POST:
Madrid's
largest post office is at plaza de Cibeles,
the attractive "Palacio de las comunicaciones"
(communications palace), shown here on the
left. From this location you can obtain virtually
any postal service, including sending letters
and packages with a variety degrees of speed
and security, poste restante, international
money orders, phones, fax, telegrams, telex
etc. Other post offices and post boxes around
the city can be recognised by the white on
yellow logo shown on this page. Stamps can
also be bought in estancos
(tobacco shop).
Correos: www
TELEPHONE:
There are numerous public phones around
the city which use phone cards and/or coins.
All these phones can be used for both local
and long distance phone calls. Phone cards
can be purchased in estancos,
and other shops which advertize "tarjetas
telefnicas" (phone cards). These come
in units of 10 and 20 euro. There are also
telefonica offices on Gran Va and at Plaza
de Coln from which long distance phone calls
can be paid for after making the call.
The
long distance prefix for international numbers
is 07.
For national numbers outside Madrid, dial
91
Phone centers:
Gran Vía, 30
Metro:
Gran Vía
Zone: Gran Vía
Map: H-7
Schedule: 9:00 am to midnight Mon-Sat,
noon to midnight Sundays and holidays
Plaza de Colón, Paseo de Recoletos,41.
Metro:
Colón
Zone: Alonso Martínez
Map: M-3
Schedule: 9:00 am to midnight Mon-Sat,
noon to midnight Sundays and 
holidays
Palacio de las comunicaciones, plaza
de Cibeles
Metro:
Banco de España
Zone: Prado
Map: L-8
Schedule: 8:00 am to midnight Mon-Sat,
8:00am to 10:00pm Sundays and holidays
Telefónica: www
