Never forget: · EHIC/GHIC: make sure you get one for free, never pay a scammer · Travel Insurance: vital, you’ll thank me one day, don’t forget to declare pre-existing conditions · Roaming Bundles: get the cheapest data bundle from your provider – even though Switzerland isn’t in the EU, your phone provider includes it in European deals · Covid Apps: update your Travel Covid Pass on the UK “NHS” app, the French “Tous Anti-Covid” app, and the Swiss “Covid Cert” app · Credit cards: as Switzerland isn’t in the EU, you need a Worldwide commission-free credit card, eg Nationwide Credit Card Arriving: There are direct trains from Paris Gare de Lyon to Basel, Geneva and Zürich Set up an account with SNCF and download the SNCF Connect app TGV Lyria trains have free wifi, free (and compulsory) reservations, and 1st class ticket holders have access to the Grand Voyageurs lounge at Paris Gare de Lyon See https://www.seat61.com/ for details of Eurostar, how to get across P
Getting around From the airport: Buses 2 and 15 go to the centre of the city. There are long distance buses (numbers above 73) that also follow this route, but you can’t use Tallinn Cards on these. If staying at Swissotel (see below) get off at stop Tornimae, and walk back 100m crossing the road. You can pay on a bus or tram by tapping a contactless bank card against the validator, but you must use the one at the front of the bus, as the others don’t accept bank cards. It works like London, in that there is a daily cap, so all your day’s tickets will appear as a single transaction the next day. You can also use one card to buy several people’s tickets at once. Public transport guide: https://www.visittallinn.ee/eng/visitor/plan/transport/public-transport From the ferry ports: Bus 66 goes from Terminal D (for Tallink/Silja Line ferries). Come out of the terminal building and bear right past the pushy taxi drivers to the covered bus stop area. Don’t cross the main road. You’ll find bus s