Bike rental Amster
Cycles, 5 rue de Rempart;
Grammont Motocycles, 93 av
de Grammont. Both closed
Mon.
Books English
books from 2 rue du Commerce
and 20 rue Marceau.
Car rental Avis,
gare de Tours (tel
02.47.49.21.49); Budget, 2
place de la Gare (tel
02.47.46.21.21); Europcar,
76 rue Bernard-Palissy (tel
02.47.64.47.76); Hertz, 57
rue Marcel Tribune (tel
02.47.75.50.00).
Châteaux tours
Service Touristiques de
Touraine, gare SNCF (tel
02.47.05.46.09); Tour Évasion,
19 rue Édouard-Vaillant (tel
02.47.63.25.64). Tours from
100F/?15.24 (exclusive of
entrance fees).
Cinema Les
Studios, 2 rue des Urselines
(tel 02.47.20.27.00), shows
the arty, obscure and old
favourites in their original
language.
City transport Bus
tickets: flat fare of
6.50F/?0.99 for an hour's
journey. Route map from
SEMITRAT on rue de la Dolve
near place Jean-Jaurès.
Exchange In the gare
SNCF , or 24hr automatic
change machine on the wall
of the Vinci centre on rue
Bernard-Palissy. Most banks
are on (or close to) place
Jean-Jaurès.
Internet
Le Café , 39 rue
Bretonneau (Mon-Fri
11am-2am, Sat & Sun
4.30pm-2am; tel
02.47.61.37.83).
Laundries 21-23
place Michelet; 56 rue du
Grand-Marché; 45 rue
Georges-Courteline.
Medical assistance
SOS Médecins (tel
02.47.38.33.33); SAMU (tel
15); Hôpital Bretonneau, 2
bd Tonnelé (tel
02.47.47.47.47); late-night
pharmacy, phone police for
address.
Police 70-72 rue
Marceau (tel
02.47.60.70.69).
Poste restante 1
bd Béranger, Tours, France
37000.
Taxis Groupement
Taxis Radio Tours (tel
02.47.20.30.40).
