Parma ZTL: hours, cameras and who can drive in

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

Photo: Cartonimorti, CC BY-SA 4.0

Right now in Parma

Worked out with Italian time and public holidays from the official hours. The sign at the gate always prevails.

Drive through one of Parma's camera gates by mistake and you are not necessarily facing a fine: the city sells an after-the-fact regularisation, the ROZ at €15, which you can still buy until 23:59 the following day. To enter legally from the start, there are two tickets, to be activated before the gate, and both include parking in the zone's pay bays: €5 for two hours, €10 until 7.30 pm.

Inside the ring of boulevards (the "viali"), the centre is split between three numbered ZTLs. They are closed from 7.30 am to 7.30 pm every day, bank holidays included, and open at night. No ticket, however, gets you into the isole ambientali, effectively pedestrian streets closed round the clock: Piazza Duomo, the Baptistery and Strada Cavour are among them.

The zones and their hours

ZTL 1

The north and west of the centre, from Piazza Ghiaia to Via Verdi. Four streets are closed 24 hours a day: Via Corsi, Via Dalmazia (towards Viale Mentana), Vicolo Mauroner and Borgo Valorio. Via Borghesi is due to become pedestrian, but the order putting this into effect had not been published by 21 October 2026.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

The entrances are watched by 2 plate-reading cameras, known as varchi.

List of the 2 cameras (varchi)

Viale Mariotti · Piazzale Salvo D'Acquisto

ZTL 2

The largest of the three, with around 75 streets to the south and east, around Strada Farini and Strada dell'Università. Its camera is on Viale Toscanini.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Viale Toscanini

ZTL 2 – Strada XXII Luglio e vie limitrofe

A dozen or so streets of ZTL 2 that open up in the middle of the day: Strada XXII Luglio, the southern end of Strada Farini, Borgo Felino, Strada Nuova, Borgo Regale, Vicolo dei Mulini and others.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Strada XXII Luglio

ZTL 3 (Oltretorrente)

The Oltretorrente, on the left bank. Official sources list no ZTL camera here, but the zone is bordered by the monitored bus lanes of Strada D'Azeglio and Strada Bixio, which are enforced 24 hours a day.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

ZTL Stazione

Via Cecchi and Piazzale Dalla Chiesa, in front of the station: closed at all times, with no camera of its own in the sources we read.

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

Isola ambientale Tommasini-Sauro

Parma's only pedestrian zone watched by a camera, since 2019, at the corner of Via Nazario Sauro and Borgo Tommasini.

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)

Borgo G. Tommasini angolo via N. Sauro

Isole ambientali (zone pedonali del centro)

Around 80 streets, including the historic heart: Piazza Duomo, Strada Cavour, Piazza della Steccata, Via Mazzini. With a BZ or GZ ticket, you can ask the Infomobility office for a pass between 9 and 10.30 am or between 3 and 3.30 pm.

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

There are no cameras here: the municipal police check on the spot.

Who can drive in

Visitors: hotels, rental cars, tickets

Staying in a hotel

Only accommodation located inside the ZTL can register your number plate. A hotel outside the zone gives you no right to drive in. Give your plate number to reception as soon as you arrive.

Tickets for non-residents

Visitors can pay to drive in: €5 BZ – 2 hours, 2 hours' parking included (activate before the gate); €10 GZ – full day, parking included until 7.30 pm (activate before the gate); €15 ROZ – regularises an unauthorised entry AFTERWARDS, until 23:59 the next day (no parking). Access tickets must be bought before you pass the gate; only the regularisation is paid afterwards.

Rental cars

The fine notice goes to the rental company, which names you as the driver and usually charges an admin fee, before the fine itself reaches you, sometimes months later. A registration made in time by your hotel covers a rental car just as well: all that counts is the number plate.

Tickets are sold in the Tap&Park app, on the Infomobility website, at dedicated pay machines near the gates, at the office on Viale Mentana 29/A and in around a hundred approved tobacconists; you enter the plate, the date and the time. For the ROZ, you give the date of the entry, not the date you pay; without an Italian tax code, you register with your first name and surname run together.

The real trap is the bus lanes: same cameras, same penalty. Mariotti, Toscanini and Zarotto follow the 7.30 am to 7.30 pm timetable; Garibaldi, Repubblica, Bixio, D'Azeglio, Falcone and Montebello are enforced round the clock. Electric cars have been barred from them since 2024. Their AAA@ permit (€10 a year plus €5 for the card), open to non-residents too, covers the ZTLs only; plug-in hybrids get the AAA plugin permit at the same price, conventional hybrids nothing.

Outside the ZTLs, from October to March, on weekdays from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm, the Area Verde closes the area inside the ring roads ("tangenziali") to diesels up to Euro 4. On match days at the Tardini stadium, streets are shut by temporary order. Public car parks inside the zone can be reached without a permit, but the procedure for one-off customers is not published.

Parma in numbers

Where official sources disagree

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 for the same ban, even if you drive through several times (article 198). 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Parma ZTL active on Sundays and in the evening?

On Sundays and bank holidays, yes, from 7.30 am to 7.30 pm. At night the three ZTLs are open; the isole ambientali and the ZTL Stazione are not.

How much is the ZTL ticket in Parma?

€5 for two hours, €10 for the day, parking included in both. It must be activated before you pass the gate.

I drove through a gate without a ticket. What now?

Buy a ROZ for €15 by 23:59 the following day, giving the date of your entry.

My hotel is in the centre: who registers my plate?

The hotel, provided it is inside the ZTL or an isola ambientale. Parking terms differ between official sources, so ask the hotel to confirm them.

Can I drive up to Piazza Duomo?

No. It is an isola ambientale, closed 24 hours a day, to motorbikes and electric cars too.

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.