ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
PRÉFECTURE DES ALPES–MARITIMES (police station)
Centre Administratif Départemental des Alpes-Maritimes,
route de Grenoble
Tel. 04 93 72 20 00
HÔTEL DE VILLE (City Hall)
5, rue de l'Hôtel de Ville
Tel. 04 97 13 20 00
PALAIS DE JUSTICE, TRIBUNAL D'INSTANCE ET DE POLICE (Law Courts)
place du Palais
2 & 7, rue de la Préfecture
C.P.A.M.
Tel. 08 20 904 130
E 111 refund form, department 36
International relations
06180 Nice cedex 2
Tel. 04 92 09 42 64
POSTAL SERVICES
Post Offices (La Poste)
open from Monday to Friday
from 8am to 7 pm and Saturdays from 8am to midday
Main Post Office,
Information service
23, avenue Thiers
Tel. 04 93 82 65 00
Poste restante
place Wilson
Offices open Monday to Saturday (noon)
Tél. 04 93 13 64 10/11
(French post offices (bureaux de poste or PTTs) — look for bright yellow La Poste signs — are generally open 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Avoid lunch hours and late afternoon, when office workers dealing with business mail create endless lines.
You can receive mail at the central post offices of most towns. It should be addressed (preferably with the surname first and in capitals) "Poste Restante, Poste Centrale", followed by the name of the town and its postal code. To collect your mail you will need a passport or other convincing ID, and there may be a charge of around a euro or less. You should ask for all your names to be checked, as filing systems are not brilliant.
Postal Codes in France
An essential part of all addresses in France is the five-digit postal code that identifies the commune. The postal code immediately precedes the name of the town or village, on the last line of the address for all mail within France. The first two digits of the postal code indicate the number of the département; and the last three digits identify the commune.)
OFFICE DU TOURISME 04.92.14.48.00
bus station 04.93.85.61.81
S.N.C.F station 04.92.14.80.00
Airport Nice Côte d'Azur 04.93.21.30.30
TAXIS Allo Taxi Riviera 04.93.13.78.78
TAXIS Azur taxi 04.93.01.88.52
TAXIS Niçois indépendants 04.93.88.25.82
SUNBUS 04.93.16.52.10
BANKS
Banks are generally open from 8.30am to 11.45am and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm from Monday to Friday.
Closed on official holidays.
• Telephone number to report loss or theft of major bank cards:
American Express : tel. 01 47 77 72 00
Carte Bleue Visa : tel. 01 42 77 11 90
Diner’s : tel. 01 49 06 17 17
Eurocard Mastercard : tel. 01 45 67 84 84
• Telephone number to report loss or theft of cheque books : tel.08 36 68 32 08
CURRENCY EXCHANGE SERVICES
A.A. CHANGE
10 av Félix Faure : tel. 04 93 80 36 67
Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 12.30am and from 2pm to 5.30 pm.
AMERICAN EXPRESS
11 prom des Anglais : tel. 04 93 16 53 53
October to April : 7 days a week from 9am to 8pm
May to September : 7 days a week from 9am to 9pm
July-August until 10pm
Except holidays : from 10am to 6pm
AU CHANGE OPERA
1 rue St-François de Paule : tel. 04 93 80 86 00
Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm
Sundays in summer from 9am to 1pm
B.P.C.A.
Nice Airport: tel. 04 93 21 39 50
From 10am to 12am and from 1.15pm to 4.45pm
CHANGE GAMBETTA
2 bd Gambetta: tel : 04 93 88 55 78
Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm - closed Sundays d
CHANGE OR/OFFICE PROVENCAL
7 Av Thiers: tel.04 93 88 56 80
From 7am to midnight every day including holidays
10 rue de France- 04 93 82 16 55
From 9am to 6pm every day including holidays
CHEQUE POINT
11 Pl Masséna : tel. 04 93 62 34 15
From Monday to Saturday and holidays : summer from 9am to 7pm, winter from 9am to 6pm
COFIMA
2 Rue de France 04 93 87 12 31
Open every day – Sunday mornings in winter, all day in summer.
COMPTOIR FINANCIER SAUCLIERES
9 av Jean Médecin 04 93 87 82 62
From Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 6pm, Saturdays from 9am to 12.15am except holidays
THOMAS COOK
12 av de Thiers : tel. 04 93 82 13 00
CAR POUND
(in the event of removal)
31, rue Fontaine de la Ville
tel.04 93 89 18 08
and :
Cost of retrieving your vehicule: 96,10 euros the 1st day + 4,60 euros per day (+ 35 euros fine).Expertise fees as from the 3rd day : 61 euros.
The following documents are required :
proof of vehicule registration, insurance, driving licence
Hotel Negresco lights up at night
Scene's from Nice - all walking distance from the Hotel Neresco
