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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

Driving to Italy 

Just driven down.  No longer cheap petrol in Switzerland  - fill up in France. 

Even Italian petrol is appreciably cheaper than Switzerland 

(There was no petrol available in Mulhouse for some reason)

Wed, 09/14/2022 - 06:49

IMU Tax

 

Don't forget the first payment is due by 16th June

Sat, 05/14/2022 - 06:35

DRIVING TO ITALY FOR CHRISTMAS

 

You've got until Saturday to enter France, before the entry ban for UK citizens comes into place.

Thu, 12/16/2021 - 04:33

Comments posted

Wed, 06/10/2009 - 07:19

A UK mobile will ring 112 OK -  [but I'm not sure whether you can ring the other numbers Gala quotes without the 0039 prefix - someone will know.] Note - to ring 112, 999 and 911 you do not need to unlock a mobile phone - the system is over-ridden for these emergency numbers.  .

Wed, 06/10/2009 - 05:19

As you've already paid for the flat - can you sub-let it? .

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 14:37

You can pay in any agreed currency - subject to any charges/taxes etc being calculated, and paid, in Euros But I could be wrong.............  .

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 04:21

"I would like to leave the city early in the morning, around 0730 to 0800." Right in the rush hour then!  Possibly not a good idea for the first time 'Rome Driver'

Answer to: Calculating ICI
Mon, 06/08/2009 - 05:10

You can pay the ICI on line at http://equitaliasestri.pagonet.it/pagonet/bollettino_versamento.asp there isn’t an English version, but if your local ICI rate is unchanged from last year, [apparently mine is],  you can just copy what you wrote last year and pay with the credit card/ You can find out your ICI rate by visiting your Commune's website and looking for "Tariffe / Aliquote ICI"   [at least - you can on mine - and so I've showed it as a link so you can see the sort of info I get when I go into my local site]  .

Sat, 06/06/2009 - 09:44

I've often wondered - what happens if you don't renew it and then turn up at the UK border? [after all - you are still a UK citizen - aren't you?]  .

Answer to: Currency
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 17:08

Make a note of their international contact number   -   it should be on the back of the card [not the '08....' number which your mobile usually can't ring from abroad].  Programme it into your mobile If it gets 'frozen - give them a ring straight away, and they should release it almost immediately.  Don't wait for them to ring you - often they call your UK number, rather than the mobile, and leave you a message to call them [no use if you're abroad!]  .

Answer to: Currency
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 12:12

Also - if you are going to use your credit and/or debit card abroad, tell the card company before you set off - it may [only may] prevent their anti-fraud computer programme from freezing your card .

Fri, 06/05/2009 - 07:55

 "And can I get rid of that flaming schoolboy picture....???!!!" Go to 'my account' - hit 'edit' scroll down to 'upload picture' and 'browse' to find the piccie you want When you've found the picture, don't forget to scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit 'Save' .

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 14:47

"a new link that allows you to mark posts as read"  -  many thanks