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TOURIST OFFICES
For those wanting tourist information it can be a time consuming and disorganised process. Try the government run information centres like APT but you may be best to also visit the private run offices like Enjoy Rome and Freedom Traveller.
Here are some helpful numbers and details:

APT Tourist office
main hall Stazione Termine, open 8:00 am-10:00 pm, ph: 06 3600439 - 06 487 1270.
APT office
Via Parigi 5, weekdays 8:15 am-7:15 pm, Saturday to 1.30pm, tel: 06 4889 9253 .
Enjoy Rome
Via Varese 39, ph: 06 445 1843, Metro: Termini, www.enjoyrome.com
Ente Provinciale Informazioni
Via Parigi 11, ph: 06 488 991, Metro: Repubblica.
Vatican Tourist Information
Ufficio Informazioni Pellegrini e Turisti Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City, ph: 06 6988 4466, Metro: Ottaviano.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Ambulance, fire & police, ph: 113
Lost property:
- ATAC (buses), Via Nicola Bettoni 1, ph: 06 581 6040, train: Trastevere.
- COTRAL (metro line A), inside Furio Camillo metro station, ph: 06 5753 3620, metro: Furio Camillo .
- FS TRAINS, Via Giovanni Giolitti 24, ph: 06 4730 6682, metro: Termini.

CREDIT CARDS
American Express- Piazza Di Spagna 38, ph: 06 67641.
Mastercard/Eurocard- Lost card hotline 800 870 866.
Diners Club- Lost card hotline 167 864064.
Visa International- Lost card hotline 800 819 014.

EMBASSIES
Australia
Via Alessandria, 215, ph:06 852721.
Canadian Embassy
Via G B de Rossi, 27 ph: 06 445981 or 06 841 5341 .
Canadian Consulate
Via Zara 30, ph: 06 445981.
New Zealand
Via Zara 28, ph: 06 440 2928 or 06 441-7171.
UK
Via XX Settembre 80a, ph: 06 482 5441 or 06 482 5551, metro: Castro Pretorio.
Irish Embassy
Largo del Nazareno 3, ph: 06 67 82 541, metro: Barberini.
United States Embassy
Via Vittorio Veneto 119, ph:06 46 741, metro: Barberini.
South African Embassy
Via Tanaro 14, ph:06 844 3928, bus: 56, 57, 319. tram: 19, 19b, 30b.
If you need assistance in an emergency, you can go to your country's embassy. Proof of identity and citizenship are generally required to enter.
If your passport has been stolen, get a police report then contact your embassy for assistance.

INTERNET CAFES
Internet Cafés -Bibli Bookshop Via dei Fienaroli 27/8, ph: 06 588-4097 or 06 581-4534.
Internet Café -Via Marruccini 12,ph: 06 445-4953 metro: Termini.
Internet Café -Via Cavour 213, ph: 06 4782-3051.
Internet Centre -Via delle Fosse di Castello 8, ph: 06686-1464.
Internet Point -Via Gaeta 25, ph: 064782-3862.
The Netgate -Via in Arcione 103, near Fontana di Trevi, ph: 06 692-2320.
The Netgate - Borgo Santo Spirito 17, near the Vatican, ph: 06 689-3445.
Freedom Traveller Internet Point- Via Gaeta, 25, ph: 06 478 23 862, metro: Termini.
Excap-Viale Somalia, 22, ph: 06 86329492 The Netgate Piazza Firenze, 25, ph: 06 6893445, metro: Spagna.
Borgo S.Spirito-17/r, ph: 06 68134082 Stazione Termini near via Marsala exit, ph: 06 87406008, metro: Termini.
Xplore-via dei Gracchi 85, ph: 06 322716, metro: Ottaviano. bus: 81, 492, 990.

 

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