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Holidays:
January 1
January 6
Holy Friday Easter
May 1
Pasqua Granda (the Monday after the Pentecost Sunday)
June 24
August 1
September 11
September 24
October 12
December 8
Christmas and Boxing Day (December 26)
International dialling prefixes: to call Spain from Italy dial 00-34, then the nine figure number (all Spanish numbers have 9 figures); to call from Spain dial 00 followed by the country code desired (39 for Italy), the prefix and then the number.
Hospitals:
Hospital Vall d'Hebron, tel. 93 48 930 00
Hospital Clìnico, tel. 93 22 754 00
Hospital del Mar, tel. 93 24 830 00
Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, tel. 93 291 90 00
Embassies and Consulates : l'Ambasciata italiana si trova a Madrid,al seguente indirizzo: Calle Lagasca, 98
28006 Madrid
Tel. 0034 91 4233300
Fax: 0034 91 5757776
archivio@ambitaliamadrid.org
Emergency numbers:
Guàrdia urbana (police): tel.092
Policìa Nacional (national police) . Tel. 091
Guàrdia Civil:tel. 062
Fire Brigade: tel. 080
Ambulance: tel. 061
Asistencia al Turista (for problems such as theft or problems with the hotel, etc.): tel. 93 482 05 26
Chemists open 24 hours around the clock can be found in Carrer d'Aribau 62 and Passeig de Gràcia 26.
Tourism offices:
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Oficina d'Informaciò de Turisme de Barcelona (main office), Placa de Catalunya 17-S (underground), 08002, tel. 906 30 12 82, from Spain or 34 93 304 34 21 from abroad.
Underground: Catalunya; open every day from 9 to 21.
A branch of the office is in the l'Ajuntament (Council), Placa de Sant Jaume.
Palau Robert (Regional Tourism Office), Passeig de Gràcia 107,08008, tel. 93 238 40 00.
Underground: Diagonal, from Monday to Saturday from 10 to 19;
on Sundays from 10 to 14:30
Post Offices:
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Central post office: Placa d'Antoni Lòpez, 08002, tel. 902 19 71 97
Metrò: Lìnia 4 (JaumeI o Barceloneta); bus:17,19,40, 45.
Times: from Monday to Saturday from 8 to 21:30.
Branches: from Monday to Friday from 8 to 14; some are open from Monday to Friday from 8 to 20:30 and on Saturdays from 9:30 to 13.
Distances from the other main cities of Spain:
Barcelona - Tarragona: distance 100 km,
1h17min. time
Barcelona - Girona:distance 103 km,
1h19min. time
Barcelona - Valencia: distance 351 km,
3h43min. time
Barcelona - Granada: distance 900 km,
8h45min. time
Barcelona - Madrid: distance 623 km,
6h10min. time
Barcelona - Toledo: distance 695 km
6h52min. time
Barcelona - Bilbao: distance 611 km,
5h55min. time
