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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

Sun, 12/17/2023 - 03:58

The route to Calais from Padua is about 800 miles.  

Assuming you stay within legal speed limits, allowing for sensible stops each day, you'll average about 55 mph overall, so (including sensible stops) you'll be on the road for approx 15 hours.  

If you stop overnight at anywhere like Bapaume before Calais, that will leave a 90 minute drive to Calais, and an acceptable drive on to W Midlands.

That leaves about 13+ hrs travelling, which means about 6hrs to 7hrs each day on the way from Padua.

Is that acceptable, or would an extra overnight make it a more pleasant journey?

(I know some will say "just blast through and do it as quickly as possible:, but you need to consider who is travelling (number and ages) and is driving shared etc etc)

 

Sat, 12/16/2023 - 17:30

What sort of route do you want?

Fast, scenic, cheap, how many overnight stops, how many hours driving a day?  etc etc.

More info please.

Sat, 12/09/2023 - 13:30

Do you have a friend in Italy who can pay the bill, at any Italian Post Office, if you email them the signed F24 and transfer the cash to their bank account?

Tue, 12/05/2023 - 15:29

Ugo

Grazie  Mille

Tue, 12/05/2023 - 05:33

Thanks for that Ugo

However, what I am looking for is a bookshop that I can order a specific book, such as "The secret diary of Boris Johnson aged 13....yrs", for delivery to my English friend near Bergamo. 

I can do it from England with Waterstones, who will post it from UK,   BUT there is the distinct possibility that my friend would be asked, on delivery, for import taxes. (And the postage from UK  would be more than the book)

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 08:19

If you want someone to sort out all the train tickets for a trip down Italy, Ffestiniog Travel sorted all mine out.  They do charge, it cost me about £47 in fees for our return journey, but I feel it eas well worth it. 

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:25

""Maybe the way I entered it--formatting for phone numbers is always a problem."

 

Did you post it without the 0039 prefix  and without any gaps between the figures?

 

Sat, 10/28/2023 - 04:25

According to the OECD, the average salary in Italy is 35,561 EUR per year or 2,963 EUR per month. This figure is 23.17% less than the global OECD average. However, the average income is considered a good salary for a single individual living in Italy.

So -   that's €3000 a month for 1 person!!!!!