Boat trips Bateaux-Mouches
Lui, Société Naviginter, 13bis
quai Rambaud, 2e (tel
04.78.42.96.81). Leaving from
quai des Célestins, boats run
up the Saône or down to the
confluence with the Rhône at
the Île Barbe (daily April-Nov;
42F/?6.41). Another boat,
Elle
, run by the same company, heads
down the Rhône to Vienne.
Books English
bookshop, Eton, 1 rue du Plat,
near Bellecour.
Car rental Europcar,
40 rue de la Villette, 3e (tel
04.72.68.84.60); Hertz, 40 rue
Vilette, 3e (tel
04.72.33.89.89); Avis, Gare
Part-Dieu, 3e (tel
04.72.33.37.19); all the above
also have offices at the airport
and at the Perrache centre.
Changing money AOC, 20
rue Gasparin (Mon-Sat
9.30am-6.30pm, Sun 10am-5pm);
AOC Opéra, 3 rue de la République
(Mon-Fri 9am-6pm); Thomas Cook,
gare de la Part-Dieu (Mon-Sat
8am-7pm, Sun 10.30am-7pm); the
tourist office on Bellecour has
a money-changing machine
Consulates Ireland, 58
rue Victor-Lagrange, 7e (tel
06.85.23.13.03); UK, 24 rue
Childebert, 2e (tel
04.72.77.81.70).
Disabled travellers
For information on facilities
for the disabled contact Délégation
Régionale AGEFIPH, 29 rue
Condorcet, 38090 Villefontaine (tel
04.74.94.20.21, fax
04.74.94.08.93), or pick up the
booklet Lyon pratique
from the tourist office.
Emergencies SOS Médecins
(tel 04.78.83.51.51). Hospitals:
Hôtel-Dieu, 1 place de l'Hôtel-Dieu,
2e; Hôpital Édouard-Herriot on
place d'Arsonval, 3e (for both
hospitals call 08.20.86.78.47).
Internet Espace
Connectik , 19 quai
St-Antoine, 2e (Mon-Sat
11am-7pm), has plenty of
terminals but is rather
expensive; Raconte Moi de la
Terre , 38 rue Thomassin, 2e
(Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm), is
cheaper and also serves snacks.
Lesbian and gay info Lésgayt'on
(tel 04.78.21.05.95, www.multimania.com/lesgaysbb
).
Pharmacy Blanchet, 5
place des Cordeliers, 2e (daily
till midnight).
Police The main
commissariat is on rue de la
Charité, 2e (tel
04.78.42.26.56).
Post office PTT, place
Antonin-Poncet, Lyon 69002.
Taxis tel
04.78.28.23.23 or
04.78.26.81.81.
