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Boat trips
Bateaux-Mouches Lui, Societe Naviginter, 13bis quai Rambaud, 2e (tel 04.78.42.96.81). Leaving from quai des Celestins, boats run up the SaEne or down to the confluence with the RhEne at the Ele Barbe (daily April-Nov; 42F/e¬6.41). Another boat,
Elle
, run by the same company, heads down the RhEne 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 Opera, 3 rue de la Republique (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 Delegation Regionale 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 Medecins (tel 04.78.83.51.51). Hospitals: HEtel-Dieu, 1 place de l'HEtel-Dieu, 2e; HEpital Edouard-Herriot on place d'Arsonval, 3e (for both hospitals call 08.20.86.78.47).
Internet
A
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
Lesgayt'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 Charite, 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.
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