Street parking in Padua costs €1 to €2.50 per hour on working days from 8:00 to 20:00, and the park-and-ride car parks at the two tram termini cost just €1 for the whole day, plus €1.70 for the tram. The historic centre is a camera-controlled ZTL: zone A is closed from 8:00 to 23:30 on working days, zone B around the clock. This guide covers the official 2026 tariffs, the ZTL hours, the car parks nearest the Basilica of St Anthony and the Scrovegni Chapel, and where parking is free.
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The city has entrusted its parking to APS Holding, a municipal company: about 3,000 blue bays on the street, 12 car parks with barriers and six park-and-ride car parks with 1,800 spaces at the edge of town. The historic centre is a limited-traffic zone (ZTL) watched by cameras. Three large private car parks complete the picture: Piazza Rabin by Prato della Valle (Best in Parking) and two Interparking garages by the railway station.
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| Option | Price in 2026 | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Blue bays on the street | €1 to €2.50 per hour, by zone | Working days 8:00–20:00; free on public holidays |
| Park-and-ride Guizza or Pontevigodarzere | €0.50 per half day, €1 all day | At the two tram termini; tram ticket €1.70 extra |
| Park-and-ride Bembo or Piovese | Free | Monday to Saturday 6:00–21:00, bus into the centre |
| Park Prandina (APS) | €1.40 per hour | Charged Monday to Saturday 8:00–20:00; 180 spaces |
| Park Insurrezione, Park Porte Contarine (APS) | €3.50 per hour, €1 at night | Closest to the squares and the Scrovegni Chapel |
| Piazza Rabin (Prato della Valle) | €2 first hour, €2.50 after, €15 daily maximum | 489 spaces, open 24 hours |
| Park Padova Centro (Interparking) | €1.50 per hour, €18 for 24 hours | Via Trieste 50, 542 spaces, open 24 hours |
| Park Padova Stazione (Interparking) | €1.90 per hour, €9.50 for 24 hours | Via Goffredo Mameli 5, by the station |
The current rules come from the municipal order of 23 May 2023, which divides the ZTL of the historic centre into two zones with different hours:
| Zone | Working days | Sundays and public holidays |
|---|---|---|
| Zone A | 8:00–23:30 | 14:00–23:30 |
| Zone B | 24 hours | 24 hours |
Inside the ZTL only bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles and authorised vehicles may circulate, and the speed limit is 30 km/h. According to the order, cameras check six entry gates: Via Busonera, Largo Europa, Via del Santo, Ponte San Gregorio Barbarigo, Via Vescovado and Riviera Mussato. Further cameras watch the bus and tram lanes, for example at Prato della Valle and in front of the station.
Fully electric cars and vehicles carrying a disabled badge holder may enter, but the number plate has to be registered on the city’s ZTL white list, at the latest within 48 hours of passing the gate. Hotels and B&Bs inside the zone hold a permit for loading and unloading only, so if you have booked one, ask before you arrive how they handle guests’ cars. The city does not publish the amount of the fine on its ZTL page, so none is quoted here. Our guide to ZTL zones in Italy explains how the system works nationwide.
Blue bays are charged on working days from 8:00 to 20:00 and are free on public holidays, unless the sign on the street says otherwise. In Italy Saturday counts as a working day. The hourly rate depends on the zone:
| Hourly rate | Where (examples from the APS list) |
|---|---|
| €2.50 | Zona Piazze; Corso Milano |
| €2.00 | Prato della Valle Sud; Zona Santo; streets around the station such as Via Ugo Foscolo |
| €1.70 | Viale Codalunga; parts of the Savonarola and station area |
| €1.50 | Via Carducci, Via Manzoni, Via Cavallotti and other streets of the Città Giardino district |
| €1.00–€1.10 | Outer ring: Via Jacopo Avanzo, Via Longhin, Via Tiziano Aspetti |
Every bay has a number painted on the ground. You enter it at the meter, pay with coins or, on many machines, by card, and put the ticket on the dashboard. The same bay number works in the apps easyPadova (the APS app), MyCicero, EasyPark and Telepass Pay, where you pay only for the minutes used. You can also text the bay number to 4850302; the operator adds €0.29 to the parking fee. In front of the station there are short-stay bays limited to 15 minutes for €0.50.
The two tram termini are the best deal in Padua. Park Guizza (509 spaces) is in the south on Via Guizza, Park Pontevigodarzere (469 spaces) in the north on Via Verrocchio. Both are open 24 hours and cost €0.50 for the morning (8:00–14:00) or the afternoon (14:01–20:00) and €1 for the whole day. They are often described as free, but APS and the city’s tourism office both list them as paying car parks.
