sound proofed doors and windows and badge door lock.

The furnishings in all the rooms, especially the fabrics, recall the Art Nouveau style matching the building itself, dating back to the late 1800s.

Hotel services: The Hotel Boccascena offers an external car-park, the use of the facilities in a Genoa bathing establishment with beach and swimming pool, located just 10 minutes walk from the B& and free of cost, a pay shuttle bus service for 7 passengers is available for transfers to the city. Extra urban service (Milan, Florence etc…) is available by booking.

Price per room

Price is inclusive of VAT

Payment is direct to the hotel at check out

Hotel ASTOR****                                                                           

Center/east

Location: The hotel is in that part of Genoa that mingles with the East Ligurian Riviera. Its position is there fore perfect to visit both the centre town and the surroundings like Camogli, Santa Margherita, Portofino, Cinque Terre.

Thanks to the excellent train connection, the students can reach the school in about 15 min. by train.

The hotel is a unique complex with its Villa, situated in the same garden of the hotel. Hotel and Villa are in the middle of their garden, a few steps from the Park and the Promenade to the seaside. The difference between the hotel and the villa is that there is no room service in the villa and all rooms have a shower and not a bathtub.

Rooms: All rooms are equipped with private bathroom, air-conditioning, telephone, predisposition for fax and computer, sat TV, mini bar. Totally the hotel and the villa offer 55 rooms.

Hotel services: Its restaurant and Bar with terrace are very appreciated for its quality service and its genuineness. At the restaurant it is possible to taste every day new specialities combined with selected wines.

Four meeting-rooms, completely renewed and well equipped.

Private parking area and garage. 

Price is inclusive of VAT

Payment is direct to the hotel at check out

Hotel JOLLY PLAZA****                                                   

Center/west

Location: Situated in the commercial heart of Genoa, a few steps from the exclusive Via Roma and Piazza De Ferrari where the Ducal Palace and the Carlo Felice opera theatre are located.

A pleasant walk in the biggest old city centre in Europe takes you to the Old Port area housing

the Aquarium and Cotton Warehouses. The ferry terminal, railway station and international trade fair can all be easily reached in 5 minutes by taxi.

Rooms: 143 rooms with air conditioning

Hotel services: Restaurant, bar.

Price is inclusive of VAT

Payment is direct to the school

Bentley Hotel *****

City Center 

The Bentley Hotel stands on a hill in the centre of Genoa, in the Carignano residential neighbourhood. The new Bentley Hotel is the only five-star hotel in Genoa, located in the city centre in what used to be the headquarters of Ilva, Italy’s biggest iron and steel manufacturer. The building was designed by Genoese architect Giuseppe Crosa di Vergagni in 1929 and has now been brought back to life by a complete makeover, welcoming guests in the exclusive Carignano district just steps away from the city’s business and financial centre, the Teatro Carlo Felice and the Genoa Aquarium. Classic and imposing on the outside, modern and elegant in its furnishings, the Bentley Hotel is the ideal venue for business travellers and for short holiday stays, also for the entire family. The light and freshness of the rooms of Genoa’s Bentley Hotel combine with the warm colours of the fabrics in platinum, titanium and copper tones. Delicate hues for luxurious quarters that are also found in the bathrooms, done in fine crystal white and antique brown marble. All 99 rooms and suites of the new five-star hotel feature waxed natural oak floors and are equipped with all the conveniences. Immersed in a modern, luxurious setting, they are enriched with authentic photograph works by internationally renowned artists. Rooms: All rooms have air conditioning, mini-fridge, satellite and on-demand TV, TV LCD 42”, TV 10” in the bathroom, Wi-Fi and safe. Round-the-clock room service and laundry service. Hotel services: Wellness, restaurant, lounge bar