Airlines: Air Dolomiti (Tel: 167.013.366); Alitalia (Tel: 1478.65.642); American (Tel: 02.6791.4400); British Airways (Tel: 1478.12.266); Continental (Tel: 055.476.454); Delta (Tel: 1678.64.114); KLM (Tel: 06.652.9286); Lufthansa (Tel: 02.8066.3025); Meridiana (Tel: 055.230.2416); Ryanair (Tel: 050.503.770); TWA (Tel: 055.239.6856); United (Tel: 1678.825.181).

Books: Libreria Internazionale, Via Rigattieri 33, stocks English books.

Car rental Autoeuropa (Tel: 050.506.883), Avis (Tel: 050.42.028), Europcar (Tel: 050.41.017), Hertz (Tel: 050.43.220), Liberty Rent (Tel: 050.48.088), National/Maggiore (Tel: 050.42.574), Program (Tel: 050.500.296), Sixt (Tel: 050.46.209), Thrifty (Tel: 050.45.490), Travelcar (Tel: 050.44.424). All are based at the airport.

Hospital: Santa Chiara, Via Roma 67 (Tel: 050.992.111).

Internet access: Internet Planet, Piazza Cavallotti 3 (Tel: 050.830.702, www.internetplanet.it ); Internet Point, Via dei Mille 3 (Tel: 050.830.701, www.koinepisa.it ). Internet Surf, open daily until 1am at Via Carducci 5 (Tel: 050.830.800, www.internetsurf.it ), lets you pay by credit card.

Laundry: OndaBlu, Via San Francesco 8a.

Left luggage: At the airport (daily 8 am - 8 pm;).

Lost property: At the airport (Tel: 050.849.400).

Parking: There are car parks outside the Porta Nuova, just west of the Campo dei Miracoli, and west of the train station on Via Battisti. Parking in the historic centre is severely restricted: yellow spaces are off-limits, blue spaces are charged by the hour, day and night, and white spaces are free only if you display a chit from your hotel, signed, stamped and dated. The airport long-term car park P2 is free.

Police: The Questura is at Via Mario Lalli 1 (Tel: 050.583.511).

Post office: Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (Mon - Fri 8.15 am - 7 pm, Sat 8.15 am - noon).

Taxi: Radio Taxi Pisa Tel: 050.541.600.