Daily life
Public holidays
On these days Government Departments, banks, shops . are, in the main, closed.
- New year's day : 1st january
- Easter early april / easter monday
- Labor feast : 1st may
- Victory of 1945 : 8th may
- Ascension day: (thurday mid may - end of may)
- National holiday : 14th july
- 15th august
- 1st november
- 11th november : Armistice 1918
- Christmas : 25 décember and the day after
Communictions
You will find all telphone cards (phone boxes, recharges available at Post Offices and tobacconist's…
To call from foreign country -» France : dial the access international code: 00 33 + country code then nine digits only of the nine digit number (drop the first digit which is always 0)
From France -» a foreign country dial 00 + country code + the number of the person you are calling all rates and country numbers are at www.francetelecom.fr
From France -» France : dial the 10 digit number which starts with a 0..
From Metropole -» DOM : 10 digits
From DOM -» metropole : 10 digits
To find a phone number in France : 118 710, 118 000, 118 001, 118 007 ...
Traffic
Speed limits
50 km/h : towns
90 km/h : main road
110 km/h : express way
130 km/h : motorway
Traffic information
T: 0826 022 022
www.bison-fute.equipement.gouv.fr
Day and night breakdown service
Garage Errico - 585 rue St Pierre – 13012
T: 04 91 47 29 34
Car pound
24 bd Ferdinand de Lesseps – 13003
T: 04 91 14 65 40
Windscreens
Car Glass Assistance 24h/24 7d/7)
151 rue Félix Pyat - 13003
T: 04 91 67 51 67 - toll free number: 0 800 77 24 24
Monday-Saturday 8.00 – 18.30
Service stations open 24 hours a day (only frendh credit cards)
ESSO
| 13 avenue Pasteur - 13007 | 0 800 77 42 52 |
