Originally Posted by
mcxale
My spouse and I are taking a 10 day vacation to Italy in March. We're traveling with British Airways and stopping over for 7 hours in London. We arrive at Heathrow and then need to transfer to Gatwick for the rest of our leg to Italy. Do we need any type of visa to do this landside transfer? We are US citizens, and we are planning on taking the Tube to London Victoria from Heathrow, getting lunch somewhere nearby the station and then taking a train (Gatwick express) to Gatwick from Victoria.
Also, for the 10 day trip to Italy, do we need to apply for a visa there?
Thanks.
As others have pointed out that US citizens need no visa for visiting Western Europe as long as the visit is less than 90 days. As a matter of practice, it's a good idea to look into visa requirements in advance as in some cases visa cannot be obtained in a short time. There was a time in the 80's when the US citizens were required to get a visa to France.
Last edited by Yaatri; Feb 27, 2008 at 1:59 pm