Thomas Cook: 15 Sa’ad Zaghloul Sq., P.O. Box 21519 (tel. 482 7830, fax 483 4073)- Full range of Thomas Cook services. Also offices in the Ocean Terminal (tel. 80 01 00, ext. 1360) and airport (tel. 420 8764) for currency exchange and traveler’s checks.

Post Office: Adjacent to the tram stop at Raml Station Sq. Open daily 8am-3pm, stamps sold until 6pm. Also 2 branches on Rue al-Ghorfa at-Tigarya (3 blocks west of Sa’ad Zaghloul Sq. or 2 blocks west of Orabi Sq.), in Misr Station, and across from Sidi Gaber station. Most open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-3pm. Pick up Poste Restante at the branch west of Orabi Sq. (Sat.-Thurs. 8:30am-lpm).

Telephone Office: Raml Station Sq. (3min. to the U.S. LE23-55, cheaper with phone cards.) Open 24 hrs. Also at Misr Station and at the west end of Sa’ad Zaghloul St. (Both open until 11pm.) Luxury hotels (try the Cecil in Sa’ad Zaghloul Sq.) can call overseas, but are more expensive. Telephone code: 03. Car Rental: Avis, in the Cecil Hotel, Sa’ad Zaghloul Sq. (tel. 483 7173 or 80 74 63), rents Peugeot 505s for LE58 per day, 100km free. Must be over 25. Budget, 59 Al-Geish St., Chatby (tel. 597 1273), has similar rates. Must be over 20. Both open daily 8am-6pm; Budget closed Fri. mornings.