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EOT Links:: -Mosaic Tesserae -Museum Rome
Gallery and Photo Credits
Essential telephone numbers and addresses: - Comune di Roma (Rome City Hall, available 7/24) to submit various queries -phone: 060606
- APT (Azienda Promozione Turistica): Via Parigi 11 (off Piazza della Repubblica). You need to go in person to inquiry about anything happening in Rome, to collect maps, brochures, calendar of events, etc. Very friendly staff.
Open every day, except Sundays -email:
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Their very comprehensive site: http://www.aptprovroma.it/index.php?lang=eng Alternatively, you can visit the tourist point of the Comune di Roma, at Via Leopardi 24. 00185 Roma, or go directly to the Comune di Roma, Ufficio Turistico, Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Roma. For an idea of what's going on, -news, events, exibitions, you can also visit the Official tourist website of Rome: http://en.turismoroma.it/
More Tourist Points are scattered all over the city. Central locations only:
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Via Nazionale, in front of the Palazzzo delle Esposizioni. Piazza delle Cinque Lune off Piazza Navona. Via dei Fori Imperiali at Visitors’ Center. Largo Goldoni, near Via Condotti/Via del Corso.
Emergency calls: Police/Carabinieri, -phone: 113 or 112 -Questura Centrale, Via S. Vitale (off via Nazionale, to report stolen items/thefts): you need to go in person. Operator phone 06 46861 - Heath emergency/Ambulances -phone: 118 or 065510
- Visa (lost and stolen cards) -phone: 800 018 548
- Amexco (lost and stolen cards) -phone: 06 72280371
Transport by train, Taxis or Public transport: - Trenitalia (timetable, tickets, reservations) -phone: 892021
- Chiama Taxi, search service run by the Town Hall -phone:060609;
Radio Taxi -phone:063570; La Capitale -phone: 064994;
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- Buses and metro trains run from 5.50 a.m. to 12.00 midnight.
You need to buy tickets at metro stations or newspaper kiosks/tobacconists before you board on.
Major Consulates (all Consulates are listed on the yellow pages): - American Embassy and Consulate: Via Veneto 119-121, phone 06 46741
- British Embassy and Consulate: Via XX Settembre 80/a, phone: 06 42200001
- Australian Embassy and Consulate: Via Alessandria 215, phone: 06 852721
- Canadian Embassy and Consulate: Via Salaria 243, phone: 06 852541
It would be a good idea to print this page and keep it with your travel documents
Gabriella's links (interesting websites for those who like mosaic art): Italy-guide Mosaic Tours Rome Sonia King: Mosaic-works Glass Mosaic Tiles WitsEnd Mosaic Smalti.com Skip the line Reservation Services, Papal Audience Tickets, Vatican Gardens Tours, Borghese Gallery Bookings: After Hours Vatican Tour Helpful websites for visitors and lovers of the Eternal City: About.com/travel Museum Rome from Nederland Rome-accommodation Directory of Rome Hotels RomeBy.com find me on Linked-in and at TravelTradeItalia.com 
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