Hello, I am flying into Venice with a layover at Heathrow. Will I go through customs in Heathrow or in Venice? And I will also be flying later into athens and then after that, from athens to paris will I go through customs in greece and france also?, thank you for any info
Posted by
Penzance
88 posts
Is it one ticket or two?
Posted by
OP
27 posts
One ticket
Posted by
OP
27 posts
All flights will be single tickets
Posted by
Salem, Oregon, USA
3757 posts
ellymayrowe19 this is answered pretty well on your other post https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/transportation/venice-customs-time
Posted by
Eastern Iowa, USA
9218 posts
In Venice, at Heathrow you should stay in the secure area and in transit..just be sure to stay airside. Flying to both Athens and Paris, you will not do any immigration. You will of course have security and need to show ID.
You do not mention where you are flying home from, but when you exit the Schengen area (to fly back to the US or to London) you will go through Exit immigration.
Posted by
OP
27 posts
That will be from Paris CDG
Posted by
OP
27 posts
Thank you.Paul, this fully answered everything that I needed to know.
Posted by
Chicagoland
1959 posts
Just to clarify
- Immigration (passport/border control) is for people
- Customs is for your goods/baggage
Posted by
Freedonia
18591 posts
At Heathrow, you will follow the Flight Connection signs.
Go to this page and it will give you step by step instructions on what to do at Heathrow:
http://www.heathrow.com/fllight-connections
You will not go through immigration and customs. If you have any checked luggage it should be checked through to Venice.
At Venice you will go through immigration and customs.
Departing, you will go through exit immigration in Paris.
No other immigration is necessary although it could be added temporarily.
All the countries you're visiting, except the UK, are part of the Schengen Agreement meaning free travel between those countries.