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Questions regarding upcoming trip to Northern Italy

Posted by (South Carolina) on

My wife and I are traveling to Northern Italy in early April 2018. Hotels are reserved and plane tickets already purchased.

I have two quick questions that I'm hoping someone can shed some light on:

  1. What is the immigration control process like at Milan Linate? Obviously it's not the major international airport that Malpensa is, but are they fairly efficient at Linate. We are arriving at Linate from London Heathrow (after traveling from the U.S.)

  2. Has anyone taken a Milan Food Tour given by this company: http://www.milanfoodtours.com/
    If so, did you like the tour and was it worth the money (€65 per person)?

Thanks in advance for any response.

Posted by
12062 posts

1- The immigration 'process' is 99.9% sure to be like immigration anywhere else. Get in line and wait your turn. How long it will take will depend on how many flights arrive the same time you do. Anyone who could give you an accurate answer is probably using their crystal ball to buy lotto tickets. Not meaning to be a smarty mouth, but I cannot imagine how someone could offer a truly useful answer .

2- Not me.... Eating that much starting at 10AM is not for me. And if I did, by the time the tour was over I would want to just curl up and snooze which would be a waste of half a day. Definitely a personal preference kind of thing.

Posted by
907 posts

Check Brexit. If it isn't completed then Schengen Treaty should apply and you go through at Heathrow.

Posted by
12062 posts

Britain is NOT a Schengen country.--- https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-countries-list/

When I transited LHR ( 2010) there was a security screening between flights at LHR, but went through immigration/passport control in Milan.

Unless there has been a change since 2010, you will have to go through immigration in Milan, but not LHR. ( assuming all you do is change planes at LHR)

Posted by
10404 posts

Indeed, since the UK never joined Schengen, there have always continued to be immigration controls between the UK and Schengen member states (of which Italy is one). Don't let inaccurate answers throw you off.

Posted by
11613 posts

Brexit has no effect on immigration between Italy and England, since Britain isn't part of Schengen (as stated).

As for the food tour, it sounds great. You don't sit down to a meal at 10:00, you are walking off your tastings as you go. I would not have a big breakfast beforehand, though.

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