Trujillo Services

Trujillo's iPeru office has good maps and information about the city and surrounding region (Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Jirón Pizarro 402, mezzanine, Tel. /Fax: 29-4561, E-mail: perutrujillo@promperu.gob.pe, URL: www.peru.info/eng/lalibertad). Other useful addresses are:

· Tourism police (daily 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Jirón Independencia 630, tel.: 29-1705)

· Touring y Automóvil Club del Perú (Argentina 258, Urb. El Recreo, via Huanchaco, Tel.: 60-3131, Fax: 29-0736, E-mail: trujillo@touringperu.com.pe)

· Consulates: Chile (Avenida Juan Pablo II 893, Dpto. 303, Tel.: 28-5869), Finland (Avenida Perú s/n, Las Delicias, Tel.: 46-5265), Italy (Túpac Yupanqui 990, Urb. Santa María, Tel.: 23-5026), Spain (Guillermo Charum 238, Urb. San Andrés, Tel.: 46-5265), United Kingdom (Flor de Canela 885, Urb. Las Palmeras del Golf, Tel.: 24-5935).

The following banks exchange American Express travelers checks and US cash dollars, and have Visa, Plus, MasterCard and Cirrus ATMs:

BCP (Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Gamarra 562)—ATM also accepts American Express cards.

Scotiabank (Monday-Friday 9:15 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pizarro 314, ATMs on Bolognesi)—Western Union agent.

Interbank (Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-6:15 p.m., Saturday 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Corner of Pizarro and Gamarra). GlobalNet ATM also accepts Diners Club.

Banco de la Nación is the MoneyGram agent; its ATM takes Visa and Plus (Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Almagro and San Martín). Mant exchange houses are on Pizarro and on Bolívar, between Orbegoso and Ovalo El Recreo.

Internet ($0.35-0.70 per hour) and phone services are found throughout the city. For traditionalists, the post office is Serpost (Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jirón Independencia 286).

Hospital Belén de Trujillo (Jirón Bolívar 350, Tel.: 24-5281) and Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo (Avenida Mansiche 795, Tel.: 23-1581) provide 24-hour attention to Trujillo's medical needs. Pharmacies are common, especially along Orbegoso and Bolívar.

A couple of places to check out the artisan work of Trujillo and near-by villages are:

· Liga de Artesanos (Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-noon, 3-7 p.m. Jirón Colón 423, Tel.: 20-0086)

· Asociación de Pequeños Industrial y Artesanos de Trujillo-APIAT (Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Avenida España cuadra 18, Tel.: 22-0627)

· Red de Empresarios Artesanales del Circuito Turístico Nororiental (Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Jirón Grau 537).

Etnía Arte y Artesanía sells exceptional crafts of the region (Avenida Los Angeles 453, Urb. California, Tel.: 28-5167, E-mail: etnia_arte@hotmail.com, URL: www.etniaarte.blogspot.com).