Flights from Mykonos to Italy

Flights to Italy from Mykonos

From Mykonos, Vueling flies direct to 8 Italian cities: Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples, Bologna, Palermo and Olbia. Flights take around 2 hours, so crossing the Mediterranean from east to west is a single short hop.

With journeys that short, the real decision is where to fly into. The centre, the north, the south and the islands offer very different trips, and your choice of airport shapes everything that follows.

What documents you need to travel to Italy

Italy and Greece are both in the European Union and the Schengen Area, so Greek and other EU citizens only need a valid national ID card or passport, with no visa.

Check that it has not expired before you book: you cannot board with an expired document, even if it ran out just a day earlier. If you are travelling with children, each one needs their own. The European Health Insurance Card covers public healthcare during your stay. If you hold a passport from a non-EU country, check your case on the travel documents page.

What to know when you land in Italy

High-speed rail. This is what turns 8 airports into a whole country. Rome and Milan are around 3 hours apart, with Florence halfway between them, and Bologna works as a hub for the north and the Adriatic. The stations sit right in the city centres, so you can start your trip in one city and finish it in another without going back to where you began.

The coperto. Many restaurants add a cover charge to the bill. It is standard practice, separate from any tip and not a billing error, so it is worth knowing about before you query it with the waiter. Outside the big cities, cash still comes in handy.

Climate by latitude. The north has cold, damp winters, with fog across the Po Valley, and feels nothing like the Aegean climate. The south and the islands are warm by spring and very hot in August, which is also when half of Italy shuts up shop and heads for the beach.

Luggage and cobbles. Many Italian old towns are paved with cobblestones, and Venice is full of bridges with steps. A medium-sized suitcase is far easier to handle than a large one.

Italy uses plug types C, F and L, at 230V. Type L has three round pins set in a row.

What to do in Italy

Rome and central Italy

Rome has centuries of history behind every street, but the classics are what define the trip: the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the neighbourhoods of Trastevere and Pigneto. Florence is 90 minutes away by train, with the Uffizi and the Duomo, and is the gateway to Tuscany.

The north

Milan brings together the Duomo, Leonardo’s Last Supper and the Pinacoteca di Brera, and makes a good base for Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, both less than an hour away. Venice needs no introduction, with Verona and Padua close behind, and Bologna is a city you get to know at the table.

The south

Naples is Italy at its most intense, with Vesuvius, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast within a day’s reach, plus Capri and Ischia by ferry from the port. It is also where the pizza now eaten all over the world was born.

Sicily and Sardinia

For Sicily, fly into Palermo, with the Ballarò market, its Baroque churches and Monreale Cathedral with its Byzantine mosaics. For Sardinia, it is Olbia, close to the Costa Smeralda and the La Maddalena archipelago, where the coves hold their own against the Cyclades.

Luggage for your flight to Italy

What you can take depends on the fare you choose when booking. The simplest fare includes a personal item that fits under the seat in front, and from there you can add cabin or checked luggage.

If your plan mixes city and coast, or strings together several stops by train, sorting out your luggage when you book saves you hauling too much between stations. Check the current conditions in Vueling’s luggage policy.