Genoa ZTL: hours, cameras and who can drive in

Checked on 22 October 2026 against the city's ordinances and official pages.

Photo: Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0

Right now in Genoa

Worked out with Italian time and public holidays from the official hours. The sign at the gate always prevails. How to recognise an active varco.

Nine limited traffic zones, and not one that opens at night or on Sundays: in Genoa every ZTL in force is closed 24 hours a day, all year round. The largest covers the old town, between the port and the Strade Nuove; the others are small areas scattered along the coast and in the districts, from Boccadasse to Pegli.

For visitors, the line that matters runs along the edge of the old town: Piazza De Ferrari, Via XXV Aprile, Piazza Caricamento and Via Gramsci are outside the zone. The lanes leading off them sit behind the cameras, and there is no paid access for tourists.

The zones and their hours

ZTL Centro Storico

It is split into five sectors, from Via del Campo (sector 1) to Via Garibaldi (sector 5). A permit is only valid at the cameras it names: driving in through another one is an offence, even with a valid permit.

It is closed to unauthorised vehicles 24 hours a day, every day, Sundays and public holidays included: there is no quiet hour when you could slip through.

11 number-plate cameras (“varchi”) watch the entrances.

List of the 11 cameras (varchi)

Via di Porta Soprana · Via del Campo · Vico Giannini · Piazza della Raibetta · Via San Giorgio · Vico delle Camelie · Mura delle Grazie · Via Ravasco · Via Lomellini · Via Cairoli · Via Garibaldi

Area pedonale Via Cairoli – Piazza della Meridiana

During pedestrian hours, bikes, e-scooters, taxis and chauffeur cars may pass; a car with a disabled badge may only enter to reach a building on the street, and hotel guests get through as an exemption once the manager reports them.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, the rules of the “ZTL Centro Storico” zone apply.

Area pedonale Via Garibaldi

The heart of the street of the Palazzi dei Rolli, between Vico dietro il Coro della Maddalena and Vico ai Quattro Canti di San Francesco.

There are no time slots here: the ban applies day and night, all year round, public holidays included.

ZTL Molo

In the Porto Antico: Via del Molo, Piazza San Marco, Mura del Molo and Mura della Malapaga. Neighbouring Piazza Cavour is outside.

It is closed to unauthorised vehicles 24 hours a day, every day, Sundays and public holidays included: there is no quiet hour when you could slip through.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Via del Molo

ZTL Boccadasse

The old fishing village: Via Boccadasse from Via Dodero, Piazza Nettuno, Piazza Bassano and the lanes around them.

There are no time slots here: the ban applies day and night, all year round, public holidays included.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Via Boccadasse

ZTL Vernazzola

The small seaside village next to Boccadasse, around Piazza Vernazzola. The date its camera went live has not been published.

It is closed to unauthorised vehicles 24 hours a day, every day, Sundays and public holidays included: there is no quiet hour when you could slip through.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Via Argonauti / Via Chighizola

ZTL Nervi (Gazzolo)

The little harbour of Nervi: Via Gazzolo, Via Caboto and Via Ganduccio. In the harbour area itself, through traffic is banned.

There are no time slots here: the ban applies day and night, all year round, public holidays included.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Via Felice Gazzolo

ZTL Nervi Centro (Oberdan)

Via Oberdan, between Piazza Pittaluga and Viale Franchini: the strictest zone in the city, open only to a few groups (emergency services, public transport, disabled badges, electric vehicles, residents, deliveries from 8:00 to 13:00…).

There are no time slots here: the ban applies day and night, all year round, public holidays included.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Via Oberdan

ZTL Rivarolo

A neighbourhood zone around Via Aleardi, Via Tasso and Via San Michele del Carso. No camera is listed, and no official source says how it is enforced: the ban still applies.

It is closed to unauthorised vehicles 24 hours a day, every day, Sundays and public holidays included: there is no quiet hour when you could slip through.

