T2 Malpensa closed or not doing easyjet?

Has anyone had any recent experience of flying into Milan Malpensa airport after midnight and then catching the next flight out from Malpensa a few hours later early in the morning? If you have handluggage only, do they allow you to remain airside at Malpensa? I guess in that case, i wouldn't need a Covid negative result (flying in from the UK to Malpensa) till I reach my final destination of Sharm el Sheikh, where you can get PCR tests on arrival for the great price of just $30. This would be my ideal scenario if Malpensa allows it....

Hi Everyone,

I am based in Dubai with a valid Schengen visa (in August for 20 days).

My plan is to travel from Dubai to Venice then to explore other cities like Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Athenes.

Now the question: is this plan doable these days? I am already vaccinated with an EU-approved vaccine.

I tried my best to check all the governments' websites but can not find any information if the tourist will be treated as an EU citizen after entering the Schengen area or no?

The Easyjet says that it is possible but I can not trust it as the ticket is not refundable.

Thanks a lot to anyone who will answer me

Hi,

I’m due to arrive on the 30th of August in Palermo and will be also visiting Taormina, a total of 11 days. However due to covid-19 I’m getting a little nervous. As I read in Italian articles that Sicily will soon be yellow and could rapidly change to orange. Information what is given is limited, I have the possibility to cancel my hotels until the 22nd.

Should I be concerned and cancel my arrangements? And does anybody know how fast it could change to orange?

Thank you in advance!

Hello,

My wife and I are considering a trip to Venice in August. The times as they are it has been challenging in one form or another as all know. Might be the rental car in one location or not being allowed in another for example. I am wondering are things open currently and are there challenges currently with anything within this area that I should explore before I book my flight? Flight, Car Rental, Hotels, Food, Train ,etc?

My initial thoughts would be to hang out in Venice for a few days and then possibly take a train north into Germany for a few days as I have heard that train trip through the mountains is beautiful and we have some friends we would also visit in the south of Germany.

Thanks for the assistance.

Hi,

We are looking to fly from London to Istanbul in late-July and returning in early/mid-August. We're a group of 6 - 5 of us are fully vaccinated, and the other is aged 17, therefore unvaccinated.

Unfortunately, direct flights have skyrocketed in price, and one convenient option contains a booking operated by Alitalia and Pegasus Airlines - luckily all under one booking, albeit it will be a travel agency booking.

The outbound flight will be arriving in Milan Linate, and departing from Bergamo on the following day (with a layover of about 17 hours). The return journey has a 20 hour overnight layover in Rome.

As British travellers, I understand that Italy have imposed a 5 day quarantine until 30 July, but given our travel plans (with proof that can be provided), would we be required to also self-isolate, or is our layover an exception that can permit us to simply check into a hotel and continue with our journey the next day?

Thanks

Hi guys,

I am thinking whether it is worth trying visiting Syracuse this July or leave it for next year (2022).

I would fly from Toronto, Canada to Rome and then take a train to Syracuse.

Would you be helpful with a few questions?

1) Would Sicily or Syracuse allow for vaccinated foreign tourists visits starting in July?

2) I checked train schedule from Rome Termini to Syracuse (italiarail), and there are no connections at the beginning of July (10-12), while there are available trains to book in August.

Are there any restrictions for train transportation in July vs August?

3) Would you expect that crowds are less this year, or it is business as usual?

Thanks.

Hello!

We are heading to Italy in begging of August to Rome and Positano (from EU country) and now we are reading that there will be changes after 6th of August and now it's needed to do test in order to get into museums and etc. Does it involve also regional, public transports?

Have question, does anyone knows if rapid test which you can by in pharmacy is enough? Or you need to do test in laboratory?

Thank you in advance!

We are visiting Treviso on Sunday 15th August, will the shops and restaurants be closed, or will it be full of Italians celebrating (as already some restaurants wont be open).

Also what can I expect with regards to celebrating Ferragosto in the centre of Treviso (as we don't have a car)? Thanks

We used Synlab for our PCR Covid-19 test in Italy. Can highly recommend Synlab.

We had our test done at 10am in the morning, and received our test results at 7pm the same day. We booked our test appointments 2 days ahead at a location near a larger city. Each test cost us 60 EUR, which was 50 EUR for the test plus 10 EUR for an English translation of the test results. We used the website locate.synlab.it to identify Synlab's lab locations.

The most cumbersome part was booking the appointments. To book the appointments, we used Synlab's iOS app. It worked, but it took a couple of tries till we got the accounts set up correctly, so we could book the appointments. At the test site, we received instructions on how to access our test results from a dedicated website. We downloaded the results as PDF documents from that dedicated site, and saved the PDFs on our phones.

Synlab's iOS app showed all open test spots. The website showed many of the locations to be fully booked, which they were not. The lab experience and speed was excellent. The iOS app and website experience was ok, once one knows how to navigate it.

This was August 2021. Hope this helps someone.

My partner & I are due to fly September 4th spending a week on the Amalfi Coast. I know impossible to say but what percentage wise do you think Italy will lift restrictions for UK citizens? I have booked a hotel in Croatia as a back up but it means then swapping flights 5 days before travel. Either way its such a pain as I could change to Croatia now then Italy lifts restrictions (sods law) or keep to Italy hoping things change but then run the risk of no availability for flights to Croatia at last minute or expensive. However there is still availability on flights for Croatia in August so should be fine to book at last minute for September. Taking a gamble!