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TARI Tax 2024

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Just had my TARI bill for 2024.Ìý I used the PagoPA website to pay it onlineÌý

I had major problems with it not accepting my payment - it seemed to freeze after the card details were entered.

Sat, 09/07/2024 - 05:58

Travelling back from Lake Orta area in N Italy, we travelled to the Simplon Pass to reach our first overnight stop in Sion.

Imagine our delight to find that a landslide has closed the pass "for the foreseeable future"

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 02:07

Don't forget - IMU 1st payment due 16th June

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 06:18

Swiss Motorway Vignette - Online E-Purchase.

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You can now buy a e-vignette online.Ìý All electronic, so no sticker issued.Ìý It work by using your car number plate.Ìý

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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 04:17

We used to use Book Depository to get books for our ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends at Christmas.

Book Depository now closed.Ìý Does anyone know of an ½ûÂþÌìÌà (or EU) bookshop that will accept orders from the UK and deliver to an ½ûÂþÌìÌà address?

Sat, 12/02/2023 - 07:37

Train travel from UK to ItalyÌý

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Wed, 11/22/2023 - 13:42

Open Log Fires in Piemonte [and other areas]

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Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:36

DRIVING THROUGH FRANCEÌý -Ìý LOW EMISSION ZONES.

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Bought mine - less than £5 all in.Ìý Took about a week to arrive.

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Wed, 08/09/2023 - 09:25

EU Entry Permit Required From 2024

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Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:08

IMU DISCOUNT FOR UK PENSIONERS

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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

Comments posted

Sun, 12/13/2020 - 06:10

Well done Silvia - two responses so far, (plus this one), and both adverts.

Mon, 12/07/2020 - 11:36

Following on from Modicasa and Ugo's comments - it would appear you really only have two options for taking your fiance's name.

1.Ìý ÌýMarry him in Ireland

2.Ìý ÌýChange your surname to match his before you marry him in Italy.Ìý

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Good luck

Thu, 12/03/2020 - 13:06

My ½ûÂþÌìÌà bank has emailed me today confirming payment made.Ìý

Hopefully I'll be over there before the next one in June.

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 15:05

I'm lucky, the Comune sends me the F24 by email, so I just sign it and email it to my ½ûÂþÌìÌà bank for payment.

Thu, 11/26/2020 - 09:51

Remember, (assuming you are from the UK) that if you are out if the UK for more than 6 months (continuous), you (in theory,)Ìýlose the right to NHS services when you return. And any travel insurance and car insurance is similarly time limited

Mon, 11/23/2020 - 11:53

Back in the early 2000's, I bought my house in Italy.Ìý ÌýWe decided it was easier for me to be the sole purchaser, although both my wife and I attended the signing at the Notary's.Ìý

He was OK with her not being a purchaser,Ìý but asked that myÌýwife countersign each page of the documentation to indicate her agreement with me being sole owner.

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Tue, 10/20/2020 - 07:20

"However, we both use Naples airport when going to Italy & it is only one day so we don't think this is too much trouble."

Don't forget - covid test before you go, and quarantine on your return to UK

Mon, 10/19/2020 - 04:46

The ones that are on now are still on their backing.

Sun, 10/18/2020 - 16:17

You can get cheap vignettes on ebay, if you need one again.

(Probably not legal in Swis law)

Wed, 10/07/2020 - 06:15

The MontÌýBlanc route is probably a little quicker than your usual route, but it is a fair bit more expensive - Via Michelin indicates about €100+ each wayÌý overall.Ìý ( More if you already have a Swiss Carnet). Although its marginally quicker, I've done the route a couple of times and it's a bit of a (tiring) blast on the motorways.

If it's just your usual route you want to avoid, may I suggest the following:-

Calais to Pontarlier (near Besancon), mainly motorway,Ìý then into Switzerland and onto the motorway that skirts Lake Geneva and leads onto the Simplon Pass into Italy, near Domadossola.Ìý Then on, via lake Orta to Varallo.Ìý The Swiss part of the trip is very scenic, and less hectic than others.Ìý (Its the route we use when we take the dog for its Summer holiday near Orta)Ìý

Depending on how many stops you want to make, I can recommend a couple of hotels on the route.

ONE OTHER THING - I don't now ifÌýthe Mont Blanc route has been affected by the recent storms/flooding in France and WestÌýPiedmonte

Good luck