Mail
Stamps (francobolli) may be
purchased only at appointed tobacco
shops and at the post office.
Airmail with insufficient postage is
not returned to sender, but is sent
via surface mail, which can take
weeks or even months to reach the
recipient. Post offices are open
weekly from 8.30 am - 2 pm. On
Saturday and on the last day of the
month they close at 12 pm. Post
offices at airports and main post
offices in large cities are open 24
hours a day for registered mail and
telegram services. For more
information, check out Poste
Italiane's website at http://www.poste.it/en/
Telephone
Public telephones are available
throughout Italy and require the use
of a phone card. These phone cards
(Carta Telefonica) can be purchased
at any newsstand, tobacco shop or
bar(coffee shop). The cards cost 1,
2.5, 5 or 8 €. Local calls cost
.31 € per unit (about five
minutes).
Italian telephone numbers can
include 4, 5, 6, 7, or even up to 8
digits. It is mandatory to dial the
area code even if you are dialing a
local number. All area codes start
with "0" except for cell
phones, which never have a
"0" and usually start with
"3". Long distance calls (Interurbano) between major cities
can be dialed directly on the public
telephone by using the proper area
code number.
Emergency Telephone
Numbers
|
Phone
Directory Assistance |
12 |
| Emergency
Service |
112 |
| Police
HelpFire |
113 |
| Department/Ambulance |
115 |
| Roadside
Assistance |
116 |
| Medical
Emergencies |
118 |
| International
Inquiries |
176 |
Calling Italy from abroad
- Dial the international call:
00.
- Dial the country code for
Italy: 39.
- Dial the city code for Italy
and then the number. So the
whole number you'd dial would be
00-39-area code-phone number.
Area codes (Prefisso
Telefonico) for principal cities of
Italy
| Ancona
071 |
Cagliari
070 |
Messina
090 |
Rome
06 |
| Aosta
0165 |
Campobasso
0874 |
Milan
02 |
Siena
0577 |
| Bari
080 |
Catania
095 |
Naples
081 |
Turin
011 |
| Bergamo
035 |
Catanzaro
0961 |
Palermo
091 |
Trento
0461 |
| Bologna
051 |
Florence
055 |
Perugia
075 |
Trieste
040 |
| Bolzano
0471 |
Genoa
010 |
Pisa
050 |
Venice
041 |
| Brescia
030 |
L'Aquila
0862 |
Potenza
0971 |
Verona
045 |
| Brindisi
0831 |
Livorno
0586 |
Reggio
C. 0965 |
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Making international call from
Italy
Dial the international call: 00.
Dial the country code.
Dial the city or area code and
number.
Internet
Internet cafes are abundant in
Italy. Prices vary and the rates
tend to be cheaper in the cities
than in smaller
towns. Here are some
websites to help you locate them in
the area you're traveling to:
Directory of the Italian Internet
Cafes
http://cafe.ecs.net/index_en.html
Cybercafes Guide
http://www.netcafeguide.com/textindex.htm
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