Bike Rental Holiday Bikes, 199 rue Vendome, 3e tel 04.78.60.11.10, www.holiday-bikes.com.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, €7; nightly July & Aug, €8.50). Another boat, Elle, run by the same company, heads down the Rhône to Vienne. Car rental Europcar, 40 rue de la Villette, 3e tel 08.25.00.25.22; Hertz, 40 rue Villette, 3e tel 04.72.33.89.89; Avis, Gare Part-Dieu, 3e tel 04.72.33.80.29; all the above also have offices at the airport and at the Perrache centre. Consulates Canada, 21 rue Bourgelat, 2e tel 04.72.77.64.07; UK, 24 rue Childebert, 2e tel 04.72.77.81.70; USA, 16 rue République 2e tel 04.78.38.36.88. Disabled travellers For information on facilities for the disabled contact Délégation Régionale APF, 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 ARIS (Accueil Rencontres Informations Services) 16 rue Polycarpe tel 04.78.27.10.10. Gay and lesbian centre organizing various activities and producing a bimonthly bulletin. Espace Culturel Homosexuel 19 rue Royale tel 04.78.27.76.53 is a gay and lesbian bookstore that also holds cultural events. Forum Gai et Lesbien 17 rue Romarin tel 04.78.39.97.32, www.fgllyon.org. Money exchange 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 Part-Dieu (Mon–Sat 8am–7pm, Sun 10.30am–7pm); the tourist office on Bellecour has a money-changing machine (open hours of tourist office). Pharmacy Blanchet, 5 place des Cordeliers, 2e (tel 04.78.42.12.42; 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.
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