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discounts available, and cost per respectively. Florence’s Firenze DIRECTORY
minute decreases as the amount Spettacolo has weekly enter-
of time purchased increases. tainment listings magazines. Always remember to use the full
Many hotels have Wi-Fi, The latter also has a useful area code (including the first
zero), even when phoning within
so travellers with their own restaurant section and a a city.
laptop can have easy access. summary of listings in English
You’ll probably need a plug at the back. Useful Numbers
adaptor, too. Remember that British and American papers,
with Skype or Voip Stunt such as the International Herald Directory Enquiries
installed it’s possible to make Tribune, The Guardian, and USA Tel 1254 (Option 1).
phone calls over the Internet Today, are readily available and Multilingual Directory
with the help of a small tend to arrive in the main cities Enquiries
microphone. Calls are free at around midday on the day Tel 1254 (Option 2).
between Skype users. of publication.
Operator Services
Tel 170 (also for reverse charge
TV and Radio Post Offices and calling card calls).
Television channels in Italy Local post offices open from American Operators
include the state-owned RAI 8:25am to 1:50pm weekdays, Tel 800 17 24 44 (AT&T).
(Uno, Due and Tre) and Mediaset and from 8:25am to noon on Tel 800 17 24 01 (Verizon).
(Retequattro, Canale Cinque Saturday. Main city post offices Tel 800 17 24 05 (Sprint).
and Italia Uno). There are also are open from 8:25am to 7pm
many local channels. Most nonstop. Many tobacconists Australian Operators
foreign programmes are also sell stamps. Tel 800 17 26 10 (Telstra).
dubbed into Italian, although The Vatican City and the state Tel 800 17 26 11 (Optus).
satellite channels, such as BBC of San Marino have their own Country Codes
World News, Sky and CNN, show postal systems and stamps. Bear
news and sports programmes in in mind that letters bearing San To call Italy from these countries,
English. There are three national Marino or Vatican stamps can dial the code and then the full
radio stations and hundreds only be posted in San Marino area code (including the 0) and
of local stations. and Vatican postboxes. the number.
The red postboxes (blue Tel 00 39 – UK
in the Vatican) usually have Tel 0 1139 – US & Canada
two slots, labelled per la città Tel 00 39 – Ireland
(for the city only) and tutte
le altre destinazioni (for all Tel 00 1139 – Australia
other destinations). Email and Internet
Italian post is notorious for its
unreliability, and letters can take Internet Train
between four days and two ∑ internettrain.it/dovesiamo.
weeks to arrive. html
A selection of newspapers available at a For a faster service it is best
newsstand to send letters by express Skype
post services such as ∑ skype.com
Postacelere (for letters) and Voip Stunt
Newspapers
Paccocelere (for larger packages). ∑ voipstunt.com
There are several national daily Both services are based at all
newspapers, including La main post offices and guarantee Post and Couriers
Stampa, Il Corriere della Sera and delivery within 24 to 72 hours.
La Repubblica. Papers with the They are far cheaper than Italian Post Office
∑ poste.it
most detailed news of Italy’s private couriers. Another reliable
major cities include Il Mattino for option is recorded delivery Private Couriers
Naples, Il Messaggero for Rome, (raccomandata). Anything of
La Nazione for Florence and value should be sent by insured DHL
Il Giornale for Milan. post (assicurata). Tel 199 19 93 45.
All newspapers will have ∑ dhl.it
local pages and listings for City letters Other destinations
cinemas, theatres, main Fedex
Tel 199 15 11 19.
concerts and other cultural
events. In Rome and Milan, ∑ fedex.com
La Repubblica also publishes UPS
regular “what’s on and where Tel 02 30 30 30 39.
to go” supplements called ∑ ups.com
Trova Roma and ViviMilano Italian postbox

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