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Travel Insurance for Visitors to Italy

Visiting Italy: Safety and Travel Insurance Advice

italian farmaciaWhether your travels to Italy are for just a visit or your plans are more permanent, your upcoming trip is bound to create envy from all who hear of it. Between the food, the wine, the landscape, the art, and architecture, what’s not to love? There is certainly a lot to love in Italy, but just like anywhere else you may visit, it’s important to make the right arrangements to ensure that you stay safe and healthy during your time there. We will also offer advice on Italian travel insurance options. Let’s take a closer look at how you can do that.

Related: Health Insurance for Foreigners Living in Italy

We offer two types of plans for tourists and travelers to Italy. The first, travel medical insurance, covers medical emergencies along with other important benefits. The second, trip cancellation insurance, covers all of the same with the additional benefit of covering the cost of your trip if you are not able to travel for a covered reason.

Italian Travel Medical Insurance Plans

When visiting Italy as a tourist, a travel insurance plan will provide peace of mind. You can rest assured that your medical expenses will be covered if you get sick or injured in an accident. You will also have access to 24/7 medical emergency assistance, including help finding a doctor or hospital to treat you. Some recommended plans for visitors to Italy can be found below.

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GeoBlue Voyager Plan

  • For U.S. citizens up to age 95
  • Includes pregnancy coverage, baggage loss, trip interruption & more
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Atlas Travel Insurance

  • Emergency medical, evacuation, repatriation benefits
  • Choose between the basic and more extensive coverage
  • Meets Schengen visa insurance requirements
  • 24/7 worldwide travel and emergency medical assistance
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Trip Cancellation Coverage for Visitors to Italy

The Trawick trip insurance is for US citizens traveling to Italy. This plan will cover your trip costs, including flight and hotel expenses.

Trip Cancellation for US Citizens Traveling to Italy

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Safe Travels Voyager

  • Valid for U.S. citizens/residents traveling within the U.S. and/or internationally
  • Comprehensive coverage for trip cancellation, trip interruption, emergency medical and post-departure travel coverage
  • Cancel for Any Reason (CFAR) available
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Important Safety Tips for Visitors to Italy

The larger Italian cities are notorious for small thefts, pickpockets, and muggings. If this is not something you are accustomed to in your home country, then it’s important to familiarize yourself with some common-sense precautions. These might seem like going overboard, but they can make all the difference between having a wonderful trip or having a very unpleasant experience.

Here Are a Few Tips to Avoid Being Robbed:

  1. Mind Your Electronics: You might be used to living in a large city, and you also might be used to staring into your smartphone wherever you go, on public transport, or walking down the street. However, in Italy, it’s best to secure your smartphone and other electronics and spend your time in public appreciating where you are, not staring at a screen. First of all, you will be more aware of what’s around you and better prepared to deal with a threat. By keeping your phone and camera carried out of sight securely on your person, you’ll reduce the temptation for someone to see you as a crime of opportunity and enact a snatch and grab with your expensive electronics.
  2. Secure Valuables in Your Hotel Room or Residence: It’s a good idea to begin a policy of not leaving home (or hotel) with anything you cannot lose. Limit the amount of cash you carry. If you need to bring your passport with you, leave a photocopy at home. Have a backup credit card you leave behind. Avoid expensive or flashy jewelry and watches.
  3. Wear a Money Belt: Even if you leave the bulk of your valuables behind, you still need to carry some cash with you, and there may be times when you’ll find it necessary to carry a significant amount of cash as well as your passport. That’s why investing in a money belt, which will allow you to securely hold your valuables underneath your clothes and away from opportunistic thieves, is a great idea.
  4. Be Mindful: Travelers are actually more likely to lose things than to have them stolen. Either way, as you feel comfortable and at home, it’s very easy to sling your bag over the back of the chair at the outdoor cafe you’ve stopped at for a macchiato. However, doing so invites both forgetting the bag there and someone snatching it. Avoid both and hold your bag in your lap.
  5. Safety First: If you get robbed, chances are you’ll have no idea until after the thief and your stuff are long gone. But if you catch the thief in the act, don’t enter into a confrontation that will likely lead to violence. If it’s night and there aren’t many people around, it’s generally a better idea to let your things go. Whatever it is, it’s replaceable; your physical well-being is not.

