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Tourist Information

• Brochures and information on Paris tourist attractions.
• Hotel and attractions bookings.
• Paris public transport passes; Paris Museum Pass, and other discount cards.
• Center is accessible to visitors with disabilities or limited mobility.

Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris
Address: 25, rue des Pyramides, 75001 Paris.
Metro: Pyramides (line 7 or 14).
RER: Auber (line A)
Tel.: 0892 68 30 00 (same number for all other offices; 0,34 € per min.)
June - October: open daily from 9am to 7pm; November - May, except 1st May: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm; Sundays and public holidays from 11am to 7pm.
Website: http://www.parisinfo.com

Carrousel du Louvre
Address: 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris.
Metro: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (line 1 and 7).
Open daily from 10am to 6pm.

Gare de Lyon:
Address: 20 Boulevard Diderot, 75012 Paris.
Metro: Gare de Lyon (line 1 or 14).
RER: Gare de Lyon (line A)
Open every day except Sundays and public holidays, from 8am to 6pm.

Gare du Nord:
Address: 18 rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris.
Metro: Gare du Nord (line 2,4, or 5).
RER: Gare du Nord (line B, D)
Open daily from 8am to 6pm. Closed Dec. 25th, Jan. 1st, and May 1st.

Porte de Versailles/Paris Expo Welcome Center:
Address: 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris
The Porte de Versailles Convention Center hosts many of Paris' most interesting trade fairs. The tourist office here can provide detailed information on trade fairs and special events at Paris Expo.
Metro: Porte de Versailles (line 12)
Tramway: Porte de Versailles (T3)
Open  11 am-7 pm during trade fairs.

Anvers Tourist Welcome Center:
Located on the median strip facing 72 Boulevard Rochechouart, 75018 Paris
Metro: Anvers (line 2)

Open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed on December 25th, January 1st and May 1st.

Clémenceau Tourist Welcome Center:
Located on corner of Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Avenue Marigny, 75008 Paris
Metro: Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau (line 1 and 13)

Open: April 6th to October 20th, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed July 14th.

Montmartre Tourist Office:
Address: 21 place du Tertre, 75018 Paris
Metro: Abbesses (line 12), Anvers (line 2), funicular

Open 7 days a week, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Gare de l'Est:
Address: Place du 11 Novembre 1918, 75010 Paris.
Metro: Gare de l'Est.
Open every day from 7am to 8pm (except Sundays and public holidays).

Other offices are available in Ile-de-France:
- Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport: Terminal 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F and T1 (daily from 7am to 10.30pm).
- Orly Airport: Orly South (Gate L), from 7.15am to 9.45pm.
- Versailles: 2 bis, avenue de Paris. Open from 10am to 6pm (until 5pm on Sundays and Mondays) and from 9am to 7pm in summer.
- Disneyland Paris, Marne la Vallée: Place François Truffaut. Open from 9.20am to 8.45pm.

Health and Safety

Emergency Numbers
Police: 17
Emergency number from a mobile: 112

Fire brigade: 18
Samu (emergency ambulance service): 15
Lost property: 36, rue des Morillons, 75 015 Paris
Tel: 0821 00 25 25
Monday to Thursday from 8.30am to 5pm; 8.30am to 4.30pm on Friday.

Paris hospitals providing emergency services:
After 5.30pm, at weekends and during holidays, contact one of the following hospitals:

Hôpital Necker
Address: 149 rue de Sevres, Paris 75 015
Metro: Duroc

Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière,
Address: 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75 013 Paris
Metro: Gare d'Austerlitz

Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard
Address: 46 rue Henri Huchard, Paris 75 018
Metro: Porte de Saint Ouen

Hôpital Lariboisière
Address: 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75 010 Paris
Metro: Gare du Nord

Hôpital Cochin
Address: 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques Paris 75 014
Metro: Saint Jacques

Hôpital Hotel-Dieu
Place du parvis Notre-Dame, Paris 75 004
Metro: Cité

The American Hospital
Address: 63, bd Victor Hugo, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Tel: 01 46 41 25 25
For medical and surgical emergencies 24/24 and 7/7. The hospital has a bilingual medical team (French-English).

In case of emergency:
SOS Doctor: 01 47 07 77 77
SOS Dentist: 01 43 37 51 00

Grande Pharmacie Internationale de Paris
Address: 17 bis, boulevard de Rochechouart, 75009 PARIS
Tel: 01 48 78 03 01
Open daily from 9am till midnight.

Taxis:
Tel: 01 45 30 30 30