Can I travel freely (no COVID-19 restrictions) within Schengen Area after formally entering a Schengen country?
Does anyone have answer to this question? For example: an US traveler (fully vaccinated and tested negative within 72 hour from departure) fly into Rome and go through custom successfully. He/she then continue the trip to Paris after a few days, and fly to Madrid again later. Does this US traveler needed to take any COVID-19 test again to go from Rome to Paris and Paris to Marid? Or he/she can travel freely without having to do anything?
Thank you!
Best Answer
There are even restrictions or requirements within a single country.
For instance, in France, any “long distance” bus or train travel (i.e. not commuter bus or train) requires you to have a valid “pass sanitaire”, which is proof of full vaccination, of a recent negative test, or of recovery (within a given time range).
You must have the recognised QR Code-like barcode to allow scanning by operators. So the first step for you is to convert your foreign vaccination certificate into EU format. A number of countries, including France, have a procedure for that. Note however that in general, only vaccines used in the EU are recognised.
In France you’ll also need the pass sanitaire for restaurants, museums, exhibitions, and larger malls and stores.
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