We have never been to Italy. We would

PG Victoria Image
04/03/2017 - 18:04

We have never been to Italy. We would love to spend many months there exploring South to North in a couple of years. The Permesso di Sorggiorno seems to be a long drawn out hassle for two people that would like to spend two or three hundred days in the the country and then just go home with a bag full of memories. We met an Italian citizen from Milan who said not to bother applying, just go, stay where you want. Don't be a problem to anyone ( ie: police or hospitals ) and then just leave. He said if you can speak Italian fluently, you will have no issues with travel or shopping. Does this happen often ??

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if you are EU citizens , no problem in stay in Italy - If you are NOT-EU citizens , is needed Turist Visa , and this have a duration , maximum 180 days in a year - As you go in The Hotel , The reception has to comunicate yr's coordinates to italian immigration police office (questura) , they have your's visa permission in the Database - if this visa is expired - The policemans go at yr's hotel ,and provide you a Foglio di Via - that do not allow you to go back at italy for three years -  I do not reccommend you this experience , particularly  in these times ... you might be mistaken for Islamic terrorists ... 

Grazie per la vostra risposta. We are Canadian citizens. My father is from the region of Molise. Is 180 days the maximum stay for any foreign tourist ? The issue we have is the Italian Consulate demands your entire itinerary first. We would like to start near Bari,Puglia for a couple of months, then move up to Pescara for a couple of months and finish with a couple of months near Pisa.Where we stay and for how long could change along the way, depending on what we find, ie; the weather is poor or the rent is too high. We would like the option to move throught the country as we choose. Grazie, ancora per l'aiuto.