TOURIST
INFO
Post Offices
in Paris:
Post offices
are generally open from 08h to 19h weekdays and 08h to 12h (noon)
on Saturdays. The main Paris post office near the Louvre métro
station never closes! It's the only post office in Europe that's
open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
Main Paris
post office
52, rue du Louvre
75001 Paris
Phone: 01.40.28.20.00
Always open
At the post
office you can post letters and parcels, make change, make phone
calls, send faxes, use a Minitel terminal, purchase stamps and envelopes,
and pick up poste restante, or general delivery, mail. You can pay
for postage-related expenses with Visa or Mastercard, but not other
cards.
Stamps are
available at all post offices, newstands, and tobacconists. Take
advantage of the practical prepaid postage evelopes. Don't forget
that the required postage depends on the weight and destination
of the letter. To make sure your letters receive first-class service,
they should be marked Lettre. For airmail delivery of a letter weighing
20 grams or less, write Par Avion on the face and affix the right
postage.
Letter boxes
can be recognized by their yellow color. They can be found on many
streets. Collection times are indicated on each box. You can also
find letter boxes in front of each post office.
The easiest
way to send overseas parcels is with ready-to-post packaging (Postexport
or SkyPak), whose price includes packaging and postage. You only
need to drop it in a letter box. Parcels take one to four days to
arrive.
