Airlines Air France (tel 08.02.80.28.02); British Airways (tel 08.25.82.54.00); British Midland (tel 08.00.05.01.42); Delta (tel 08.00.35.40.80); EasyJet (tel 04.93.21.48.33); Virgin Express (tel 08.00.52.85.28).
Airport information tel 04.93.21.30.12, www.nice.aeroport.fr .
Books The Cat's Whiskers, 30 rue Lamartine, and Top, 27 av Jean-Médecin, both sell English-language books.
Car rental Major firms are represented at the airport. Otherwise try: Avis, 2 av Phocéens (tel 04.93.80.63.52); Budget, 23 rue Belgique (tel 04.93.16.24.16); Europcar, 3 av Gustave V (tel 04.92.14.44.50); Hertz, 12 av de Suède (tel 04.93.87.11.87).
Cinema Rialo, 4 rue de Rivoli (tel 04.93.88.08.41), the Cinémathèque de Nice, 3 esplanade Kennedy (tel 04.93.24.06.66), and Le Nouveau Mercury, 16 place Garibaldi (tel 08.36.68.81.06), all show v.o. films.
Consulates Canada, 64 av Jean Médecin (tel 04.93.92.93.22); UK, 8 rue Alphonse Karr (tel 04.93.82.32.04); US, 31 av Maréchal Joffre (tel 04.93.88.89.55).
Disabled access Transport for people with reduced mobility tel 04.93.86.39.87 or 04.93.96.09.99
Emergencies Doctor: SOS Médecins tel 04.93.85.01.01; Casualty: Hôpital St-Roch, 5 rue Pierre-Dévoluy (tel 04.92.03.33.75); Ambulance: tel 15 or tel 04.93.92.55.55.
Ferries to Corsica SNCM (tel 04.93.13.66.66), or Corsica Ferries (tel 04.92.00.43.76), both in the gare maritime , quai du Commerce.
Internet Planete Cyber , 16 rue Paganini (daily 9am-10pm; tel 04.93.16.89.81, planetecyber@wanadoo.fr ), by the gare , also serves light meals.
Laundry Lavarie Automatique Assalit, 29 rue Assalit; Laverie du Mono, 8 rue Belgique.
Lost property 10 cours Saleya (tel 04.93.80.65.50). SOS Voyageurs for help with lost or stolen luggage at gare SNCF (Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 3-6pm; tel 04.93.16.02.61).
Money exchange Change Halévy, 1 rue Halévy (daily 8am-7pm); Change Or, 17 av Thiers (daily 7am-midnight).
Pharmacy 7 rue Masséna (daily 7.30pm-8am; tel 04.93.87.78.94); 66 av J.-Médecin (tel 04.93.62.54.44).
Police Commissariat Central de Police, 1 av Maréchal Foch (tel 04.92.17.22.22).
Post office 21 av Thiers, 06000 Nice (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-noon).
Taxis tel 04.93.80.70.70 or tel 04.93.13.78.78.
Trains Information and reservations tel 08.36.35.35.35. For the scenic line to Digne: Chemins de Fer de la Provence, 4 bis rue Alfred Binet (tel 04.93.88.34.72).
Youth information Centre Information Jeunesse, 19 rue Gioffredo (tel 04.93.80.93.93).