Parma

Parma International Airport is located around 6 kilometres from the city centre. Busses and taxis cruise between the airport, the city centre and the train station. Bus line number 6 leaves every hour from 6:30am to 8pm. Taxis wait for you just outside of the arrivals zone. If there is no taxi available you can ask the information desk to call a one for you.

The best way to get around the city is on foot or by bike, which is actually the favourite transportation of all Parmesans. The city centre is compact and full of monuments and other sights to visit and admire. The local bus transport company is called TEP. You can buy tickets or passes in all ticket offices, tobacconists and newsstands. There are different tickets to choose from: single ticket (valid 60 minutes), day ticket, ticket for 8 single rides and different period passes. You can also buy ticket on the bus but for an extra charge and with exact change. Make sure to validate your ticket as soon as you board the bus.

The main taxi company of Parma is Radiotaxi. You can call its call centre or book a ride on the webpage. Normally in Italy you will find taxi stands where taxis are waiting in a cue for customers. In Parma you can find them in the following places: Piazza Garibaldi, Train Station, Ospedale Maggiore (main hospital), Piazzale Volta, Piazzale Rolla, Barilla Centre, Mall Torri, and Fairs Centre.

There are numerous post offices around the city. You can easily recognise them thanks to the yellow and blue sign. Stamps are available in every tobacconist and newsagent shop.

Pharmacies in Italy generally do not stay open during lunch time, and they are closed on Sundays. Pharmacies of each town/city/area open on Sundays and at night on a rotating basis. Details are displayed at the pharmacies or on the websites of the town.

Country code: +39 There is no area code. In Parma, all phone numbers start with 0521, do not omit the zero. The Council of Parma offers a service of free wifi, but to use it you need to create an account on the wifi net "Guglielmo".

In Italy the power plugs and sockets are of type F (common in Europe, two prongs) and L (three prongs in one line). The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz.