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Arrival and information
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The main
gare SNCF
, Gare Rive Droite, stands at the north end of rue Jeanne-d'Arc; it is connected to the centre by a multibillion-franc
mAİtro
system, completed in 1998, the city's pride and joy. From the train station (MA? Gare Rue Verte), the mAİtro follows the line of the rue Jeanne-d'Arc, making two stops before it resurfaces to cross the river by bridge; thereafter the tracks dip below and above ground like a roller coaster. Individual journeys cost 8F/a?Ĵ1.22 and a book of tickets is 59F/a?Ĵ8.99, though in truth the mAİtro is of more use to commuters than tourists. All
buses
except #2A from the
gare SNCF
run down rue Jeanne-d'Arc to the centre, which takes five minutes. From the fifth stop, the "ThAİA?tre des Arts" by the river, the
gare routiA?re
is one block west in rue des Charettes, tucked away behind the riverfront buildings.
Rouen's tourist office , opposite the cathedral at 25 place de la CathAİdrale, stands in the sixteenth-century HA?tel des GAİnAİraux (May-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.30-6pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-1pm; tel 02.32.08.32.40, www.mairie-rouen.fr ). It serves each day as the starting point for two-hour walking tours of different areas of the city, each costing 35F/a?Ĵ5.34. For more sedate visitors, a motorized petit train makes a forty-minute loop tour from the tourist office at regular intervals (daily 10am, 11am, 2pm, 4pm & 5pm; 30F/a?Ĵ4.57).
You can rent
bicycles
from Rouen Cycles, 45 rue St-A?loi (tel 02.35.71.34.30), as well as at the
gare SNCF
. The
post office
is at 45 rue Jeanne-d'Arc, in the centre of town (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8.30am-12.30pm; tel 02.35.08.73.73). For
Internet
access, head for the cafAİ-style
Cybernetics
, 59 place du Vieux-MarchAİ (Mon & Fri 12.30pm-midnight, Tues-Thurs & Sat 12.30-7.30pm; tel 02.35.07.02.77,
www.cybernetics.fr
), or the more business-oriented
Netropole
, 113-115 rue St-Vivien (Mon-Fri 10.30am-12.30pm & 2-8pm, Sat 1-7pm; tel 02.32.76.40.90,
netropole@wanadoo.fr
). Other useful information
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