Genoa Airport Rental Car with Hire Car Italy - Your best source for great value Car Rental in Italy!
We offer you 2 quotation engines to allow you to get the best price for your Hire Car in Italy. Just choose which one you want, and compare prices. Both of our engines offer many locations around Italy, and a full fleet of cars is available for hire, from 3 door economy models all the way up to Executive Sedans. We deal only with major, quality-assured hire car companies including Alamo, Budget, Europcar, National, Sixt and Thrifty.
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The rates shown are the special internet rates for self booking. There are no discounts available if you phone - you should use the booking form.
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48 Hours Notice is REQUIRED for all bookings. We cannot book cars with less notice, or on the day. We at Hire Car Italy look forward to providing for all your car hire needs. We pride ourselves on an excellent level of service at a very competitive price. With a large variety of cars and locations to choose from, Hire Car Italy is an ideal choice for affordable car hire whether you are renting for business or pleasure. Our online services are quick and easy to use and will provide you with the best value Hire Car quotes from our suppliers. We have negotiated the best online prices from our suppliers.
To help you enjoy your hire car holiday we have some details about this area of Italy below and general Italian driving information is available on our Hire Car Italy Travel Information page.  Ryanair.com has scheduled flights to this area. You can book online at their website.
Genoa (Italian Genova (jen'o-vah), Genoese Zena (zay'nah), French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. It has a population of ca. 700,000.Genua was a city of the ancient Ligurians. Its name is probably Ligurian, meaning knee (from Proto-Indo-European *genu 'knee'), i.e. angle, from its geographical position, thus akin to the name of Geneva. Alternatively, the name has been claimed to derive from Latin Janua (gate) or the two-headed god Janus. Faithful to Rome while other Ligurian and Celtic peoples of modern Northern Italy stood by Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Genoa lost its importance as a Roman port city after the rise of Vada Sabatia, near Savona. During the Middle Ages, Genoa was an independent and powerful republic (one of the so-called Repubbliche Marinare, with Venice, Pisa, and Amalfi) mainly oriented on the sea. Genoa was the most persistent rival of Venice, and like Venice its nominal republic was presided over by a doge (see Doges of Genoa). Genoa fought a series of wars with Venice starting in 1253, the last of which, the War of Chioggia (1378-81), Venice barely survived. The Siege of Chioggia marked the first strategic use of artillery in Italy, and perhaps, Europe. Map of Italy showing Genoa in the northwestCrusaders from Genoa brought home a green glass goblet long regarded in Genoa as the Holy Grail itself and thought to be emerald. The Republic of Genoa extended over modern Liguria and Piedmont. At various times Genoa had several colonies in the Mideast, in the Aegean and the Black Sea, whence the Black Death was imported into Europe from the Genoese trading post at Kaffa (Feodosiya) in the Crimea, in Sicily and Northern Africa. It possessed the islands of Sardinia and disputed Corsica with Corsicans and France until 1768. Famous Genoese families such as the Dorias had practically complete control of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Republic became part of the French Empire until 1815, when the delegates at the Congress of Vienna sanctioned its incorporation into Piedmont (Kingdom of Sardinia). The Genoa Stock ExchangeFamous Genoese are Christopher Columbus, admiral Andrea Doria, violinist Niccolò Paganini and Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini. The port of Genoa is the first in Italy. It ranks second in the Mediterranean after Marseille, France. The Aquarium of Genoa is the largest in Europe. Other landmarks of the city are the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), St. Lawrence Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Lorenzo), The Old Harbor (Porto Antico), transformed into a mall by architect Renzo Piano, Via Garibaldi with its superb palaces and the monumental cemetery on Staglieno's hill. For 2004, the European Union designated Genoa as European Capital of Culture, along with the French City of Lille.
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