American Express
Via E. Amari 40 (Mon-Fri
9am-1pm & 4-7pm, Sat
9am-1pm; tel
091.587.144).
Bookshops
Large selection of
English books from
Feltrinelli, Via Maqueda
395, opposite Teatro Mássimo.
Car rental
Avis, Via Enrico Amari
91 (tel 091.586.940);
Hertz, Via Messina 7e (tel
091.331.668); Maggiore,
Viale Alcide de Gásperi
79 (tel 091.517.305);
Sicily By Car, Via M. Stábile
6 (tel 091.581.045). All
of these also have desks
at Punta Raisi airport.
Consulates
Netherlands, Via Roma
489 (tel 091.581.521);
UK, Via Cavour 117 (tel
091.326.412); US, Via
Vaccarini 1 (tel
091.305.857). For
nationals of most other
countries, the nearest
consulates are in Naples
or Rome.
Exchange There
are exchange offices
open outside normal
banking hours at Punta
Raisi airport (daily
7.50am-1.20pm &
2.35-8pm) and Stazione
Centrale (daily
8am-12.30pm &
3-7pm).
Ferry and
hydrofoil companies
Grandi Navi Veloci,
services to Genova and
Livorno (at the port at
Calata Marinai d'Italia;
tel 091.587.404);
Siremar, to Ústica (Via
Crispi 120; tel
091.582.403); SNAV, to
Naples and the Aeolian
Islands (Via Principe di
Belmonte 55; tel
091.333.333); Tirrenia,
to Naples, Genoa and Cágliari
(at the port on Via Molo;
tel 091.602.1111).
Gay information
ARCI Gay, Via Genova 7 (tel
091.335.688).
Hospital
Civico Regionale
Generale, Via Carmelo
Lazzaro (tel
091.666.1111). For
emergency first aid tel
091.288.141.
Internet Access
Accademia Internet, Via
Cala 64 (tel
091.611.8483); Internet
Café, Via Candelai
(Tues-Sun from 7pm; tel
091.327.151).
Left luggage
Stazione Centrale (daily
6am-10pm; L5000/?2.58
per 12hr); Stazione Maríttima
(daily 7am-7pm;
L2000/?1.03 per 24hr).
Newspapers
English newspapers and
magazines from the
newsagents at the
southern corner of Via
Ruggero Séttimo and
Piazza Castelnuovo.
Pharmacist
All-night service at Via
Roma 1, Via Roma 207 and
Via Mariano Stábile
177.
Police Central
city station at Piazza
Vittoria (tel
091.210.111).
Post office
Main post office is the
Palazzo delle Poste on
Via Roma (Mon-Fri
8.10am-7.30pm, Sat
8.10am-1.30pm). Poste
Restante closes at
1.15pm daily.
Telephones
Offices on Piazza Giulio
Césare, opposite the
train station (daily
9am-10pm); and Via Príncipe
di Belmonte 92 (Mon
4-7.30pm, Tues-Sat
9am-1pm & 4-7.30pm).
Travel agents
CTS, Via Garzilli 28
(Mon-Fri 9am-1pm &
4-7.30pm; tel
091.611.0713).
Women's movement
ARCI Donna, Via di
Giovanni 14 (tel
091.345.799).
