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DIRECTORY
Mobile Phones
TIM
Rio Terà San Leonardo,
Cannaregio 1412–1412/b, Venice.
Map 2 E3. Tel 041 244 00 96.
Vodafone
Strada Nova, Cannaregio 3683,
Venice. Map 3 A5.
Tel 041 243 17 97.
Computer terminals at an Internet café Wind
Rio Terà dela Maddalena,
Internet and Email
declaration form. Small items Cannaregio 2105, Venice.
Across the Veneto, Wi-Fi or can be sent in a padded Map 2 F3. Tel 041 261 06 54.
Internet points are available in envelope. The postal system
most hotels although a time- offers a well-priced tracked Internet and Email
related fee may be charged. courier service, Paccocelere,
Internet cafés are found in for sending packages both Padua WiFi
every city and most small within Italy and overseas. ∑ padovawifi.it
towns. The main ones in Venice For a rapid worldwide Planet Wind Internet
are Planet Internet Wind and delivery, consider a private Rio Terà San Leonardo,
Tabaccheria 42. Wi-Fi is courier. Both DHL and UPS have
available in many outdoor bases in Venice and the Veneto. Cannaregion 1519.
spaces in Venice and Padua for a Map 2 D3. Tel 041 099 41 86.
fee; Verona Smart City offers Newspapers and Tabaccheria 42
free internet access all over the Calle Lunga Santa Maria
city centre. You can access these Magazines Formosa, Castello 2843.
Wi-Fi services through the The local daily newspapers Il Map 7 C1. Tel 041 528 91 69.
Venezia Unica card, Padua WiFi Gazzettino and La Nuova Venezia
or, if in Verona, by downloading have separate editions for Venezia Unica
the app and registering. Padua, Venice, Verona and ∑ veneziaunica.it
Vicenza as well as covering Verona Smart City
national and some international
news. Local event listings can ∑ veronasmartcity.com
be found in the dailies, in Postal Service
handouts at the Venice tourist
offices and also in Carnet Verona DHL
Post Office sign (see p268). European and US c/o Novotour, Garage Comunale
newspapers and magazines
Postal Service such as the Guardian and Time, 496/f/g, Piazzale Roma, Venice.
In summer, post sent from Venice are available at large Map 1 B5. Tel 199 19 93 45.
to destinations abroad takes newsagents (such as those ∑ dhl.it
some time to arrive, as thousands found at main railway stations) a Post Offices
of postcards are sent from the day or two after publication. Padua: Corso Garibaldi 25.
city every day. For important Tel 049 877 22 09.
communications, use the Posta Venice: Calle San Salvador, San
Prioritaria (priority mail) or ask for Television and Radio Marco 5016. Map 7 B1.
a Raccomandata (registered In Italy there are three state TV
post), which can be traced. channels – Rai 1, Rai 2 and Rai 3 – Tel 041 240 41 49.
Stamps (francobolli) are and a myriad of private channels. Verona: Piazza Isolo 13.
available from post offices and Satellite and cable TV transmit Tel 045 805 03 49.
tobacconists. Post office hours foreign channels such as CNN in Vicenza: Contrà Garibaldi 1.
are usually 8:30am–1:30pm English and BBC World Service Tel 044 454 44 49.
Monday to Friday (but main city in many languages. ∑ poste.it
offices close at 6pm) and The main radio stations, also UPS
8:30am–12:30pm on Saturdays. run by Rai, are Radio 1, Radio 2
Large items to be sent abroad and Radio 3. The frequencies c/o Brusato Trasporti, Barbaria
must be in a rigid cardboard vary depending on where you delle Tole, Castello 6344, Venice.
box, which can be purchased at are in the Veneto and if you have Map 4 D5. Tel 041 528 99 82.
most post offices. You will also a digital or analogue radio. Visit ∑ ups.com
need to fill in a customs www.raiway.it for more details.

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