You cannot drive into central Florence without a permit from Monday to Friday 7:30–20:00 and on Saturdays 7:30–16:00, so park outside the ZTL: Parterre costs €2 per hour or €15 per day, and the T2 Guidoni park-and-ride €1.50 for up to five hours. Santa Maria Novella station car park is the most central public option at €4 per hour, and blue street bays are free on Sundays. This guide covers the ZTL hours, official car-park prices, bookable garages and the cheapest way in by tram.
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The historic centre is a ZTL (zona a traffico limitato) in five sectors, A, B, O, F and G, and cameras at the gates record every number plate. Around it lie five controlled-parking zones (ZCS 1 to 5) with paid blue bays, run by Servizi alla Strada (SAS) for the city. The large public car parks on the ring roads belong to Firenze Parcheggi, and a wider low-emission zone, the Scudo Verde, keeps out only the very oldest vehicles. For a visitor the rule is simple: leave the car outside the ZTL and walk or take the tram.
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| Option | Price in 2026 | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Driving into the ZTL | Not allowed without a permit | Gates active Mon–Fri 7:30–20:00 and Sat 7:30–16:00 |
| Parterre car park (Piazza della Libertà) | €2 per hour, €15 per day | 996 spaces, open 24 hours, height limit 2.05 m |
| Beccaria car park | €2 per hour (€1.70 with bMove) | 202 spaces, open 24 hours, no day rate |
| Santa Maria Novella station car park | €4 per hour (€3.80 with bMove) | 880 spaces, open 24 hours, no day rate |
| Fortezza Fiera car park | €2 per hour, €20 per day | 521 spaces, under the Fortezza da Basso |
| T2 Guidoni park-and-ride | €1.50 up to 5 hours, €4 up to 12 hours | Viale XI Agosto, tram T2 and buses into the centre |
| Blue bays (ZCS) | Rate shown on the meter | Paid on working days 8:00–20:00; free on Sundays and public holidays |
According to SAS, which manages access on behalf of the Comune, the ZTL gates are active from Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 20:00, and on Saturdays from 7:30 to 16:00. From the first Thursday of April to the first Sunday of October a summer night ZTL is added on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, with details set each year by the city. The 2026 summer season ended on 4 October, so until next April the centre is open to all traffic in the evening after 20:00 and on Sundays.
| Day | ZTL gates active | Can you drive in? |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 7:30–20:00 | Only with a permit; free after 20:00 |
| Saturday | 7:30–16:00 | Only with a permit; free after 16:00 |
| Sunday and public holidays | Not active (outside the summer night ZTL) | Yes |
| Thursday to Saturday nights, early April to early October | Summer night ZTL | Only with a permit |
Day permits. SAS also sells daily ZTL permits, either for transit only or for transit and parking in residents’ bays. They are valid from 0:00 to 24:00 on the chosen day, with a limit of ten days a month and 60 a year per vehicle, and cannot be cancelled once issued. SAS does not publish the price on that page, so check it in the online application before you rely on one.
Firenze Parcheggi runs the main public car parks. All of those below are open 24 hours. The second price applies if you pay with the bMove service.
| Car park | Address | Spaces | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parterre | Via del Ponte Rosso 4 (Piazza della Libertà) | 996 | €2 per hour, €15 per day |
| Beccaria | Viale Amendola 7 | 202 | €2 per hour (€1.70) |
| Stazione Santa Maria Novella | Piazza della Stazione 13 | 880 | €4 per hour (€3.80) |
| Stazione Fortezza Fiera | Piazzale Caduti nei Lager | 521 | €2 per hour (€1.60), €20 per day |
| Porta al Prato – Leopolda | Via Gabbuggiani 2/4 | 371 | €2 per hour (first hour €1 with bMove), €20 per day |
| Oltrarno – Calza | Piazza della Calza | 218 | €3 per hour (€2) |
Multi-storey car park at Piazza della Libertà with 996 spaces and ten EV charging points. A 24-hour ticket costs €15, the lowest day rate among the Firenze Parcheggi car parks we checked. It sits on the ring road north of the centre, outside the ZTL. Height limit 2.05 m.
Underground car park at the main station with 880 spaces, a short walk from the Duomo and Santa Maria Novella. Convenient but priced by the hour only: €4, or €3.80 with bMove. Height limit 2.05 m.
Car park with 218 spaces on Piazza della Calza near Porta Romana, a couple of minutes from the Boboli Gardens, on the south bank of the Arno. No height limit.
Car park with 371 spaces near the Leopolda station and the Maggio Musicale theatre, next to the T1 tram, which runs to Santa Maria Novella. Height limit 2 m.
