Boat
trips
Bateaux-Mouches
Lui,
Société
Naviginter,
13bis
quai
Rambaud,
2e (tel
04.78.42.96.81).
Leaving
from
quai des
Célestins,
boats
run up
the
Saône or
down to
the
confluence
with the
Rhône at
the Île
Barbe (daily
April-Nov;
42F/¬6.41).
Another
boat,
Elle
, run by
the same
company,
heads
down the
Rhône 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
Opéra, 3
rue de
la
République
(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
Délégation
Régionale
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
Médecins
(tel
04.78.83.51.51).
Hospitals:
Hôtel-Dieu,
1 place
de
l'Hôtel-Dieu,
2e;
Hôpital
Édouard-Herriot
on place
d'Arsonval,
3e (for
both
hospitals
call
08.20.86.78.47).
Internet
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
Lésgayt'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
Charité,
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.
