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TARI Tax 2024

 

Just had my TARI bill for 2024.  I used the PagoPA website to pay it online 

I had major problems with it not accepting my payment - it seemed to freeze after the card details were entered.

Sat, 09/07/2024 - 05:58

Travelling back from Lake Orta area in N Italy, we travelled to the Simplon Pass to reach our first overnight stop in Sion.

Imagine our delight to find that a landslide has closed the pass "for the foreseeable future"

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 02:07

Don't forget - IMU 1st payment due 16th June

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 06:18

Swiss Motorway Vignette - Online E-Purchase.

 

You can now buy a e-vignette online.  All electronic, so no sticker issued.  It work by using your car number plate. 

 

Mon, 12/18/2023 - 04:17

We used to use Book Depository to get books for our Italian friends at Christmas.

Book Depository now closed.  Does anyone know of an Italian (or EU) bookshop that will accept orders from the UK and deliver to an Italian address?

Sat, 12/02/2023 - 07:37

Train travel from UK to Italy 

 

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 13:42

Open Log Fires in Piemonte [and other areas]

 

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:36

DRIVING THROUGH FRANCE  -  LOW EMISSION ZONES.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66449514

 

Bought mine - less than £5 all in.  Took about a week to arrive.

 

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 09:25

EU Entry Permit Required From 2024

 

Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:08

IMU DISCOUNT FOR UK PENSIONERS

 

I am aware that some posters on this site have got the IMU discount for UK Pensioners with a holiday home in Italy, that is not rented out at all.

Mon, 06/19/2023 - 10:17

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Sat, 08/15/2020 - 03:51

Mergozzo is a beautiful place.

Have given up hope of getting to Italy this year.

Will keep you updated on changes.

(The Aachen route only adds 120 miles/2hrs to the trip back according to Via Michelin)

Fri, 08/14/2020 - 17:24

Has another look at the map.

If you drive through Germany as far as Aachan, you only have a 3.5 hour trip (about 210 miles) across France to Calais.  A pretty easy non-stop trip.

Fri, 08/14/2020 - 05:50

If you drive through Switzerland (Gotthard tunnel) and into Germany (my Lorrach route) and up through Germany to Strasbourg, you could fill up with petrol and food in Germany just before entering France near Strasbourg.  In theory, you could drive non stop through France to Calais  and avoid the quarantine requirements. ( but no toilet stops).

380 miles approx - 6 hrs on motorway?

Good luck

Thu, 08/13/2020 - 17:21

From 0400hrs Saturday, France and Netherlands join Luxembourg and Belgium etc on the Quarantine List.   Hope you're back in the UK before then

Thu, 08/13/2020 - 17:14

France and Netherlands on list of Quarantine countries from 0400 hrs BST Saturday 

Thu, 08/13/2020 - 17:11

France now on Quarantine List

 

Plus Netherlands and others - so if you drive back from Italy, 14 days quarantine on your entry into UK from 0400 hrs BST Saturday. 

Wed, 08/12/2020 - 07:32

In theory, if you stop in Luxembourg you would have to quarantine on entering Swiitzerland.  Not sure if you would be allowed to just stay overnight and continue your journey.

If you stop in either Luxembourg and/or Belgium on the way back its 2 weeks quarantine on your return to the UK

 

Wed, 08/12/2020 - 07:06

Which route are you taking?  Switzerland has some quarantine areas, such as Luxembourg.

See:-   https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home.html

 

Wed, 08/12/2020 - 07:06

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Wed, 08/12/2020 - 06:51

We always stay at the Seerauch Hotel in Beckenreid,  on the shores of Lake Lucerne.  Best hotel we've found in that area, and very convenient to get to from the motorway (5 mins). 

Food is great, service superb, and English spoken fluently.  Their website appears to be in German, but give them a ring.

Good luck with the trip.