The French Post Office is fascinating. First thing is there is a bank in there. Yes - a postal…read morebank. Seems logical, honestly. They also sell cell phones in there. So there are machines against the walls and windows - some for packages, some for letters. You go there and prepay for your postage. There are no translators on the machines so you need to know everything or at least know enough French to make your way around. And don't expect someone to come over and help you either. Not how it works here. Once you've gotten your postage you can either put your letters directly in the box or if you have a package you need to bring it up to the desk. Don't forget your customs forms if you are mailing something out of France. You will need to ask for a customs form for each package you are sending. On one visit I left one of my bags in here and they had it for me in lost and found when I came back the following week to ask for it.

The guy here were super nice and helpful! I had to send some letters and postcards, but was…read morecompletely clueless about how much postage I needed and they made it very painless for me. By the time I had all my mail prepped to drop off at the front, there was a giant line. He spotted me and put the mail into the box for me so that I didn't have to wait in line again!

Wow! The team at this post office was so attentive. We had no idea how to mail a package in Paris…read moreso we needed a kind and helpful person and that is exactly what we got. From finding the right packaging material to helping us with the self service kiosk, it was top notch all the way.

One of the combined bank/post office locations where you will actually not wait in line too long,…read morenot just due to long opening hours, unusual for La Poste, but because of the high number of multilingual automated machines and staff that will help you work them that leave waiting in line for only the most complicated cases (or for those who are tech-averse).

Excellent service!! As a tourist, who is not very fluent in French, the people at la poste were…read morevery friendly and helpful!!! My parents got their postal 4 months and they were happy! So thank you!!!

I needed to ship a letter opener back to the states. I went to FedEx and they quoted me 81 and then…read more69 euro! This thing weighs 0.1 kg! I went to this post office and it was busy, but the staff were very helpful. They essentially did everything for me and it cost 10 euro. They spoke enough English to understand what I wanted and to communicate what I needed to do. It worked out extremely well.

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