ZTL in Italy how limited traffic zones work, permits and fines

Cameras read the plate. If it is not allowed for that passage, the fine goes out by post. The highway code puts this entry between €83 and €332.

Two cities do not share the same hours. The sign at the gate comes first over another city's timetable.

The camera sends the plate to the permit list. With no match, the penalty goes out. In Milan, paying €7.50 does not authorise a car that this check bans.

In Naples, four electronic gates control the old centre. Via del Sole runs from 9:00 to 22:00 Monday to Thursday, and until 2:00 the next day on Friday, at the weekend, on public holidays and on the eves. The other three gates stop at 17:00.

If the hotel is inside the ZTL, give it the plate before you arrive, under that city's rule. In Florence, do it before the gate: once you have passed, there is no way to put it right.

In Bologna, the hotel, the bed and breakfast, the garage or the workshop sends the plate to the Comune. Untick “targa italiana” if the plate is foreign. In Verona, the rule covers the hotel and the additional accommodation inside the zone. A tourist rental is not in that rule.

In Naples, request a temporary permit at permessitemporanei.ztl@comune.napoli.it.

In Milan, the Area C ticket is €7.50 for every entry that day, since 30 October 2023. You activate it by linking the code to the plate: that activation does not need a MyAreaC account. After midnight on the day after entry, and before midnight on the seventh day, settling it costs €22.50. That is not the fine, and that ticket needs MyAreaC.

In Bologna, activate €6 for the day or €15 for four days before you enter. The zone is checked every day from 7:00 to 20:00. The ticket does not open the pedestrian streets or area T.

In Florence, get the day permit before the gate. In Verona, someone who lives in the city or the province books, 4 times a month at most, since 28 October 2024. In Naples and in Rome, there is no ticket for a simple visit.

In Palermo, the visitor pass costs €5 for a car, €2.50 for a hybrid, and nothing for a fully electric car, plus fixed fees. Each year, the winter timetable runs from 1 November to 30 April. The summer timetable returns on 1 May.

An electric car is not free to enter everywhere. In Milan, Area B has the same hours as Area C and you pay nothing if the car is allowed in. The most polluting vehicles are banned there. The blind-spot device applies to lorries, vans and buses, not to a private car.

In Rome, the Fascia Verde is an environmental zone separate from the centre ZTL. Since 1 July 2026, a fully electric car also needs a ZTL permit. Being in order for one does not open the other.

Entering with no permit costs €83 to €332. The notice is sent afterwards. The city's ticket, when there is one, is a separate payment.

In Naples there is no tourist pass. With no permit, the fine is issued automatically.

The sign at the gate comes first. Without the permit set for your case, do not enter.

Amanda knows the ZTL of Italian cities. With Premium, it warns you when your route crosses a zone, shows the zones on the map, can plan a route around them and, if your destination is inside one, suggests an arrival point just outside with parking nearby.