Fiume

This is not a memorable place to stay. Rather, the Fiume is a serviceable budget option: clean, safe, and close to Stazione Brignole, as well as to Genoa’s intriguing Mercato Orientale food market and the profusion of food and wine shops around it. The desk staff in the brightly lit lobby can be brusquely efficient as they direct you to the rather run-down rooms, where the furnishings consist of little more than cotlike beds, tables, and functional chairs. Even so, everything—including shared facilities in the halls—is immaculate, and the travelers from around the world who stay here provide good company. This being a 19th-century palazzo, the second-floor rooms are more spacious, with higher ceilings than those on the first floor (no elevator).

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