French national phone numbers have 10 digits.
The first one is always 0.
The second one is 1 for Paris
2,3 or 4 for other regions in France
6 for all cellular phone in France
8 for free numbers in France and for some DSL
Example: 01 42 74 36 47
you are calling the apartment "rue de Bretagne" in Paris from
anywhere in France
Example:06 65 47 36 22
you are calling a cellular phone in France from
anywhere in France
Your phone is linked to an answering machine service.
If your phone is busy or after 20 seconds without answering, the answering machine
is triggered.
To
listen to a recorded message, simply press the "book" icon
or dial "222"
Then you need to understand some charming french digital
voice....
You can use the land line telephone to call anywhere
in the world.
It is free to call land line phone anywhere
in France and in USA but it is not free to call cell phones
in Europe. it is free to call
a cell phone in USA or in Canada
To call a cell phone in Europe will cost you 0.39 eu
a minute + 40 cents to call a cell phone in Europe
It is free to call the cell phone of
your host.
The amount will be invoiced to you after
your departure
From your rental home:
Enter 011 for international, the country code
33 for France and enter the number without the
first 0
Example: 011 33 8 73 81 79 15
you are calling the apartment rue de Birague
in Paris from US
You will need to buy a phone card (
carte de telephone pour cabine) for 5 or 10 Euros.
Insert the card and dial as if you were at your
rental home.
To make an international call, enter 00 for
international, then the code of the country (1
for USA)
Example: to call from Paris or from anywhere
in Europe to US
00 1 415 282 8610
in this exemple, you are calling San Francisco(415)
from anywhere in Europe
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