We needed to break a longer journey up and decided to stay in Genoa purely because of the train schedule. We could not have been more delighted by the hotel or the city!
You can see the hotel as you exit the Genova Centrale train station. It's on a busy, noisy, gritty street but is an oasis of quiet and elegance. Our triple room (we only needed a double but they were all booked) was beautiful! It had a chandelier and mosaic floors and lots of room to unpack and two writing desks and a bidet. It was so comfortable! And the breakfast was fantastic.
I should say too that the location is perfect for exploring the old port, if you're able-bodied enough for lots of stairs and alleyways. It's teeming with interesting shops and faces and smells. There are museums close by but check their hours -- only afternoons when we were there, so we missed them. We walked miles, had appetizers and an aperitif at a place for locals (enough delicious food for dinner!), went into a couple of splendid old churches, saw the grand shopping avenue, and kind of fell in love with Genoa.