Park outside Rome’s ZTL, which is closed to cars without a permit Monday to Friday 6:30–18:00 and Saturday 14:00–18:00: blue street bays cost €1.00 per hour (€1.20 inside the ZTLs) and an ATAC park-and-ride €1.50 for 12 hours. For the centre, SABA Villa Borghese charges €2.50 for the first hour and €25 per day, and bookable garages near Termini start at about €4–6 per hour. This guide covers the 2026 ZTL hours, official tariffs, park-and-ride car parks and the Fascia Verde rules.
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Rome has several ZTLs (zone a traffico limitato), each with its own hours, and cameras at the gates record every number plate. Outside them, kerbside parking is colour-coded: blue lines are paid, white lines are free and yellow lines are reserved. Street parking and the park-and-ride car parks are run by ATAC for the city, while the large central garages are private or operated by SABA. For a visitor the rule is simple: leave the car outside the ZTL, in a garage or a park-and-ride, and use the metro or walk.
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| Option | Price in 2026 | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Blue lines outside the ZTLs | €1.00 per hour | €4 for 8 hours in a row; meter, app or card |
| Blue lines inside a ZTL | €1.20 per hour | Only if you are allowed to drive in |
| Park-and-ride (most ATAC car parks) | €1.50 for 12 hours | €2.50 for 16 hours; next to metro or train stations |
| Park-and-ride inside the railway ring | €2 for 12 hours | Cipro (Metro A), Stazione San Pietro, Tiburtina |
| SABA Villa Borghese | €2.50 first hour, €25 per day | 1,800 spaces under the park, near the Spanish Steps |
| Private garages near Termini (Parclick) | From €4–6 for 1 hour | Bookable online; prices change with the date |
According to Roma Mobilità, the city’s mobility agency, these are the hours when cars without a permit may not enter. The Centro Storico zone covers the historic centre on the left bank of the Tiber, from Piazza Venezia to the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Tridente is the area around Via del Corso and the Spanish Steps. Trastevere has a short morning ZTL and a night ZTL.
| ZTL | Daytime hours | Night hours |
|---|---|---|
| Centro Storico | Mon–Fri 6:30–18:00, Sat 14:00–18:00 | Fri and Sat 23:00–3:00 (not in August) |
| Tridente | Mon–Fri 6:30–19:00, Sat 10:00–19:00 | None |
| Trastevere | Mon–Sat 6:30–10:00 | Fri and Sat 21:30–3:00, plus Wed and Thu from May to October (not in August) |
| San Lorenzo | None | Same as Trastevere night |
| Testaccio | None | Fri and Sat 23:00–3:00 (not in August) |
Daytime ZTLs are switched off on public holidays. The Trastevere and San Lorenzo night zones also apply on holidays. Hours can change for events and the Christmas period, so check the Roma Mobilità page before a trip around the holidays.
If your hotel is inside a ZTL, ask it before you arrive whether it can register your number plate for the drive to the door. Our separate guide to parking in the Rome ZTL covers permits and the zone boundaries in more detail.
ATAC publishes one tariff for the whole city: €1.00 per hour outside the ZTLs and €1.20 per hour inside them. Cheaper options apply everywhere: €0.20 for 15 minutes (meters only), €4 for 8 hours in a row and €70 for a calendar month. On some non-residential streets a proximity rate applies: €0.50 for each of the first two hours, €2 for 12 hours and €3 for 16 hours.
The paid hours are printed on the sign and on the meter; in most streets they cover daytime on working days, and some streets stay paid into the evening. Pay at the meter (coins or card) or with one of ATAC’s partner apps and leave the ticket on the dashboard if you used the meter. Electric and hybrid cars, residents with a permit and car-sharing cars do not pay in blue bays. White bays are free; in some areas a parking disc limits non-residents to three hours. Never park on yellow lines.
ATAC runs nearly 40 park-and-ride car parks (parcheggi di scambio) next to metro and train stations. Most cost €1.50 for 12 hours and €2.50 for 16 hours; the three inside the railway ring (Cipro, Stazione San Pietro and Tiburtina) cost €2 and €3. In the non-automated car parks you pay from Monday to Saturday, 6:00 to 22:00, and parking is free outside those hours and on public holidays unless a sign says otherwise. Holders of a monthly or annual Metrebus pass park free.
| Car park | Line | Spaces | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anagnina A and C (multi-storey) | Metro A terminus, south-east | 1,479 | €1.50 / 12 h |
| Laurentina (multi-storey) | Metro B terminus, south | 1,244 | €1.50 / 12 h |
| Saxa Rubra | Roma–Viterbo railway, north | 517 | €1.50 / 12 h |
| Battistini, Via Lucio II 120 | Metro A terminus, west | 177 | €1.50 / 12 h |
| Cipro, Via Angelo Emo | Metro A, near the Vatican Museums | 284 | €2 / 12 h |
| Stazione San Pietro, Via della Stazione di S. Pietro 52 | FL3 and FL5 trains | 125 | €2 / 12 h |
| Trastevere, Via delle Mura Portuensi 25 | FL1, FL3, FL5 trains | – | €1.50 per hour (€3 per hour 20:00–6:00) |
Anagnina and Battistini sit at the two ends of Metro A, which runs through Termini, Spagna (Spanish Steps) and Ottaviano (Vatican). From Anagnina you reach the centre without crossing any ZTL by car. Next to it, a smaller open-air lot with 134 spaces is free, but it fills early. Since 1 October 2026 the Annibaliano, Conca d’Oro and Jonio car parks charge €0.80 per hour while they are closed at night, so do not leave a car there overnight by mistake.
