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When traveling abroad, a useful contact every American tourist should have on hand is the U.S. Embassy. Knowing how to reach the traveler’s home country representative is necessary, though it may be seldom used. Within Italy, the telephone number is 06 467 41 and the address is Via Vittorio Veneto 119a-121 Rome For the young traveler, who prefers to stay at Youth Hostels, familiarity with the Associazione Italiana Alberghi per la Gioventu (AIG) is an excellent aid. Affiliated with Hostelling International (HI), this association provides valid HI identification cards used in obtaining the traveler’s residence at the hostels. Although best to apply for the card in the tourist’s home country, it may be obtained at the youth hostel upon arrival. Telephone: 06 487 11 52 Address: Via Cavour 44 Rome The National Tourist Office offers information concerning accommodations, transportation, local customs and brochures covering almost every concern a tourist might have. Contacting them ahead of time may result in exciting additions to the proposed trip. Telephone: 06 4 97 11 Address: Via Marghera 2 Rome Consorzio Cooperative Integrate (COIN) provides information concerning accessibility of sites for the disabled. Rome-based, the organization provides a multilingual guide, Roma Accessible. Within its pages are lists of attractions easily available to the disabled. Telephone: 06 712 90 11 Address: Via degli Zingari 59 The Associazione Italiana Assistenza Spastici provides an information service and is another useful contact for the disabled. One project in which the association is assisting is a holiday resort strictly for the disabled tourists. All accommodations are on the ground floor and rehabilitation assistance is offered in addition to an easy-access pool. Telephone: 02 550 17 564 Via S Barnaba 29 Milan ENIT – The Italian Government Tourist Board is a wealth of information for planning trips, alerting travelers to special events during their time in Italy and offers a newsletter to interested tourists. On their Internet site under ‘Travel Tips’, visitors find information regarding health, vaccinations, insurance needs, passports, and regulations for insuring a safe vacation. Apart from all this, knowing the contact number of the car hire in Italy and all agencies involved in it is always a plus. Address books should include telephone numbers for credit card companies, banks, and organizations, such as the department of motor vehicles, and social security office in the event personal items are stolen. Each of these is a useful contact, but knowing the telephone numbers and addresses is not enough. Credit card, bank account, and money order numbers, recorded and kept in a safe place, speed record replacement. |
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