Parclick lists private garages across Florence that you can book in advance. Some are inside the ZTL: before you book one, ask the garage whether it registers your plate for the ZTL, or you risk a fine on the way in. Prices are the lowest shown when we checked and change with the date.
| Car park on Parclick | Address | Price from |
|---|---|---|
| Muoviamo Giglio – Viale Corsica | Viale Corsica 27 | €3 for 1 hour |
| Tanucci Parking – Low Cost | Piazza Bernardo Tanucci 17 | €3 for 1 hour |
| Parking Duomo | Via dell’Oriuolo 14 | €20 for 2 hours |
| Park Santa Croce | Via delle Casine 17 R | €35 for 1 day |
Muoviamo Giglio – Viale Corsica and Tanucci Low Cost are the cheapest hourly options north of the centre; Parking Duomo and Park Santa Croce are close to the sights but inside or at the edge of the ZTL.
The T2 Guidoni park-and-ride on Viale XI Agosto, managed by SAS, is open around the clock and sits next to the T2 tram, which links the airport with the centre. Since 1 April 2025 you pay €1.50 for up to five hours and €2.50 more for five to twelve hours, so a twelve-hour day costs €4. After twelve hours it is €4 per hour.
Villa Costanza, the car park on the A1 motorway at Scandicci, is the other well-known option: you leave the motorway straight into the car park and take the T1 tram from its terminus. Its operator’s website was offline when we checked and no official tariff is published, so we do not quote a price.
An urban bus and tram ticket costs €2 since 1 August 2026, when it rose from €1.70, according to La Nazione. On the tram you can also pay contactless at the validator.
More options outside the restricted area are in our guide to parking in Florence outside the ZTL.
Outside the ZTL, blue bays in the five ZCS zones are either short-stay (“a rotazione”) or mixed-use (“promiscua”) spaces, shown on the sign. Under the city’s 2025 parking rules they are paid on working days from 8:00 to 20:00, with tariffs that rise the longer you stay; Sundays and public holidays are free. Yellow bays are for residents only, and white bays are free.
The hourly price is on the meter and the sign; neither the Comune nor SAS publishes a tariff table online, so we do not quote one. Meters take coins and cards (Visa, Mastercard, Maestro); put the receipt on the dashboard. Apps accepted by SAS are BMove, DropTicket, EasyPark, MooneyGo, TabNet, Tap&Park and Telepass. Tap&Park charges no commission; the others may add a fee.
Since 1 April 2025 the Scudo Verde gates check a 38 km² area covering about two thirds of the built-up city, 24 hours a day. There is no charge. The ban only affects the oldest vehicles: for cars, petrol Euro 0 and diesel Euro 0 and 1. Any rental car and almost every private car can drive in.
Duomo, Uffizi and Piazza della Signoria: Santa Maria Novella station car park, or Parterre for a cheaper day ticket and a longer walk.
Santa Croce and Sant’Ambrogio: Beccaria on Viale Amendola is the public car park on this side of town, at €2 per hour.
Pitti Palace, Boboli and Oltrarno: Oltrarno – Calza by Porta Romana.
Day trip by car from Pisa, Siena or Lucca: a park-and-ride with the tram (T2 Guidoni or Villa Costanza) avoids the ZTL entirely.
Florence Parking Cost Estimator
Pre-filled with the Parterre and Beccaria hourly rate (€2). Parterre caps a full day at €15; the T2 Guidoni park-and-ride costs €1.50 for five hours and €4 for twelve.
Not without a permit while the ZTL is active: Monday to Friday 7:30–20:00 and Saturday 7:30–16:00, plus summer nights from April to early October. Outside those hours, and on Sundays, the gates are off.
Monday to Friday 7:30–20:00 and Saturday 7:30–16:00. A summer night ZTL on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights runs from the first Thursday of April to the first Sunday of October; in 2026 it ended on 4 October.
The T2 Guidoni park-and-ride costs €1.50 for up to five hours and €4 for up to twelve, with the tram to the centre (€2 per ticket). Among the Firenze Parcheggi car parks, Parterre has the lowest day rate at €15.
The Firenze Parcheggi car park at the station charges €4 per hour, or €3.80 with bMove, and has no day rate. It is open 24 hours with 880 spaces.
Yes, but only if the garage registers your number plate for access. Ask before you book, otherwise the camera at the gate records an unauthorised entry.
Yes. Blue bays in the controlled-parking zones are paid on working days from 8:00 to 20:00, so Sundays and public holidays are free unless a sign says otherwise.
SAS accepts BMove, DropTicket, EasyPark, MooneyGo, TabNet, Tap&Park and Telepass for blue bays. Tap&Park charges no commission.
Not for the city itself, which is compact and best on foot or by tram. A car is useful for Chianti, Siena, San Gimignano and the Tuscan countryside; pick it up at Florence Airport and avoid the ZTL on the way out.
