Italy is a member of the Schengen agreement, so all visa laws that apply to other member states apply to Italy.
By plane
Italy has a national airline, CAI, as well as several smaller carriers, such as Meridiana or Air One. There are budget routes flown from and within Italy by low cost airlines.
Some of the major airports to enter Italy are:
Milan - with 2 airports: Malpensa (MXP) and Linate (LIN); in addition, Bergamo (BGY - Orio al Serio) is sometimes referred to as "Milan Bergamo"
Rome - with two airports: Fiumicino (FCO - Leonardo Da Vinci) and Ciampino (CIA)
Florence - (FLR - Amerigo Vespucci Airport)
Bologna - (BLQ - Guglielmo Marconi)
Naples - (NAP - Capodichino)
Pisa - (PSA - Galileo Galilei)
Venice - (VCE - Marco Polo)
Turin - (TRN - Sandro Pertini)
Catania - (CTA - Vincenzo Bellini)
Palermo - (PMO - Falcone e Borsellino)
Cagliari - ( LIEE- Aeroporto di Cagliari Elmas)
By train
From all the major European capitals.
By car
Italy borders on France, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. Austrian, French and Swiss borders are open, but cars can be stopped behind the border for random checks. Switzerland is now part of the Schengen zone, and they lifted systematic identity checks for travellers on land borders from 2008 December 12.
By bus
From major European cities by Eurolines.
By boat
There are several ferries departing from Greece, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia. Most of them arrive to Venice, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi.
Some regular ferry services connect the island of Corsica in France to Genoa, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples and North of Sardinia. Barcelona is connected to Civitavecchia.
Some regular ferry services connect Sicily and Naples to some North African harbours.
There is a hydrofoil service running from Pozzallo on the south-eastern coast of Sicily to Malta.
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