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Airlines
American Airlines, Centro Comercial Firenze, 16 Av, 2 C (tel 558 0518 or 558 0521, fax 558 0527); British Airways, Edificio Sempe, Carretera a Chamelecon (tel 556 6952 or 552 3942, fax 556 8764); Continental, Plaza Versalles, Av CircunvalaciA?n (tel 557 4141, airport tel 668 3208); COPA,
Gran Hotel Sula
(tel 550 5586); Iberia, Edificio Quiroz 2 C, 1-2 Av (tel 557 5311, fax 553 4297; airport tel 668 3218); IsleA±a, Edifico Trejo Merlo, 7 Av, 1-2 C (tel & fax 552 8322); Sosa, 8 Av, 1 C SO (tel 550 6545, airport tel 668 3223); Taca, Av CirunvalaciA?n & 13 Av NO (tel 550 5262, airport tel 668 3333).
American Express Agencia de Viajes Mundirama, Edificio Martinez Valenzuela, 2 C, 2-3 Av SO (tel 553 1193, fax 557 9022). Banks and exchange Banco AtlA?ntida has a number of branches in the downtown area, including one on the Parque Central, for exchange and Visa advances; Banco de Occidente, 6 Av, 2-3 C SO, changes cash and travellers' cheques; Credomatic, 5 Av, 1-2 C NO, advances cash on Visa and Mastercard. Bookshops The cigar shop in the Gran Hotel Sula has a small assortment of English-language fiction, books on Honduras and US magazines and newspapers. Car rental Avis, Blvd MorazA?n 58 (tel 552 2872); Budget, Aeropuerto Villeda Morales (tel 566 2267, fax 553 3411); Dollar, 3 Av, 3-4 C NO (tel 552 7626); Molinari, Gran Hotel Sula (tel 553 2639, fax 552 2704; airport tel 566 2580). Consulates Belize, Km 5, road to Puerto CortA©s (tel 551 0124, fax 551 1740); El Salvador, 6th floor, Edificio Rivera, 3 C, 5-6 Av SO (tel 553 3604; Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 2-3.30pm); Guatemala, 8 C, 5-6 Av NO (tel 553 3560; Mon-Fri 8.30am-2pm); Mexico, 2 C, 20 Av SO, 205 (tel 553 2604; Mon-Fri 8.30-11.30am); UK, 13 Av, 11-12 C SO, No 62 (tel 557 2046; Mon-Fri 9am-noon). Immigration Direcion General de MigraciA?n, Calle Peatonal, above the Moreira Honduras souvenir shop (tel 553 3728; Mon-Fri 8am-4pm). Internet access The number of cybercafA©s in town is growing rapidly. Hondusoft is the most central, on the first floor of the Edificio Gran Via, just south of the Parque Central on C Peatonal; rates are just $2 an hour. On the west side of town, GedeA?n, Local 1A, Plaza GMC, 6 Av Norte, 2-3 C NO, is very well set up, with rows of gleaming iMac machines; rates are US$2.65 an hour. Laundry LavanderAa Express 9 Av, 3 C NO (Mon-Sat 8am-5pm). Medical care There's an emergency department at the ClAnica BendaA±a, Av CircunvalaciA?n, 9-10 C SO (tel 553 1618). Police tel 552 3128. Post office 9 C, 3 Av SO (Mon-Fri 7.30am-8pm, Sat 7.30am-12.30pm). Telephone office Hondutel, at 4 C, 4 Av SO, is open 24hr; fax service is available 8am-5pm. GedeA?n (see "Internet" listing above) have Web phone-call facilities.
Travel agents and tours
Agencia de Viajes Mundirama, Edificio Martinez Valenzuela, 2 C, 2-3 Av SO (tel 553 0192, fax 557 9092), is an efficient place to book or change international air tickets, or try the reputable Transmundo de Sula, 5 Av, 4 C NO (tel 550 1140). MesoamA©rica Travel, Edificio Picadelli, 11C, 2-3 Av (tel 557 0332, fax 557 6886,
www.mesoamerica-travel.com
), is an excellent tour agency with trips to reserves including Punta Sal near Tela and Cusuco, the Bay Islands and Mosquitia. Maya Tropic Tours, based in the
Gran Hotel Sula
(tel 557 8830,
mayatt@netsy.hn
), also offer trips to CopA?n and Cusuco. Other useful information
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