Bike rental A desk in the tourist office rents bikes and mountain bikes. Otherwise, try Anjou Bike Center, in the nearby riverside hamlet of Blaison-Gohier (tel 02.41.57.10.52, www.anjou-bike-center.com); the industrious owners rent bikes, organize trips and run a bed and breakfast.Boat rental Numerous companies rent out canoes, and run guided kayak trips on the five rivers in the vicinity of Angers. Try: Anjou Loisirs, Base de Loisirs à Notre-Dame du Marillais, St-Florent-le-Veil (on the Èvre; 02.41.70.56.78); Canoe Kayak Club d'Angers, 75 ave du lac de Maine (on the Maine and Lac de Maine; tel 02.41.72.07.04, www.ckca.fr.st); Club Nautique d'Écouflant, rue de l'île St-Aubin, Écouflant (Sarthe, Mayenne, Loir, Maine; tel 02.41.34.56.38, www.kayakecouflant.com); and Louet Evasion, Camping de Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Èvre and Loire; tel 02.41.74.91.48). The tourist office has details of more sedate trips on sightseeing boats, or you could book a place on an old gabare sailing vessel; excursions leave from the Écomusée at Montjean-sur-Loire (May, June & Sept Sun 3pm, 4pm & 5pm; July & Aug also Tues & Thurs 4.30pm; tel 02.41.39.08.48). Car rental ADA, Place de la Gare tel 02.41.20.06.66; Autop, 30 rue Denis-Papin tel 02.41.88.54.44; Europcar, 3 ave Turpinde Crissé tel 02.41.87.87.10; Hertz, 14 rue Denis-Papin tel 02.41.88.15.16. Email and Internet You can get online at 8 rue Plantagenêt, near Les Halles; 37 rue Bressigny, near bd Foch; 25 rue de la Roë, just east of Place de la République; and 55 rue Beaurepaire, in La Doutre. Emergencies Ambulance tel 15; Centre Hospitalier, 1 av de l'Hôtel-Dieu (tel 02.41.35.36.37); for late-night pharmacies, phone the police on 02.41.47.75.22. Festivals During July and Aug, jazz and world music concerts are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Cloître Toussaint as part of the Angers L'Été festival (programme details and tickets from tourist office). The Festival d'Anjou is a prestigious theatre festival using châteaux throughout the Maine-et-Loire département as venues from late to mid-July (details on 02.41.88.14.14, www.festivaldanjou.com). There's also a three-day festival of street theatre in early September, Les Accroche Coeurs (programme details from tourist office). Laundries 9 place Hérault; 17 rue Marceau; 15 rue Plantagênet; 5 place de la Visitation. Market There are a number of markets Tues–Sat throughout the city including a flower market on Place Leclerc on Sat – Anjou is a major flower-growing region – and an organic produce market on rue Saint Laud on Sat. Police Commissariat, 15 rue Dupetit-Thouars tel 02.41.57.52.00. Taxis Allo Anjou Taxi tel 02.41.87.65.00; Accueil Taxi Radio tel 02.41.73.98.20.
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