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Boat trips
Bateaux-Mouches Lui, SociA©tA© Naviginter, 13bis quai Rambaud, 2e (tel 04.78.42.96.81). Leaving from quai des CA©lestins, boats run up the SaA?ne or down to the confluence with the RhA?ne at the A?le Barbe (daily April-Nov; 42F/a?¬6.41). Another boat,
Elle
, run by the same company, heads down the RhA?ne 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 OpA©ra, 3 rue de la RA©publique (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 DA©lA©gation RA©gionale 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 MA©decins (tel 04.78.83.51.51). Hospitals: HA?tel-Dieu, 1 place de l'HA?tel-Dieu, 2e; HA?pital A?douard-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 LA©sgayt'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 CharitA©, 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. Other useful information
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