Villa la Madonnina: INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY AND DAILY LIFE  

Emergency:
- Emergency medical service: 118
- English, German and other languages speaking doctor. 24 h service. Michele Fiorentino. Tel: 335 455 874, 329 422 8033, 328 202 0647. By US embassy recommended physician 
- Hospital: in Amalfi, (day hospital only) Tel: 089 871 366 , you reach it by going to Amalfi, there continue to Atrani, pass Atrani, take the road to Ravello, on the left side of the road is the hospital. Hospital in Salerno: 089 672 732    
- Police/emergency services: 112
- Fire: 115                             

Daily life:
- Grocery  shops:
 "Angela", Tel: 089 874037, items can be delivered. The shop is open Sunday 7 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,  all other days from 7 a.m. - 1:30  p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Closed on holidays.You find the shop in Vettica Maiore (second part of Praiano after the 3rd tunnel) on the right (mountain) side of the road. Visiting Angela's shop is also worthwhile because it's a typical Italian shop left over from the times before the supermarkets replaced most of them. 
 "Tutto x Tutti", Tel: 089 874016, items can be delivered. Same opening hours as Angela. One of the owner brothers speaks English. Bigger selection of goods and a good selection of high quality wine.  Orders by fax are also possible: fax number: 089 874434.
- Buy fish: There is a small fish shop in Praiano (Vettica Maiore) just after the Bar del Sole on the mountain side of the street. Another larger shop with more choice is on the way to Amalfi. When you reach the junction to Agerola (after about 5 km), then go in direction of Agerola. After 50 m the shop is on the right side. Fish shops are open only till lunch time. 
- Buy meat: You buy meat in a "macelleria".  One is on the left side of the road after the shop of Angela, the other one a bid further after the crossing on the right side of the road (going in direction of Posiano). 
- Daily English newspapers/stamps and matches: At 8:30 English newspapers from the same day are available in the news-stand in Vettica Maiore (part of Praiano after the 3rd tunnel). The shop is on the right side of the street, after the fountain. 
Taxi  Praiano: Giovanni Benvenuto, Tel: +39 334 3078342, his email address is  info@benvenutolimos.com He has also an informative web site: http://www.benvenutolimos.com/ or Gennaro Rispoli, Tel. 089 874370
- Water taxi: Call 338 3508 555 or 089 87 4365. They come from nearby Marina di Praia within a few minutes - assuming a boat is available. Very convenient to visit Amalfi, Atrani or Positano or want to have lunch in one of the restaurants along the coast. 
- Bus tickets: The bus stop is an about 5 minutes from the villa in direction of Praiano (to the left) just after the tunnel. For the blue Sita buses (those going from town to town) you need to buy a ticket before entering the bus. They are available in the Bar del Sole and most other bars. For the local bus which connects Praiano with Positano you can buy the ticket in the bus. The schedule you find the in the villa.
- Tourist office Praiano: booklets and information, in the main street, close to The Bar del Sole, Tel. 089/874557, email: infopraiano@tin.it
- Travel agency: Financial Tour, Amalfi, Tel  089  872  583, mobile 348  382 5807, fax 089  87 25  83, email:finatour@starnet.it The owner is Nino Gorga, he speaks  good English and is very supportive and can help to arrange nearly everything like travel arrangements, rental car, exchange, Western Union...
- Gasoline: in direction of Amalfi, about 2 km (1,5 miles) from the villa there is one of the very few gasoline station at the coast.