PRACTICAL INFORMATION GOOD TO KNOW PHONE CALLS • How to call from France to France: all Due to the sanitary situation, wearing a French numbers have 10 digits and begin mask (covering the mouth and nose) is with 0. The prefix for Paris and Île-de-France compulsory in Paris and the inner suburbs, numbers is 01. Mobile numbers start with 06 in alloutdoor public spaces (streets, green or 07. spaces, etc.), on public transport and in • How to call from abroad: dial the interna- enclosed public places (museums, shops, tionalcode 00 followed by 33 for France, etc.). then the number 1 (Paris) without the first 0. Example for a Paris number: 00 33 1 FRENCH PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 40 00 00 00. • How to call from France to another coun- These correspond to French national holi- try: dial the international code 00, the code days or to holidays from the Christian cal- of the country, then the number without the endar. Museums and monuments are more first 0. likely to be closed on 1 January, 1 May and Please note: mobile roaming charges do 25 December. Be sure to check beforehand. not apply within the European Union (EU). 1 January: New Year’s Day. EU citizens can therefore use their mobile 5 April 2021: Easter Monday. phone without any extra cost in France. 1 May: Labour Day. 8 May: 8 May 1945. The purchase of a prepaid SIM card enables 13 May 2021: Ascension Thursday. visitors to communicate freely (calls, SMS, 24 May 2021: Whit Monday. MMS, Internet package, Internet connection 14 July: Bastille Day. sharing, etc.). 15 August: Assumption Day. Bouygues Telecom – My European SIM: 1 November: All Saints’ Day. www.bouyguestelecom.fr 11 November: Armistice 1918. CTExcelbizChina Telecom: www.ctexcel.fr 25 December: Christmas Day. Travel Wifi: www.travel-wifi.com POST WI-FI A postcard or a lett er to send? You can post Wi-Fi is available in most Parisian bars and them in one of the yellow lett er boxes found restaurants, as well as at 250 municipal sites on most street corners. Stamps can be (gardens, museums, town halls, libraries, bought in post off ices or tobacconists. A let- etc.). ter weighing up to 20g costs €1.16 for France Wi-Fi box rental: and €1.40 for abroad. Most post off ices are MyWebspot – Pocket Wifi: open from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, htt ps://my-webspot.com and 9am to 1pm on Saturday (closed on Travel Wifi: www.travel-wifi.com public holidays). www.laposte.fr 102|PRACTICAL INFORMATION