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My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 04:27

I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways. I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:32

 I thought it might help people not break the law [or get caught breaking it] to some info on speed cameras they might come across in driving down to Italy. [This really applies to people like me who don’t have a sat-nav that tells them all the in

Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:03

When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area], from Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg.   The reasons for doing so is simple:-

    Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:52

    If you are driving down to Italy, this regularly updated AA site gives you the latest info on fuel prices across Europe.  Its useful for deciding where to fill up. Note - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal

    Thu, 07/02/2009 - 05:32

    .     I heard this today on Radio 4.  I take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough** and through.Well done!

    Sat, 06/20/2009 - 16:58

    .   I'm considering handing over ownership of my Italian Holiday Home to my kids. Does anyone know

    • How easy this is to do, and how costly?
    • Whether this can be done in the UK - or do I have to do it in Italy?
    Fri, 06/19/2009 - 04:54

    Comments posted

    Sat, 10/03/2020 - 15:05

    Try googling something like -

    "part load to Italy".

    Throws up lots of options for getting quotes

     

    Thu, 10/01/2020 - 06:17

    I doubt whether many Italians would regularly feed a neighbours cat - they seem to have a different view on cats to Brits, in most cases.

    You could try the expat forum(s) for your area - you might get an offer of help.

    Good luck

    Mon, 09/07/2020 - 05:44

    If you are going back to the UK by ferry, you will have to quarantine on your return- only Eurotunnel travellers can avoid it, by non-stopping in France.

    Although you can fill up with fuel etc in france, if you don't mix with others whilst you do.

    Thu, 09/03/2020 - 09:26

    I see that Ferry companies are complaining as only Eurotunnel users can avoid quarantine, and ferry users [even if they "non-stop"] have to quarantine.

    Tue, 09/01/2020 - 14:26

    We bought without a lawyer - following very very strong advice from our Italian friends. 

    My advice is that it's much more important to have a good translator present at the signing.

    Thu, 08/20/2020 - 12:29

    Austria ( and Croatia) on the England quarantine list.

    Switzerland on the Scottish quarantine list

    Wed, 08/19/2020 - 05:18

    If they have tastes like mice, milk chocolate is a fantastically effective bait

    Tue, 08/18/2020 - 14:17

    I don't think you necessarily need to non-stop  through France on the way to italy, only on the way back to the UK to avoid quarantine.

    Don't think there are any restrictions on entry into italy from France or Switzerland 

    Sat, 08/15/2020 - 12:23

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    Sat, 08/15/2020 - 12:23

    If things stay as they are now, you can avoid quarantine by staying out of France.   If you drive from Switzerland into Germany, and up to Aachen on the German/Belgium border.  From there it is less than 4 hrs non-stop drive to Calais across Belgium.  By non-stopping, you don't have to quarantine on your return.  It only adds about 2 hrs to the total journey time,  and about 120 miles to the overall distance.i