Area Code- The telephone area code is 222.
Emergency- The emergency number is tel. 066.
Hospital- Beneficiencia Española is at 19 Norte 1001 .
Pharmacy- Drugstores are almost as common as churches. They usually close around 9pm but take turns staying open late (de turno). Should you need something overnight, Farmatodo delivers around the clock.
Population- Puebla has 1.8 million residents.
Post Office- The correo is around the corner from the State Tourism office, on 16 de Septiembre, the third door down from the corner (at 5 Oriente).
Visitor Information
The State Tourism Office is your best bet. It's at 5 Oriente 3, across the street from the south side of the cathedral. The staff can answer questions, provide a map, and set you up with a guide if you want a private tour of the city.
City Layout
Puebla's streets are laid out on a Cartesian quadrant, with the two main avenues as the x and y axes. Instead of positive and negative numbers, you have even and odd. Streets north of the horizontal axis (Reforma/Palafox y Mendoza) are numbered 2, 4, 6, and so on. Streets to the south are 3, 5, 7, and so on. The north-south axis (5 de Mayo/16 de Septiembre) does the same thing. East of it are even-numbered streets, and west are odd-numbered. Street names also include a direction norte, sur, oriente, poniente (north, south, east, west). So if someone tells you that a church is on 7 Oriente, then you know what part of town it's in: "Oriente" tells you that it's the eastern portion of an east-west street, and the odd number indicates that it's south of Palafox y Mendoza.
Don't count on taxi drivers to know where certain restaurants, hotels, or attractions are located; keep addresses handy.