The parking ticket does not include public transport. A single urban ticket costs €1.70 and is valid for 90 minutes on trams and buses within the city. On every tram you can simply tap a contactless bank card; with three or more taps in a day the charge is capped at €4.70, the price of a day ticket. From either terminus the tram runs to the station, the Scrovegni Chapel stop, the central squares and Prato della Valle.
| Park-and-ride | Spaces | Price | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guizza | 509 | €0.50 per half day, €1 per day | Tram, southern terminus |
| Pontevigodarzere | 469 | €0.50 per half day, €1 per day | Tram, northern terminus |
| Colli | 277 | First 2 hours free, then €0.50 flat (8:00–20:00) | Bus 12; Mon–Sat 7:00–22:30 |
| Sarpi | 230 | €1 per hour, €6 for 24 hours | 270 m from the Codalunga stop; Mon–Sat 8:00–20:30 |
| Bembo | 130 | Free | Bus 3; ring-road exit 11; Mon–Sat 6:00–21:00 |
| Piovese | 124 | Free | Buses 14 and 16; ring-road exit 12; Mon–Sat 6:00–21:00 |
Large car park on the former cattle market, entrance on Via 58° Fanteria. The city’s tourism office puts it two minutes on foot from Prato della Valle and the Basilica of Santa Giustina and five minutes from the Basilica of St Anthony. Run by Best in Parking, not by APS: €2 for the first hour, €2.50 for each further hour, €1.50 per hour at night (21:00–8:00) and never more than €15 a day.
APS car park on Via Niccolò Orsini with 180 spaces, cars only, open daily from 8:00 to 24:00. €1.40 per hour, charged Monday to Saturday from 8:00 to 20:00. Note that direct access from Corso Milano is closed because of roadworks; follow the signposted alternative routes.
APS car park on Piazza dell’Insurrezione, open 24 hours, 120 spaces under video surveillance. APS lists the squares, Palazzo della Ragione, the cathedral and Palazzo Bo among the nearby sights. €3.50 per hour or part of an hour from 7:00 to 24:00, €1 per hour at night. Telepass and UnipolMove accepted.
Covered APS car park on Via Giacomo Matteotti with 222 spaces, open 24 hours. APS lists the Eremitani museums, the Arena gardens and the Scrovegni Chapel nearby. Same tariff as Insurrezione: €3.50 per hour by day, €1 per hour between midnight and 7:00.
Interparking multi-storey car park at Via Trieste 50, between the station and the centre, open 24 hours, height limit 2.1 m, 21 spaces with charging points. €1.50 per hour or part of an hour, €18 from the eleventh hour up to 24 hours.
Interparking car park at Via Goffredo Mameli 5, next to the railway station. €1.90 per hour, and no more than €9.50 for 24 hours. Interparking lists its regular schedule as 5:00 to 22:00, so check the exit arrangements if you return on a late train. APS’s Central Park on Via Annibale da Bassano is the cheaper alternative on the north side of the station: €2 per time band or €6 per day, electronic payment only.
Three options are free according to APS:
Park Colli is free for the first two hours if you collect the free ticket at the meter. On a weekday, though, €1 for a full day at Guizza or Pontevigodarzere is hard to beat.
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Search Padua on Parclick →Pre-filled with the €2 hourly rate of the blue bays around Prato della Valle and the Basilica. Other zones cost €1 to €2.50 per hour; a full day at the Guizza or Pontevigodarzere park-and-ride costs €1.
Not without authorisation during ZTL hours. Zone A is closed to unauthorised traffic on working days from 8:00 to 23:30 and on holidays from 14:00 to 23:30; zone B is closed 24 hours a day. Cameras record the number plates at the gates.
Blue bays cost between €1 and €2.50 per hour depending on the zone. Car parks range from €1.40 per hour at Park Prandina to €3.50 per hour at Park Insurrezione. Piazza Rabin has a daily maximum of €15, and the park-and-ride car parks at the tram termini cost €1 per day.
Park Bembo and Park Piovese are free. Park Guizza and Park Pontevigodarzere, the two at the tram termini, cost €0.50 per half day or €1 for the whole day, and the tram ticket (€1.70) is extra.
Blue bays on the street are normally free on Sundays and public holidays; check the sign for exceptions. Car parks such as Insurrezione, Porte Contarine, Piazza Rabin and the Interparking garages charge every day.
Piazza Rabin, next to Prato della Valle, is about five minutes on foot according to the city’s tourism office: €2 for the first hour, €2.50 for each further hour, €15 at most per day. Blue bays at Prato della Valle Sud cost €2 per hour.
Park Porte Contarine on Via Matteotti is the closest APS car park (€3.50 per hour). The cheaper way is the tram from Park Guizza or Park Pontevigodarzere, which stops by the chapel.
At the meter, after entering the number of your bay, with coins or card; with the apps easyPadova, MyCicero, EasyPark or Telepass Pay; or by texting the bay number to 4850302, which adds €0.29 to the fee.
Not in the city: the centre is a ZTL, and one tram line links the station, the Scrovegni Chapel, the squares and Prato della Valle. A car is useful for the Euganean Hills, the Brenta villas and the Dolomites.
See also: Parking in Italy (all cities)
