The Schengen Area includes 29 countries in Europe that have abolished internal borders for unrestricted movement. These include popular destinations like France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The Schengen Visa allows travel to all these countries without requiring separate visas, making it ideal for multi-country European trips. However, countries like Ireland, Cyprus, and Romania, while in the EU, are not part of Schengen.
The list of countries included in the Schengen area are as follows:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland