The drug stores in any Italian town or city also operate on a rotating schedule to ensure than a minimum number are open on any given day (even Sundays and holidays).Īlso, there will either be one or two 24-hour pharmacies (in bigger cities, the farmacia inside the train station usually has this honor), or all the chemists in town will take turns staying open all night. (Why green and not red? Beats me.)Ī farmacia (pharmacy or chemists) in Italy is always marked by a glowing green cross sign.As a rule of thumb, in an Italian town of any size you can almost always count on finding a pharmacy on or near the main piazza, and another one in or near the train station.
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Pharmacies in Italy are marked by neon signs of the international cross symbol, like glowing green plus signs. Italy seems to have more pharmacies than banks, and rarely do you have to go far to find a corner farmacia. I've entered Florentine apothecaries clutching my throat and left able to swallow again, stumbled in an exaggerated feverish delirium around a Toledo drug store (Spain, not Ohio), and on one memorable occasion did a Oscar-worthy pantomime of vomiting violently in a Greek pharmacy. Just walk in bravely, put your charade skills to work, and point to whatever hurts while moaning.
Pharmacies in Italy often have been around for hundreds of years-and some look it, with gorgeous frescoed ceilings and antique wood-and-glass cabinetry.When Italians feel sick, they don't call their doctor they head to the local pharmacy, where the dying art of the skilled apothecary and knowledgeable druggist still lives on. Pharmacies in Italy A traveler's guide to farmacie (pharmacies) in Italy
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