Originally Posted by
klingedp
I'm new to international travel, so I am not sure if I will need a Schengen visa for either of my two scheduled trips. US citizen going CLT-LGW-AMS-EDI-ORK-LGW-EWR for the first trip. EWR-TXL-MXP-LYS-MAD-EWR for the second trip.
Both trips will be one week in duration and spending approximately one day in each country.
Dawn
No you do not need a visa to visit Europe.
You do not need to go through passport controls when you are within the Schengen regions. But you do need to go through passport controls everytime you go into the UK.