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2.12 Postal services / Poste italiane
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The Central Post Office, Via Pellicceria, off Piazza della
Repubblica, is open from morning to night, although many
services are only available in the morning. There is a fax
service. Fiesole’s main post-office is in Via Portigiani:
postage and telegramme service, Mon-Fri, 08.15-19.00,
Saturday 08.15-12.20.
Local post offices (e.g. San Domenico) are open from 08.15-
13.30 (on Saturdays some post offices close at 12.20, and at
11.00 on the last day of the month).
The post office in Via. P. Carnesecchi (Campo di Marte
area) is open from 8:20 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.; it also has
a public fax service.
Stamps (francobolli) are also available at tobacconists (tabac-
chi). They show the blue sign with a white ‘T’. Mail can be sent
insured (assicurata), registered (raccomandata) and/or express
(espresso) or (lowest rate) printed papers (unsealed) (stampe).
Poste Restante: Correspondence can be addressed c/o the
Post Office by adding Fermo Posta to the name of the locality.
Delivery will be made at the town’s central post office upon
identification of the addressee by passport and payment of a
small fee. Mail boxes are red.
Current prices for Italy :
Letter ¤0.60 (prioritaria)
first-class
Postcard ¤0.60
Letter/postcard ¤0.65
for other EU
countries
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