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We know car choice is important for the enjoyment of your holiday, our supplier – Maggiore Car Rental – will guarantee the following:
- highly competitive prices
- no major tour operator is working with them, therefore we are quite sure that queuing will be kept to a minimum, even in high season
- all cars have air conditioning
- a full and comprehensive back-up system
We do not book flights, we leave it to you to choose the best departure point and flight times to suit your party. We have compiled a list of airlines flying to those regions in which we offer accommodation.
Flights are from the UK, if you are travelling from elsewhere, please don’t hesitate to contact us, we will recommend an airline flying from your departure point. If you are unsure which airport in Italy is closest to your accommodation, please call us on 01223 460100 or email
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Flights to Italy UK and Ireland
Essential Italy do not book flights, this enables you to choose the best departure point and flight times to suit your party. Below we have compiled a list of airlines flying to areas in which we offer accommodation. These flights are from the UK, if you are travelling from elsewhere, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we can recommend an airline flying from your departure point. If you are unsure which airport in Italy is closest to your accommodation, please call or email.
Also see ferry crossings to Sardinia.
| Destination | Departure | Airline |
| Alghero | Birmingham | Thomson |
| Dublin | Ryanair | |
| East Midlands | bmibaby | |
| LDN Gatwick | Thomson | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Luton | Ryanair |
| Ancona | LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Bari | LDN Gatwick | BA |
| LDN Gatwick | easyJet | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Bergamo | Bristol | Ryanair |
| Dublin | Ryanair | |
| East Midlands | Ryanair | |
| Glasgow | Ryanair | |
| Leeds Bradford | Jet 2 | |
| Liverpool | Ryanair | |
| LDN Heathrow | Ryanair | |
| LDN Luton | Ryanair | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Shannon | Ryanair |
| Bologna | Birmingham | Ryanair |
| Dublin | Aer Lingus, Ryanair | |
| Edinburgh | Ryanair | |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, Ryanair | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Brescia | LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Brindisi | LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Cagliari | LDN Gatwick | BA |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Edinburgh | Ryanair |
| Catania | Dublin | Aer Lingus |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, Thomson | |
| Manchester | Thomson |
| Florence | LDN Gatwick | Meridiana |
| LDN City | CityJet |
| Forli | LDN Gatwick | Windjet |
| Genoa | LDN Gatwick | BA |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Lamezia | LDN Stansted | Air Berlin |
| Milan | Belfast | Aer Lingus |
| Birmingham | BA, Flybe | |
| Dublin | Aer Lingus | |
| Edinburgh | easyJet | |
| Leeds Bradford | Jet 2 | |
| LDN Gatwick | easyJet, Ryanair | |
| LDN Heathrow | Alitalia, BA, Lufthansa | |
| LDN Luton | easyJet | |
| Manchester | BA, Flybe |
| Naples | Belfast | Thomson |
| Birmingham | Thomson | |
| Bristol | Thomson | |
| Dublin | Aer Lingus | |
| East Midlands | Thomson | |
| Glasgow | Thomson | |
| Liverpool | easyJet | |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, easyJet, Thomson | |
| LDN Stansted | easyJet | |
| Manchester | Thomson | |
| Newcastle | Thomson |
| Olbia | Birmingham | Ryanair |
| Bristol | easyJet | |
| Edinburgh | Jet 2 | |
| Leeds Bradford | Jet 2 | |
| LDN Gatwick | easyJet, Thomson | |
| Manchester | Jet 2 |
| Palermo | LDN Gatwick | easyJet |
| Parma | LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Perugia | LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Pescara | LDN Stansted | Jet 2 |
| Pisa | Belfast | Jet 2 |
| Birmingham | Ryanair | |
| Bournemouth | Ryanair | |
| Bristol | easyJet | |
| Dublin | Ryanair | |
| East Midlands | Ryanair | |
| Edinburgh | Jet 2, Ryanair | |
| Glasgow | Ryanair | |
| Leeds Bradford | Jet 2, Ryanair | |
| Liverpool | Ryanair | |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, easyJet, Thomson | |
| LDN Luton | easyJet | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Manchester | Jet 2, Thomson | |
| Newcastle | Jet 2 |
| Rimini | Bristol | Ryanair |
| East Midlands | Ryanair | |
| Liverpool | Ryanair | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Rome | Belfast | Aer Lingus |
| Bristol | easyJet | |
| Cork | Aer Lingus | |
| Dublin | Aer Lingus, Ryanair | |
| East Midlands | Ryanair | |
| Edinburgh | bmibaby, Ryanair | |
| Glasgow | Ryanair | |
| Leeds Bradford | Jet 2 | |
| Liverpool | Ryanair | |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, easyJet, Ryanair | |
| LDN Heathrow | BA, Alitalia | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Manchester | Jet 2 | |
| Newcastle | easyJet |
| Trapani | Dublin | Ryanair |
| Liverpool | Ryanair | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| LDN Luton | Ryanair |
| Turin | Bristol | Ryanair |
| Dublin | Ryanair | |
| East Midlands | Ryanair | |
| Glasgow | Ryanair | |
| LDN Gatwick | BA | |
| LDN Luton | easyJet | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair |
| Venice | Bristol | Ryanair |
| Dublin | Aer Lingus, Ryanair | |
| East Midlands | bmibaby, easyJet, Ryanair | |
| Edinburgh | Jet 2 | |
| Leeds Bradford | Jet 2, Ryanair | |
| Liverpool | Thomson | |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, easyJet, Thomson | |
| LDN Heathrow | BA, bmibaby | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Manchester | Jet 2, Thomson | |
| Shannon | Thomson |
| Verona | Bristol | Thomson |
| LDN Gatwick | BA, Thomson | |
| LDN Stansted | Ryanair | |
| Manchester | Thomson | |
| Southampton | Flybe |
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