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Postal Services Lisbon’s Addresses
The postal service in Portugal Lisbon’s addresses often include
is known as the Correios both the storey of a building
(the sign depicts a horse and and the location within that
rider in red). A letter sent to a floor. The ground floor is the
country within the EU should rés-do-chão (r/c), the first floor
take five to seven days to arrive, primeiro andar (1°), the second
and a letter sent to the USA or floor is expressed as 2°, and so
further afield should take about on. Each floor is divided into left,
seven to ten days. esquerdo (E or Esqdo), and right,
First-class mail, known as direito (D or Dto).
correio azul, is posted in blue
postboxes; second-class mail,
or normal, in red ones. Post Newspapers and Portuguese newspapers
offices may have separate Magazines
slots for national and inter- English-language newspapers Radio and Television
national mail. There is also printed in Europe, including Portugal has two state-owned
an express mail service (EMS) the International Herald Tribune, TV channels, RTP1 and RTP2,
and a recorded delivery are available at larger and two privately owned ones,
service (correio registado) newsagents on the day of SIC and TVI. Most foreign
for valuable letters. publication except following programmes are broadcast in
Pre-paid Easy Mail envelopes a public holiday. The same is their original language, with
for domestic and international true of various other European Portuguese subtitles. Other
destinations are available. They newspapers and periodicals. English-language channels,
do not need to be stamped or Foreign newspapers and such as the BBC and CNN, are
weighed, thus allowing for magazines are more expensive, available via satellite and cable.
immediate dispatch. Stamps and some sections, notably RDP radio (10 723 MHz) broad-
(selos) can be bought from post weekend supplements, are casts in English in summer only.
offices, from any shop displaying not included.
the Correios sign and from Portuguese daily newspapers DIRECTORY
vending machines found at include Diário de Notícias and
the airport, in railway stations Público. The weekly Portugal Mobile Phones
and the larger shopping malls. News, published on Friday, is MEO
Post offices are usually open the country’s main English- Loja 4.09, Armazéns Chiado,
9am–6pm Monday to Friday; language publication. Catering Rua do Carmo 2. Map 7 B4.
larger post offices open to the expats living along the Vodafone
8:30am–10pm Monday Estoril coast, it provides news Praça Dom Pedro IV 4–5, Rossio.
to Friday and 9am–6pm and information on local Map 6 D3.
on Saturday and Sunday. events. Listings magazines
If mailing larger items, available include the weekly Internet Access
use an international courier Time Out Lisbon, published in
company. FedEx and DHL Portuguese. A special edition, Fábulas
Calçada Nova de São Francisco
both have offices in Lisbon Lisbon for Visitors, is printed 14 (off Rua Garrett), Chiado.
but are not centrally located. annually in English (see p142). Map 7 B4.
Lisbon’s Postboxes Lisboa Welcome Center
Information on First-class First-class letters should be Praça do Comércio. Map 7 B5.
collection times postbox posted in blue (Correio Azul) Tel 210 312 810.
boxes, and second-class ∑ visitlisboa.com
letters in red boxes. Unicâmbio
Second-class Praça da Figueira 2, Rossio.
postbox Map 7 B3.
Postal Services
DHL
Avenida Marechal Gomes da
Costa 27, Olivais. Tel 707 505 606.
FedEx
Avenida Severiano Falcão 12, Prior
Velho, Lisbon. Tel 707 244 144.
Main Post Office
Praça dos Restauradores.
Map 7 A2. ∑ ctt.pt

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