Comfortable shoes are neccessary for visiting archeological and historical sites. Exchange rates for foreign currencies are published daily. In cheap restaurants, hotels, tipping may not be necessary. In expensive restaurants, hotels and in hairdressers, tipping is customary. Post offices are easily recognizable by their yellow 'PTT' signs.
Telephone cards are available to make cheap phone calls at PTT phone boxes.
At many touristic places you can use your credit card in the phone machine. Also there are private telephone and fax offices. On TRT, short news are given in English, German and French in the evenings. There are also international TV channels available like CNN, NBC-Europe, BBC, Eurosport. Plugs have two round prongs.