Italian Embassy Phone Numbers

  • United States: +39 06 46741
  • Australia: +39 06 852721
  • New Zealand: +39 06 853 7501
  • United Kingdom: +39 06 4220 0001

All embassies are located in Rome, but larger cities such as Naples, Milan, and Florence are likely to host consulates. If you are located closer to one of these cities, a consulate can be a valuable resource.

Emergency Assistance Numbers in Italy

The universal European number 112 works in Italy, and there are also individual numbers specific to Italy for emergency services:

  • Police or General Emergency: 113
  • Fire: 115
  • First Aid: 118

Italian Healthcare System and Types of Insurance

Italy offers all its citizens, and residents nationalized healthcare, called Servizio Sanitario Nazionale. It is important to note that though the SSN is a nationalized system, it is overseen on the provincial level. As a result, the quality of healthcare is not consistent throughout Italy but will vary depending on where you are. If you are having persistent, more serious health problems that you would like to have treated in Italy, then it is worth considering whether the region you are seeking treatment has the best facilities and specialists to treat what is ailing you.

While the SSN is available to non-citizen permanent residents (automatically for EU citizens with the European Health Insurance Card and with registration for non-EU citizens), many Expats still choose to invest in International Health Insurance and healthcare. Many of Italy’s most renowned medical practitioners are major proponents of the private healthcare system, and as a result, it is known for being world-class. For everyday medical needs, the private healthcare system provides an additional major advantage: avoiding long lines and waiting times for appointments that plague the SSN.

See: Hospitals for Visitors or Expats in Italy

Tourists and visitors can access SSN and emergency services by paying out of pocket or subsidized by privately purchased Travel Insurance.

Vaccines, Medications, and Diet Considerations for Italy

Due to a measles outbreak, Italy has become extremely strict about requiring childhood vaccinations, to a degree that has proven controversial. As always, when traveling, it is important for all travelers to be up-to-date on basic vaccinations like MMR and polio. Additionally, if you will be on an extended stay in Italy and plan to enroll children under 16 in Italian schools, you should check to ensure that your children are up to date on all the newly required 12 vaccines.

Rome recently saw its first death due to malaria in decades. While it is far from widespread enough to require precautions such as vaccinations or medication, it’s best to be aware that this is now a possibility, if still remote.

Water is potable throughout Italy, both from a tap as well as from designated fountains, so long as there is no “Acqua non-potable.” That being said, travelers often have more sensitive stomachs, plus there is the matter of taste. If you know that your stomach is more susceptible, or you don’t like the taste of tap water, bottled water is easily available at reasonable prices, and bottled water, both sparkling and still, is generally the preferred choice in Italian homes. However, precautions such as using bottled water for brushing teeth, boiling water prior to washing fruits and vegetables, or avoiding ice are all unnecessary.

Like many European countries, pharmacies and pharmacists are considered specialized healthcare providers for situations not severe enough to require a doctor. When traveling, it’s always a good idea to carry extra medications that may be needed, as well as copies of prescriptions. However, if you do find yourself in need of something, you’ll find a highly qualified person to help you in any pharmacy, and if you are able to transcend the language barrier, you’ll also find a person who will likely be able to advise you on the best treatment for any minor ailments.

Italy holds a special place in the heart of any person who has ever tasted the cuisine on offer. Though the country is not large, relatively speaking, the cuisine is far from monolithic pizza, pasta and gelato, rather each region and even each town offers its own gastronomic delights. Part of visiting this country is making the most of it; however, while the Italian diet fits in with the Mediterranean healthy lifestyle, it can be very easy to overindulge and gain weight for visitors who are on an extended stay. Try and base your diet around the strictures of the Italians, and not like tourists, keep pasta portions small, and view them as only a part of a balanced meal that also includes lean proteins and fresh fruits and vegetables.

Italy is a Schengen country with the same visa requirements as all other EU countries. You can find out more about Schengen visa insurance.

Italy is a favorite for visitors and Expats alike. By making preparations to ensure your stay there is healthy and safe, you’ll guarantee that you’ll be having the time of your life for however long you’ll be blessed to live la bella vita.

Related:

  • Best Travel Insurance Companies
  • Health Insurance in Italy for Foreigners
  • Global Medical Insurance
  • Health Insurance for Italian Citizens Living Abroad

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