Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
GETTING THERE & AWAY
A plethora of airlines link Italy to the rest of the world, and an extensive network of intra-European and domestic flights
provide easy access to many southern Italian destinations. Good rail and/or bus services connect most of southern Italy's
major cities and towns, while car and passenger ferries operate to ports throughout the Mediterranean.
Flights, tours and rail tickets can be booked online at
www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings
.
Entering the Country
European Union and Swiss citizens can travel to Italy with their national identity card alone. All other nationalities must
have a valid passport and may be required to fill out a landing card (at airports).
By law you should have your passport or ID card with you at all times. You'll need one of these for police registration
every time you check into accommodation.
Air
Airlines & Airports
A number of international airlines compete with the country's national carrier,
Alitalia
(
www.alitalia.com
), amongst them
Italy's
Meridiana fly
( 89 29 28;
www.meridiana.it
)
and
Air One
( 89 24 44;
www.flyairone.com
), as well as cut-
rate big guns
Ryanair
(
www.ryanair.com
)
and
EasyJet
(
www.easyjet.com
)
.
Italy's main intercontinental gateways are Rome's
Leonardo da Vinci Airport
(Fiumicino, FCO;
www.adr.it
) and Mil-
an's
Malpensa Airport
( 02 232323;
www.sea-aeroportimilano.it
). Both are served by non-stop flights from around
the world. Venice's
Marco Polo Airport
( 041 260 92 60;
www.veniceairport.it
; Viale Galileo Galilei 30/1, Tessera)
is also served by a handful of intercontinental flights.
Most direct flights into southern Italy are domestic or intra-European, so you may need to change at Rome, Milan or
Venice if arriving from outside Europe.
Handy airports in southern Italy include the following:
Capodichino Airport, Naples
(
www.gesac.it
) Connections include London (Gatwick), Paris and Berlin. Airlines include
Alitalia, British Airways, Lufthansa and easyJet. Seasonal connections to New York (JFK).
Karol Wojtyła Airport, Bari
(BRI;
www.aeroportidipuglia.it
) Flights include London (Gatwick and Stansted), Paris
(Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais), Berlin, Cologne, Munich and Prague. Airlines include Alitalia, British Airways,
easyJet, Ryanair, Germanwings and Wizzair.
Papoila Airport, Brindisi
(BDS;
www.aeroportidipuglia.it
)
Destinations include London (Stansted), Paris (Orly and
Beauvais), Geneva, Eindhoven, Zurich, Munich and Barcelona (Girona). Airlines include Alitalia, AirOne, easyJet, Ger-
manwings, Ryanair and Air Berlin.
Lamezia Terme Airport, Cosenza
(Sant'Eufemia Lamezia, SUF; 0968 41 43 33;
www.sacal.it
) Destinations include
London (Gatwick and Stansted), Zurich and Brussels, with seasonal routes including Berlin, Tel Aviv and Toronto. Air-
lines include Ryanair, Germanwings and Air Transat.