SABA operates three public car parks in Rome. All are open 24 hours. Prices below are the drive-up rates published by SABA; booking online can be cheaper.
Large underground car park on Viale del Muro Torto with 1,800 spaces, next to the Pincio and a short walk from Piazza di Spagna through the Villa Borghese gardens. On weekdays the first hour costs €2.50, hours two to eight €3 each, and the day rate is €25. Height limit 2.1 m.
Small car park with 90 spaces at Via Ennio Quirino Visconti 82–84 in Prati, between Piazza del Popolo and the Vatican. Drive-up rate €4 per hour or €35 per day; SABA sells a 24-hour online ticket for €22.90. Height limit 2.3 m.
Multi-storey car park at Via Mantova 24, north-east of Termini near Porta Pia. SABA lists it from €6 per hour.
Parclick lists more than 100 bookable car parks in and around Rome. These are the ones close to the main sights, with the lowest price shown when we checked; prices change with the date and length of stay. Some garages near Termini and the Colosseum are close to or inside a ZTL: ask the garage whether it registers your plate before you drive in.
| Car park on Parclick | Area | Address | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esquilino | Termini | Via Giovanni Giolitti 271/a | €4 for 1 hour |
| Garage Termini | Termini | Via del Castro Pretorio 16 | €6 for 1 hour |
| Parking Esedra – Roma Termini | Termini | Via Modena 10 | €6 for 1 hour |
| Supergarage Metronio | Colosseum / San Giovanni | Via dell’Amba Aradam 31/A | €5 for 1 hour |
| Park Service Colosseum | Colosseum | Via Capo d’Africa 29 | €24 for 3 hours |
| Park Colosseo | Colosseum | Via Ostilia 48 | €25 for 3 hours |
| Roma Ostiense Garage | Ostiense | Circonvallazione Ostiense 341 | €1.80 for 1 hour |
Esquilino and Garage Termini suit train arrivals; Supergarage Metronio is the cheapest hourly option we saw near the Colosseum, while Park Service Colosseum and Park Colosseo are a few minutes from the amphitheatre. Roma Ostiense Garage is the budget pick in the south, next to Ostiense station and the Piramide metro stop.
The Fascia Verde is a wide low-emission zone covering most of the city inside the GRA ring road. Under the current ordinance, valid from 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026, it bans petrol, LPG and methane cars up to Euro 2 and diesel cars up to Euro 3, 24 hours a day from Monday to Saturday (public holidays excluded). The rules depend on the vehicle’s emission class, not where it is registered, so they apply to foreign cars too. Any recent rental car meets them. A new ordinance is due from 1 November 2026; if you drive an older diesel of your own, check Roma Mobilità before the trip.
Vatican and St Peter’s: the Cipro or Stazione San Pietro park-and-ride, SABA Cola di Rienzo or a Prati garage. Details are in our guide to parking near the Vatican.
Colosseum and Roman Forum: a Parclick garage near Via Capo d’Africa or Via dell’Amba Aradam, or park at Anagnina and take Metro A to Termini, then Metro B to Colosseo.
Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and Pantheon: SABA Villa Borghese, then walk through the park to Piazza di Spagna. The Pantheon and Trevi are inside the Centro Storico ZTL.
Trastevere: the ATAC car park on Via delle Mura Portuensi by Trastevere station, outside the morning ZTL hours. Do not drive into the district on Friday or Saturday nights.
Termini station: one of the bookable garages around Via Giolitti, Via Modena or Via del Castro Pretorio.
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See Rome car parks on Parclick →Pre-filled with the ATAC blue-line rate inside the ZTLs (€1.20 per hour); outside them it is €1.00. An ATAC park-and-ride costs €1.50 for 12 hours, SABA Villa Borghese €25 per day.
Not without a permit while the ZTL is active. The Centro Storico ZTL runs Monday to Friday 6:30–18:00 and Saturday 14:00–18:00, plus Friday and Saturday nights 23:00–3:00. Outside those hours, and on public holidays during the day, the gates are off.
Centro Storico: Mon–Fri 6:30–18:00, Sat 14:00–18:00, night Fri and Sat 23:00–3:00. Tridente: Mon–Fri 6:30–19:00, Sat 10:00–19:00. Trastevere: Mon–Sat 6:30–10:00, night Fri and Sat 21:30–3:00 (also Wed and Thu from May to October). Night zones are off in August.
Blue lines cost €1.00 per hour outside the ZTLs and €1.20 per hour inside them. For a longer stay, €4 buys 8 hours in a row, and on some streets a proximity rate of €2 for 12 hours applies.
An ATAC park-and-ride: most cost €1.50 for 12 hours, for example Anagnina at the end of Metro A. The smaller lot at Anagnina is free but has only 134 spaces.
Paid hours are printed on each blue-line sign and meter, and in most streets they cover working days only. ATAC park-and-ride car parks without barriers are free outside 6:00–22:00 Monday to Saturday and on public holidays. Garages charge every day.
Parclick lists Supergarage Metronio (from €5 for 1 hour), Park Service Colosseum (from €24 for 3 hours) and Park Colosseo (from €25 for 3 hours). Alternatively park at Anagnina and take the metro.
Yes. The ban depends on the emission class: petrol cars up to Euro 2 and diesel cars up to Euro 3 may not drive in the Fascia Verde from Monday to Saturday. Modern rental cars are not affected.
Not for the city itself, where metro, buses and walking work better. A car is useful for day trips to the Castelli Romani, Tivoli, Orvieto or the coast; pick it up at Fiumicino Airport and avoid the centre on the way out.
