hi we are spending a year in italy from october 09, six months of it in sicily hopefully. Has anybody experience of taking a people carrier from Rosslare to Sicily, or even hiring/buying a car for a year in Italy.
my wife, six month old twins and i want to spend a year in italy from september 2009. Anywhere in italy will be considered but we would prefer to be relatively close to the cultural centres.
Hi Liam finally decided to drive all the way from Ireland to Sicily- Rosslare-Fishguard-Folkestone [channel tunnel ] France - Genoa-Sicily. Advice i received was don't bother trying to buy a car in Italy to much red tape. We needed a car big enough to carry all stuff we would need for a year so decided to use the one we already had. In hindsight i would ship the car over and then fly out as i had to fly back anyway to carry twins with my wife. Tolls, fuel and ferry costs plus overnight stay in France were roughly the same as shipping costs but of course shipping means missing a little adventure. Anyway we are in Scicli near Modica south-east Sicily and enjoying life here since October.
thanks for replies, it looks likely i'll be taking a car from here [ireland], leaving things to chance with two young babies is not an option. I've been told when the six months is up just take the car out of the country and bring it back and start from scratch. Is that possible? Bringing a car will definitely be an adventure. Keep ya posted.
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Hi Liam finally decided to drive all the way from Ireland to Sicily- Rosslare-Fishguard-Folkestone [channel tunnel ] France - Genoa-Sicily. Advice i received was don't bother trying to buy a car in Italy to much red tape. We needed a car big enough to carry all stuff we would need for a year so decided to use the one we already had. In hindsight i would ship the car over and then fly out as i had to fly back anyway to carry twins with my wife. Tolls, fuel and ferry costs plus overnight stay in France were roughly the same as shipping costs but of course shipping means missing a little adventure. Anyway we are in Scicli near Modica south-east Sicily and enjoying life here since October.
thanks for replies, it looks likely i'll be taking a car from here [ireland], leaving things to chance with two young babies is not an option. I've been told when the six months is up just take the car out of the country and bring it back and start from scratch. Is that possible? Bringing a car will definitely be an adventure. Keep ya posted.