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Arrival, information and accommodation
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The
gare SNCF
is on avenue GAİnAİral-de-Gaulle, while long-distance
buses
pull in beside Pont Arago, on avenue GAİnAİral-Leclerc. Both stations are a ten- to fifteen-minute walk from the
regional tourist office
on quai de Tassigny (daily 10am-12.30pm & 2-6.30pm; tel 04.68.34.29.94). Further along the River Basse is the
municipal tourist office
in the Palais des CongrA?s at the end of boulevard Wilson (mid-June to mid-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-noon & 2-5pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-noon & 2-6pm; tel 04.68.66.30.30,
www.little-france.com/perpignan
). For information and tickets for
city buses
, visit Kiosque CTP (Mon-Sat 9am-noon & 1.45-6.15pm) on place PAİri, near the regional tourist office.
There are some cheap
hotels
near the station, of which the best are
Le Berry
, 6 av de Gaulle (tel 04.68.34.59.02; under 160F/a?Ĵ24), and the
Paris-Barcelone
(tel 04.68.34.42.60, fax 04.68.35.28.21; 220-300F/a?Ĵ34-46), right opposite the station. Another very cheap possibility, and convenient for the
gare routiA?re
, is the
ExpAİditeurs
, on the rather desolate avenue Leclerc (tel 04.68.35.15.80; under 160F/a?Ĵ24), with a good cheap restaurant. More comfortable are the
HA?tel Poste et Perdrix
, 6 rue Fabriques-Nabot (tel 04.68.34.42.53, fax 04.68.34.58.20; 220-300F/a?Ĵ34-46), and
Le Maillol
, tucked away down impasse des Cardeurs off rue St-Jean (tel 04.68.51.10.20, fax 04.68.51.20.29; 220-300F/a?Ĵ34-46), also nearby. In addition, there is a welcoming, if somewhat noisy,
HI hostel
(tel 04.68.34.63.32), behind the public gardens of La PAİpiniA?re by Pont Arago (entrance around the back of the police HQ on avenue de Grande-Bretagne), and two
campsites
:
La Garrigole
(tel 04.68.54.66.10), on rue Maurice-LAİvy, and
Le Catalan
(tel 04.68.63.16.92), on rte de Bompas; both are signposted from the centre. Other useful information
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