Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
PHONE CODES
Calling France from abroad
Dial your country's international access code, then
33 (France's country code), then the 10-digit local number
without
the initial zero.
Calling internationally from France
Dial 00 (the international access code),
the
indicatif
(country code), the area code (without the initial zero if there is one)
and the local number. Some country codes are posted in public telephones.
Directory inquiries
For France Telecom's
service des renseignements
(directory
inquiries) dial 11 87 12. Not all operators speak English. For help in English with
all France Telecom's services, see
www.francetelecom.com
or call
09 69 36 39
00.
Emergency numbers
Can be dialled from public phones without a phonecard.
Hotel calls
Hotels,
gîtes
, hostels and
chambres d'hôte
are free to meter their calls
as they like. The surcharge is usually around €0.30 per minute but can be higher.
International directory inquiries
For numbers outside France, dial
11 87 00.
PHONECARDS
•
» For both international and domestic calling, most public phones use either a
credit card or two kinds of
télécartes
(phonecards):
cartes à puce
(with a magnetic
chip) issued by France Télécom and sold at post offices; and
cartes à code
(where
you dial a free access number and then the card's scratch-off code), sold at
tabacs,
newsagents and post offices.
•
» Phonecards with codes offer much better international rates than France Télé-
com chip cards or Country Direct services (for which you are billed at home by your
long-distance carrier).
TARIFFS
NUMBER
PER-MINUTE
free
08 00
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