Rome Practical Information

• Emergency calls: 112.
• Post offices: most of the bigger post offices in the center are open Monday through Friday from 8.30 AM to 6.30 AM (and some Saturday mornings from 8.30 AM to 1 PM); smaller offices are only open in the mornings.
• Stamps you can also find at the tobacconist.
• Currency is Euro. Banks are usually open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 1.30 PM. In the afternoon, the opening hours change from bank to bank, some of them are open from 2.30 PM/3 PM to 4 PM/4.30 PM. Some banks are open non-stop from 8:30 AM to 4 PM and/or on Saturday mornings. For more information: money in Italy.
  
  
• A pharmacy (drugstore) you can identify by a red or green cross. Opening hours are usually from 9 AM to 1.30 PM and from 3.30 PM till 7.30 PM
  Some pharmacies are also open on Saturday mornings.
  During nightshifts a surcharge is applied to the medicines. There is a list posted outside each pharmacy with the name of the pharmacy in that area that’s on call.
• Shops are generally open from 9 AM to 1 PM and from 3.30 PM to 7.30 PM. Some shops in the center stay open all day from 10 AM to 7.30 PM. Not many shops are open on Sunday and also Monday morning a lot of them are closed.
• Trains in Italy.
• Embassy of the United States of America: via Vittorio Veneto 119/a (Tel. 06 46 741); website



• Visitor Center

  Via Parigi 5 (Piazza della Repubblica) Rome
  Opening hours: Mon - Sat 9 AM – 7 PM ; Closed on Sundays

  US Visitors Office to the Vatican
  Via dell' Umiltá 30, 00187 Rome
  Phone: + 39 06 690 011
  Email: nacvisoffrome@pnac.org

  In the USA
  Italian Government Tourist Board
  630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1565; New York
  Telephone: +1 212 245-4822
  Email: enitny@italiantourism.com; website




• Common Italian Phrases to help you speak the language while on your trip.