The cheapest way to visit Florence by car is to stay outside the ZTL: Villa Costanza, the park-and-ride on the A1 motorway, costs €2 for up to 4 hours and €7 for up to 24 hours, and the T1 tram takes about 22 minutes to Santa Maria Novella for €2 a ticket. On the ring road, the Parterre car park charges €15 for a full day and the T2 Guidoni park-and-ride €1.50 for up to five hours. The ZTL cameras are active Monday to Friday 7:30–20:00 and Saturday 7:30–16:00, so plan to park before you reach the centre.
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| Where to park | Price in 2026 | How you get to the centre |
|---|---|---|
| Villa Costanza P+R (A1, Scandicci) | €2 up to 4 h, €5 up to 10 h, €7 up to 24 h | T1 tram, about 22 min to Santa Maria Novella |
| T2 Guidoni P+R (Viale XI Agosto) | €1.50 up to 5 h | T2 tram (airport line) into the centre |
| Parterre (Piazza della Libertà) | €2 per hour, €15 per day | Walk, about 15–20 min to the Duomo |
| Fortezza Fiera (Fortezza da Basso) | €2 per hour, €20 per day | Walk to Santa Maria Novella and San Lorenzo |
| Porta al Prato – Leopolda | €2 per hour, €20 per day | T1 tram or a walk along the ring road |
| Beccaria (Viale Amendola) | €2 per hour (€1.70 with bMove) | Walk to Santa Croce |
| Oltrarno – Calza (Porta Romana) | €3 per hour (€2 with bMove) | Walk to Pitti Palace and Boboli |
Prices from the Villa Costanza and Firenze Parcheggi websites, checked on 24 October 2026. All these car parks are outside the ZTL and open 24 hours.
Villa Costanza is built into the A1 motorway at Scandicci: you leave the autostrada at the “Villa Costanza” exit, from the north or the south, and you are in the car park without driving through the city. You can only reach it from the A1. It is open 24 hours a day, takes no bookings and allows a maximum stay of 30 consecutive days.
| Time parked (car) | Price |
|---|---|
| First 15 minutes | Free |
| 15 minutes to 1 hour | €0.50 |
| 1 to 4 hours | €2 |
| 4 to 10 hours | €5 |
| 10 to 24 hours | €7 |
| Pass: 7 days / 30 days | €20 / €40 |
The tariff starts again every 24 hours, so three days cost €21 at the daily price, or €20 with the 7-day pass. The tram leaves from the terminus next to the car park every 6 to 8 minutes and reaches Santa Maria Novella station in about 22 minutes. Campervans pay €3 for 1 to 4 hours and €10 for 4 to 24 hours.
Coming from the north, the A11 or the airport, the T2 Guidoni park-and-ride on Viale XI Agosto is next to the T2 tram stop and is open around the clock. Servizi alla Strada (SAS), which runs it for the city, charges €1.50 for up to five hours (tariff in force since 1 April 2025). The SAS website was offline for maintenance on 24 October 2026, so check the price for longer stays at the pay machine.
If you prefer to walk in, the Firenze Parcheggi car parks sit on the viali, the ring road that follows the old city walls, just outside the ZTL:
| Car park | Address | Spaces | Tariff | Height limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parterre | Via del Ponte Rosso 4 | 996 | €2/h, €15 per day | 2.05 m |
| Fortezza Fiera | Piazzale Caduti nei Lager | 521 | €2/h (€1.60 bMove), €20 per day | 2.05 m |
| Porta al Prato – Leopolda | Via Gabbuggiani 2/4 | 371 | €2/h, €20 per day | 2.00 m |
| Beccaria | Viale Amendola 7 | 202 | €2/h (€1.70 bMove), no day rate | 2.00 m |
| Oltrarno – Calza | Piazza della Calza | 218 | €3/h (€2 bMove), no day rate | None |
Parterre has the lowest day rate in the network at €15. Beccaria and Oltrarno – Calza have no day rate, so they suit a few hours rather than a whole day. None of these car parks takes bookings.
The historic centre is a ZTL (zona a traffico limitato) split into five sectors, A, B, O, F and G. Cameras at every gate read number plates. The gates are active Monday to Friday 7:30–20:00 and Saturday 7:30–16:00. From the first Thursday of April to the first Sunday of October a summer night ZTL is added on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights; in 2026 it ended on 4 October. Sundays and public holidays are free of ZTL restrictions outside that summer period.
Outside the ZTL, the Scudo Verde low-emission zone covers about two thirds of the built-up city around the clock, but it only bans the oldest cars (petrol Euro 0, diesel Euro 0 and 1), so rental cars are not affected.
Parclick lists private garages north of the centre that you can book in advance. The cheapest shown on 24 October 2026 started at €3 for one hour:
| Garage on Parclick | Address | From |
|---|---|---|
| Muoviamo Giglio – Viale Corsica | Viale Corsica 27 | €3 for 1 hour |
| Tanucci Parking – Low Cost | Piazza Bernardo Tanucci 17 | €3 for 1 hour |
| Garage Petrarca | Via del Casone 3r | €3 for 1 hour |
Prices change with the date and the length of stay. Compare all Florence car parks on Parclick. For garages next to Santa Maria Novella and inside the ZTL, see our main Florence parking guide.
Day trip on the A1 from Rome, Bologna or Siena: Villa Costanza. You never drive in Florence, and a day costs €7 plus €2 per tram ticket each way.
Arriving from Pisa, Lucca or the A11: the T2 Guidoni park-and-ride, or Porta al Prato – Leopolda on the T1 line.
Staying several days: Parterre (€15 a day) or Villa Costanza with the 7-day pass (€20).
Pitti Palace, Boboli and Oltrarno: Oltrarno – Calza by Porta Romana.
Florence park-and-ride cost calculator
See Florence car parks on Parclick →Villa Costanza: €7 per 24 hours (7-day pass €20) plus one return tram trip a day per person at €2 a ticket. Parterre: €15 per day, no tram needed.
Villa Costanza on the A1: €2 for up to 4 hours and €7 for up to 24 hours, with the T1 tram to Santa Maria Novella in about 22 minutes (€2 a ticket). From the north, the T2 Guidoni park-and-ride costs €1.50 for up to five hours.
The first 15 minutes are free, then €0.50 up to 1 hour, €2 up to 4 hours, €5 up to 10 hours and €7 up to 24 hours. The tariff repeats every 24 hours; a 7-day pass costs €20 and a 30-day pass €40.
No. The car park is only accessible from the A1 motorway, at the Villa Costanza exit, from either direction. From the city you would need to join the A1 first.
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 early April to the first Sunday of October; in 2026 it ended on 4 October.
Parterre on Piazza della Libertà: €15 for a day, 996 spaces, open 24 hours and outside the ZTL. Fortezza Fiera and Porta al Prato – Leopolda charge €20 a day.
A single bus and tram ticket costs €2 since 1 August 2026, when it rose from €1.70. The same ticket works on the T1 from Villa Costanza and on the T2.
Ask the hotel before you arrive whether it can register your number plate for access. If it cannot, park outside the ZTL and take the tram or a taxi to the door.
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Page last fact-checked on 24 October 2026 against the Villa Costanza car park website, the Firenze Parcheggi car-park pages, the Parclick listings for Florence, the Servizi alla Strada pages for the Comune di Firenze (ZTL, Scudo Verde, T2 Guidoni; read on 14 October 2026, as the SAS site was offline on 24 October), La Nazione and Autolinee Toscane on the 2026 fare. No official ZTL fine amount is published online, so none is quoted.
See also: Parking in Florence · ZTL zones in Italy · Parking in Italy (all cities)
