Removals to Italy

Italian Geography & Climate

The main Italian Peninsula extends into the Mediterranean with Italy’s other two major islands sicily and sardinia forming the distinctive kicking boot shape. Italy and its islands are also littered with several active and dormant volcanoes, with large rivers splitting valleys. These geographical features form the backbone of the Italian Peninsula, which runs the length of the country before meeting the Alps.

The italian climate is extremely diverse with huge differences between the continental northern areas, when compared to the Mediterranean southern regions. The high altitude mountain ranges and rivers are often covered in snow in the winter months, whereas the most southern areas do not drop below 15°C. During the winter it can be -2°C and snowing in Milan, while it is +18°C in Palermo.

This contrast in climate and geography makes Italy an interesting and constantly changing place to move to and live in.

Italian Culture

Italian Culture Many elements of Italian culture are relatively modern. This has resulted in much of the music, art and religion that is popular in Italy having a short and rather brief history. Although the historic civilization of the Romans originated from Italy there is relatively little influence from that time in modern Italian culture. However the Romans did leave behind a developed infrastructure of roads, buildings and water systems which are often still in use today.

Italy has been the birth place of many influential people from throughout history, including Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci; the painter of the “Mona Lisa”.

Folk and classical are still the music preference of most Italians, having given birth to the opera the instruments commonly used in those pieces such as the violin and piano have become fundamental in good Italian music.

Finally, Italians have maintained a love for sports for many centuries and anyone who follows football, cycling and/or auto sports should definitely consider a removal to this country as the locals are fanatic about those three main sports in particular, however, many others are played.

Read more about Italian Traditions and Celebrations

Top Facts

Capital: Rome
Official Languages: Italian
Population: 58,200,000
Area: 301,318 km², 116,346.5 sq mi
Currency: Euro (€)
Calling Code: +39

Moving Pets to Italy

Italy participates in the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS), meaning your cat or dog will requires a European Pet Passport (EU Pet Passport) to travel from the UK to Italy.

To move pets to Italy please consider the following conditions:

• A non-commercial importer may bring up to five pets into Italian territory, more than five is then considered a commercial import into Italy
• The animal must be vaccinated against rabies and wait 21 days before traveling to Italy if it was its first injection
• There must be no delay with any booster injections; providing there is proof of an initial vaccination and the last vaccine has not expired
• The animal must be over 3 months old to complete a removal to Italy

For specific legal requirements concerned with moving a cat or dog to Italy it is recommended you contact the UK government authorities and/or the Italian government authorities.

Moving Cars to Italy

If you choose to take your car with you on your removal to italy then there is a “roll on, roll off” shipping system available should you choose to use it. Vehicles must be registered in Italy after a period of 12 months in the country.

Importing a car means that you have to pay for the importation, registration and there are, sometimes, extra costs for spares, services and insurance.

Find out more about moving your car to Italy