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It is easier for you and more reliable to receive your mail at school rather than at your residence, since there is always someone to accept it and since your name may not appear anywhere on the apartment mailbox.
Please have your friends and families address the letters/packages to:
YOUR NAME
C/O SCUOLA LORENZO DE' MEDICI
VIA XX SETTEMBRE 4
00187 ROMA (RM) , ITALIA
When you receive a package, you can pick it up at the reception desk located at the entrance to the school. Please check with the receptionist or student advisors to see if your package has arrived. Sometimes, to get your package, you will be asked to present an I.D. and sign a form. You will sometimes have to pay a customs fee. Regular mail generally takes anywhere from 8-10 days to arrive, both to and from U.S. Packages take longer: 10-20 days if sent Airmail, 60-90 days if sent Surface rate. Express mail (Fed-EX, DHL, etc.) takes about 3-4 days.
Note: The school will not accept packages sent through UPS.
Please let your family and friends know to avoid bulky/large packages that contain electronics or other valuables because they will get stuck at customs, sometimes for weeks at a time.
Note: Favorite foodstuffs should not be sent by mail.
Post Offices
Services available at the Italian post offices are: telegrams, stamps ('francobolli' which are easier to purchase at a Tabacchi -stores/bars where cigarettes are sold-), registered letters and delivery of packages. Once at a post office, you will also be able to exchange money and cash or send international postal checks. Fax services as well as coin and card-operated telephones are available in all main offices.
To determine the branch office nearest you, please consult http://www.poste.it/en/
Postal Rates Postcards & Letters (up to 20 grams, by Airmail):
AMERICAS & REST OF THE WORLD = € 0,80
EUROPE = € 0,62
Simply attach the stamp to the envelope and place the letter in the right slot of a red mailbox. Letters or packages that need to be weighed, should be brought to a post office. Please keep in mind that letters generally take anywhere from 8-10 days to arrive, both to and from US. Packages take longer, 10-20 days if sent Airmail, 60-90 days if sent Surface rate. Also remember that Express mail (Fed-EX, DHL, etc.), takes about 3-4 days.
Sending Packages and Express mail
You can send packages via the Italian post by simply going to the post office. The Italian postal system also has a courier/express mail service. Sending a parcel by surface rate is the least expensive, but it will usually take up to two months to arrive at its destination. Airmail costs about double the price, but your package will arrive in about 10-14 days.
Express mail
In order to send Express mail from Rome, you must directly call the couriers and tell them about how much the package weighs, its dimensions and where it's being sent to. They will give you an estimate cost and will set up an appointment with you to pick up the package at your home and collect the payment.
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Mail Boxes Etc Office 282 * Via A. Ripa 14-16 00198 Roma Tel: 06 85357298 Fax: 06 85357290 E-mail: mbe282@libero.it Website: www.mbe.it
They will do your packaging and shipping for you as well as photocopies, fax and passport photos. They also have Western Union service. |
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