Airlines Air France tel 08.20.82.08.20; British Airways tel 08.25.82.54.00; British Midland tel 01.41.91.87.04; Delta tel 08.00.35.40.80; easyJet tel 08.25.08.25.08; Virgin Express tel 08.00.52.85.28.Airport information tel 08.20.42.33.33, www.nice.aeroport.fr. Books The Cat's Whiskers, 30 rue Lamartine, and Top, 27 av Jean-Médecin, both sell English-language books. Car rental Major firms are represented at the airport. Otherwise try: Avis, gare SNCF tel 04.93.87.90.11; Budget, 23 rue Belgique tel 04.93.16.24.16; Europcar, 3 av Gustave V tel 04.92.14.44.50; Hertz, 12 av de Suède tel 04.93.87.11.87. Cinema Rialto, 4 rue de Rivoli (tel 04.93.88.08.41), the Cinémathèque de Nice, 3 esplanade Kennedy (tel 04.93.24.06.66), and Le Nouveau Mercury, 16 place Garibaldi (tel 08.36.68.81.06), all show v.o. films. Consulates Canada, 10 rue Lamartine tel 04.93.92.93.22; UK, 8 rue Alphonse Karr tel 04.93.82.32.04; USA, 7 av Gustave V tel 04.93.88.89.55. Disabled access Transport for people with reduced mobility tel 04.93.13.51.00 or 04.93.96.09.99. Emergencies Doctor: SOS Médecins tel 08.01.85.01.01; Casualty: Hôpital St-Roch, 5 rue Pierre-Dévoluy (tel 04.92.03.33.75); Ambulance: tel 15 or tel 04.93.92.55.55. Ferries to Corsica SNCM (tel 04.93.13.66.66), or Corsica Ferries (tel 08.03.09.50.95, [email protected]), both in the gare maritime, quai du Commerce. Internet Planete Cyber, 16 rue Paganini (daily 9am–10pm; tel 04.93.16.89.81) by the gare, or at 8 rue Gallo (tel 04.93.92.70.46) in Vieux Nice. Also serves light meals. Laundry Lavarie Automatique Assalit, 29 rue Assalit; Laverie du Mono, 8 rue Belgique. Lost property 1 rue de la Terrasse (tel 04.97.13.44.10). SOS Voyageurs for help with lost or stolen luggage at gare SNCF (Mon–Fri 9am–noon & 3–6pm; tel 04.93.82.62.11). Money exchange Change Halévy, 1 rue Halévy (daily 8am–7pm); Thomas Cook, 12 av Theirs (daily 7am–10pm). Pharmacy 7 rue Masséna (daily 7.30pm–8am; tel 04.93.87.78.94); 66 av J.-Médecin (tel 04.93.62.54.44). Police Commissariat Central de Police, 1 av Maréchal Foch (tel 04.92.17.22.22). Post office 21 av Thiers, 06000 Nice (Mon–Fri 8am–7pm, Sat 8am–noon). Taxis tel 04.93.80.70.70 or tel 04.93.13.78.78. Trains Information and reservations tel 08.36.35.35.35. For the scenic line to Digne: Chemins de Fer de la Provence, 4 bis rue Alfred Binet tel 04.97.03.80.80. Youth information Centre Information Jeunesse, 19 rue Gioffredo tel 04.93.82.10.17.
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