Covid PCR testing in Italy for visitors

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.

We will be in Venice in September. As it presently stands, we will be required to obtain a negative COVID test within 3 days of returning from Venice to the U.S. Can anybody tell us where we can easily obtain the required test? How long does it take to get the results? We will be staying at a hotel not far from the Santa Lucia train station, if that helps. Thanks in advance for any help.

We will be in Milan Sept 6 and need to get a covid test. Does anyone know how long the turn around times are for the Covid Test that you get in the train stations? I would like the test results to be back in a few hours if possoble.

Thank you.

Hello currently in Viareggio and need to book a Covid test to fly back to the UK, it can be a rapid antigen test as long as the certificate is in English and it meets certain specificity criteria’s which most of these tests do. Can anyone advise a place to get the test booked please? Thank you

Approved COVID-19 tests include a nucleic acid amplification test (e.g. PCR test) or a viral antigen test that is approved by the local health authority--- so in italy this chain offers

BIANALISI

PCR, Antigen & Antibody tests PCR-PCR

Nasal/Throat Swab

24 Hours

EUR

€70

Antigen

Saliva Swab

20 Minutes

EUR

€28'

SO is the 28 euro test acceptable for flight(antigen saliva swab)

I was told on a post on here last night from someone who travelled back from Italy last week that you had to have a PCR test (and only that) to be able to leave Italy.

That a rapid antigen test was not sufficient and people were turned away from flights back to England .

I can not find anything about this online. I have tried ringing the Italian covid hotline and they say they can't understand English!!! I'm really stuck with what to do as I have already arranged return tests at Naples airport 3 hours before flight and I am worried this won't be enough.

BREAKING NEWS:

Italian Media is now reporting that Public Health Minister Roberto Speranza has just signed a new Decree which EXTENDS THE BENEFITS OF THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE (GREEN PASS) TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND JAPAN, meaning that they will be allowed entry into Italy for any reason by satisfying any one of the following conditions:

1. 15 days after the first dose of an approved Covid-19 vaccine; or

2. Having proof of having recovered from Covid-19; or

3. Having a negative molecular or antigenic Covid-19 test result performed no more than 48 hours prior to entry.

VISITORS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL NEED TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 5 DAYS UPON ENTRY INTO ITALY, REGARDLESS OF TEST RESULTS.

https://www.corriere.it/cronache/21_giugno_18/chi-arriva-gran-bretagna-dovra-fare-quarantena-5-giorni-1fac3fae-d02e-11eb-8ae4-82443567179f.shtml

Hi Everyone,

I'm going to Montepulciana, South of Tuscany, for a long weekend 9-12 Sep and need an antigen test within 48hrs before I fly back to the UK. Can anymore give advice on where I might be able to get this? I've searched on Google with no luck!

Thank you

We have an 8 am flight FCO to LHR booked.LHR requires a covid test 1-3 days before arrival. Will we have time after checkin to get the termal 3 20 rapid Covid test? Getting the test right at FCO would be easist for us. Looks like they test between 0000 and 1400.

I stopped at a CVS in the Houston area. CVS is offering a covid test for traveling where you get your results in 45 minutes, 200.00