ZTL Bolzaneto

A few streets around Via Oldoini, Via Gianuè and Via Bettini. As in Rivarolo, no camera appears on the official list.

There are no time slots here: the ban applies day and night, all year round, public holidays included.

ZTL Caracciolo (Pegli)

In Pegli, Via Caracciolo alone, with no camera listed.

It is closed to unauthorised vehicles 24 hours a day, every day, Sundays and public holidays included: there is no quiet hour when you could slip through.

Who can drive in

Visitors: hotels, rental cars, tickets

Staying in a hotel

The hotel can register your number plate. It must do so no later than 48 hours after you enter. Give your plate number to reception as soon as you arrive. This access is only for dropping off or picking up luggage, then the car must leave the zone. Deadlines for every city are compared in our guide to hotels in a ZTL.

Using a car park inside the zone

The garage registers your plate. Check with the attendant when you arrive.

Tickets for non-residents

There is no day ticket for tourists. Temporary permits do exist (€11 per day, as an exemption, for setting up events or delivering flowers outside delivery hours), but only for the specific cases the city lists, not for sightseeing. The simplest option is to park outside and walk or take a bus.

Rental cars

The fine notice goes to the rental company, which names you as the driver and, depending on your contract, may charge an admin fee, before the fine itself reaches you, sometimes months later. A registration made in time by your hotel or garage covers a rental car just as well: all that counts is the number plate. What the rental company charges, and how to avoid it, is covered in a separate guide.

Hotel access only covers loading and unloading bulky luggage. The hotel pays for it, with an annual flat fee of €27, €54 or €100 depending on its number of rooms, which caps how many plates it can register each day: ask your hotel before you travel whether it has signed up. No parking rate for guests is published.

A public car park inside the zone can be reached at any hour, but not for free: the operator registers your plate within 48 hours and pays €2.50 per customer per day. The 48-hour window to put a passage right is also only for people in an authorised category who were not yet registered: a tourist cannot pay afterwards.

Petrol motorbikes and scooters get no exemption; only bicycles go free, along with electric two-wheelers carrying the free permit, valid for one year. For residents, the first vehicle costs €27 a year. No official page mentions Genoa joining the national CUDE platform: report your plate to Genova Parcheggi, the city company that handles permits.

Genoa in numbers

Where official sources disagree

The Genova Parcheggi website refused all connections on 22 October 2026: its pages were read in archived copies dated January to September 2026.

If you drive in without a permit

Driving past an active gate without a permit costs €83 to €332 (article 7 of the Italian Highway Code), cut by 30% if you pay within 5 days. Since the 2024 reform, when the passages are recorded by camera rather than by an officer on the spot, only one fine per calendar day applies within the same ZTL, even if you drive through several times (article 198); two different zones mean two fines. For drivers living abroad, the notice can arrive up to 360 days after the offence. No licence points are deducted. If you think you were entitled to enter (hotel, disabled badge), contact the office named on the notice before paying: a late registration can sometimes still be sorted out. Paying from abroad, deadlines and appeals are explained in the ZTL fine guide.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Genoa ZTL open at night or on Sundays?

No: every zone in force is closed 24 hours a day, public holidays included.

Is there a day pass for tourists in Genoa?

No. The €11 daily exemption is only for events and certain deliveries.

My hotel is in the old town: can I drive there?

Only to unload bulky luggage, and only if the hotel has paid the city's flat fee; it registers your plate within 48 hours, and then the car must leave the zone.

Is Piazza De Ferrari in the ZTL?

No. The square, Via XXV Aprile, Piazza Caricamento and Via Gramsci are outside; the Fontane Marose sector, which took in Via XXV Aprile at weekends, is suspended.

Can scooters drive in freely?

No, except electric ones with the free permit: petrol two-wheelers follow the same rules as cars.

Sources

Based on the city's own ordinances, rewritten in plain language. Only the ordinance in force and the sign at the gate are legally binding.