Travelling to Europe

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There are no currently restrictions on entering any of the Schengen countries except at the moment. However, when leaving Luxembourg in the direction of Germany there is currently a need to quarantine in Germany and there is a distinct possibility that the same will apply between Spain and France in the foreseeable future. Of non-Schengen countries within Europe, travellers from Bosnia and Herzogovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, and North Macedonia will be required to quarantine when entering the Schengen area.

I crossed the German/French and French/Swiss borders a couple of weeks ago and there were no controls. One could drive straight through without stopping.

Thanks Lutz.  If we do go to Europe and get stuck there,I know my caravan will fit into your garden. (It's smaller than Dianne & Johns)

I do know that anyone travelling to Belgium from certain areas within England, Wales and N.I. face restrictions depending on which traffic light the are falls within. This could include 14 day quarantine. Most of the areas affected in England are from the Midlands northwards and I think Leicester actually has a Red light. 

Best check if plans include travelling through Belgium.

The Brittany Ferries website explains that passengers to Spain by ferry need to fill in an FCS (health control) form on paper and that a member of the crew will collect them before disembarkation, but no paperwork is required on their ferries to France. 

 

Some up to date info for you Farnhouse. We took a late afternoon Tunnel from Folkestone on Monday (27/07/20) and stayed on one of our favourite motorhome Aires in Belgium on Monday night. No checks at the France/Belgium border (for UK citizens or otherwise). We’re now on a campsite in Switzerland having stayed at a campsite in Epenal France last night. Again no checks at the borders. We’re leaving for Italy in the morning and will let you know how it goes tomorrow and onwards. Eurotunnel was pretty much running normally apart from no loo facilities on board (which we’ve never used anyway). Most staff were wearing masks etc and it was all very efficient as usual.

Campsite staff here in Switzerland wear masks and there is hand sanitiser at the entrance to all buildings (including motorway service area  buildings). I have to say that is was not the case in France and whilst we maintained social distancing and wore the appropriate PPE when out of the unit ours were the only masks we saw whilst at the site! It was rather worrying and I’m not surprised that France appears to be having a resurgence. However, when driving through the villages west of Mulhouse this morning there were lots of shoppers with masks.

Reports from our friends and neighbours already in Italy state that PPE is rigidly enforced there so its gives us a lot more confidence.

What are these traffic light areas, not heard anything on the news or government website?

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We are due to go out through the tunnel at the beginning of September.

Can anyone help with a link to a map of France that shows the areas with high Covid infections. I can only find ones that are weeks old. 

We are not looking at going to Belgium or Luxembourg but may venture into Germany from the Alsace region, final destination will be Provence and the Med coast. 

The following seems to be updated daily. Is that what you are looking for?

https://mapthenews.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/5df19abcf8714bc590a3b143e14a548c