Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Immigration
8am-2pm Mon-Fri)
acucho 270-280; 8am-1pm & 2-4:15pm Mon-Fri)
May help with student and business
visas; doesn't give tourist-card extensions.
Medical Services
pharmacy that's attended 24 hours, though you may have to pound on the door late at
night.
Moquegua 191; 24hr)
English & French spoken; will also come to your hotel.
Money
Bolivianos can be exchanged in Puno or at the border. You'll find an ATM inside the
ter-
minal terrestre
that accepts most bank cards and dispenses US dollars and soles.
Scoti-
at Libertad)
and
Banco Continental
(Lima at Grau)
all have branches and ATMs on Jirón
Lima; there's another Banco Continental at Libertad. There's a Moneygram branch on
Jirón Puno, just down from the Plaza.
Post
Serpost
(Moquegua 267; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat)
Tourist Information
9am-6pm Mon-Sat, 9am-1pm Sun)
Puno's helpful and well-informed tourist office; also
runs Indecopi, the tourist-protection agency, which registers complaints about travel agen-
cies and hotels.
