Rimini ZTL: hours, cameras and who can drive in

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

Photo: Terragio67, CC BY-SA 4.0

Right now in Rimini

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

Rimini runs on two calendars. The historic centre and the Borgo San Giuliano, across the Bridge of Tiberius, are monitored all year; the northern seafront, from Torre Pedrera to Rivabella, only in summer. The centre's system is new: after a trial period, automatic fines have only been issued since 29 January 2026.

The centre is not a single zone but a patchwork of entrances, each with its own hours: a core closed round the clock, streets closed in morning and late-afternoon slots, ring roads closed only at night, and a pedestrian area that even most permit holders cannot enter. The same route can be fine at 1 pm and earn a fine at 5 pm. Visitors can pay to drive in, and the fee can be settled after passing the camera.

The zones and their hours

ZTL Centro storico 0-24

The heart of the centre, with a single camera-controlled entrance: Corso Giovanni XXIII from Piazza Ferrari. Much of it is actually pedestrianised: Piazza Cavour, Piazza Tre Martiri, Piazza Malatesta and Corso d'Augusto between Via Brighenti and Corso Giovanni XXIII. Even a day pass does not get you in there.

There are no time slots here: the ban applies day and night, all year round, public holidays included. Exception: the “Varco Corso d'Augusto / Via Ducale, Varco Corso d'Augusto / Circonvallazione Occidentale” entrances are only checked at certain times (see below).

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Corso Giovanni XXIII / Piazza Ferrari

Varco Corso d'Augusto / Via Ducale

This camera takes over from the one at the western entrance. The stretch up to Via Santa Maria in Corte is only checked by day: at night you have already been recorded at the entrance, and the council avoids two fines for one trip.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, this entrance is open, but the rest of the “ZTL Centro storico 0-24” zone keeps its own hours.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Corso d'Augusto / Via Ducale

Varco Corso d'Augusto / Circonvallazione Occidentale

Monitored only in the evening and at night. By day you can turn in, but the Via Ducale camera, a little further on, is then active.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, this entrance is open, but the rest of the “ZTL Centro storico 0-24” zone keeps its own hours.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Corso d'Augusto / Circonvallazione Occidentale

ZTL Centro storico a fasce orarie

Four entrances to the centre, open between noon and 4 pm and after 7:30 pm. Motorbikes can always use the route Via Bertani, Largo Giulio Cesare, Via Dell'Onestà to the main post office and its motorbike parking.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

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

List of the 4 cameras (varchi)

Via Bertani · Via Castelfidardo / Via Clari · Via Dante / Via Aponia · Via XXII Giugno / Via Angherà

ZTL Via Michele Rosa

A single street, closed in the morning only: unlike its neighbours, it stays open in the afternoon.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

A single camera checks the entrance.

The camera (varco)

Via Michele Rosa / Via Castelfidardo

ZTL notturna D'Azeglio e Bastioni

Via D'Azeglio and Via Bastioni Occidentali, from Via Bonsi to Largo Unità d'Italia, were added in 2024 to protect Piazza Malatesta and Piazzetta San Martino. They are closed only at night.

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)

Via D'Azeglio · Via Bastioni Meridionali / Largo Unità d'Italia

ZTL Borgo San Giuliano

Across the Bridge of Tiberius, the Borgo has its own permits: a permit for the centre is not valid here, and vice versa. The bridge has been pedestrianised since 2022, and Viale Tiberio and its side streets since October 2025.

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.

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

List of the 3 cameras (varchi)

Viale Tiberio / Via San Giuliano · Via Marecchia / Viale Matteotti · Via Trai / Via Matteotti

ZTL Parco del Mare Nord

It is split into sectors (Torre Pedrera, Viserbella, Viserba, Rivabella): residents can only pass their own sector's cameras, while hotel guests can pass them all. A camera was added on Viale Porto Bardia in 2026. The official camera list dates from 2022, so we give no count.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

ZTL serale Parco del Mare Nord

A few stretches close only in the evening: the seaward side below Viale Zambianchi (Viale Borghesi, del Tritone, Serafini), Viale Porto Palos as far as Via Grazia Verenin, and the section from Via Sante Polazzi to Via Palotta.

It is active at these times:

Outside these hours, access is free.

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. It must do so no later than 72 hours after you enter. Give your plate number to reception as soon as you arrive. Hotels in a ZTL: what to do, with each city's deadline.

Using a car park inside the zone

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

Tickets for non-residents

Visitors can pay to drive in: €5 day access, valid for the whole chosen day, up to 3 times a month per plate; €15 for 4 consecutive days, once a month per plate, not combinable with the day access in the same month. It can be paid after you drive in, within 72 hours.

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. The rental company's fees are set out in the rental car guide.

The day pass is sold online only, on the servizimobilita.comune.rimini.it portal, in the name of an individual, paid through PagoPA. It also covers the seafront, except from 8 pm to midnight in summer, and allows only brief stops to load or unload.

At a hotel (B&Bs and campsites included), the establishment can register no more plates than it has beds, and parking inside the ZTL is not allowed. Three hotels in Torre Pedrera outside the zone (Arabesco, Tiglio, Villa Donati) have the same right. Since October 2025, restaurants in the round-the-clock areas can also register up to five customer plates, within 72 hours. Garages also have 72 hours; a car hire firm can only register cars returned to or collected from its own branch, if that branch is inside the ZTL.

Motorbikes and scooters follow the same rules as cars in the centre and the Borgo. In the Parco del Mare Nord they are allowed, except between Viale Bologna and Viale Sante Polazzi (round the clock) and, in the evening, on a few other stretches; there you may push your bike with the engine off. In the south, a seafront ZTL was created in 2022, but we found no announcement that its cameras have been switched on.

Rimini 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 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 Rimini's ZTL active on Sundays?

No council act provides for rest days: we treat it as active every day, public holidays included, on each entrance's own hours.

How much is the day pass, and can I pay afterwards?

€5 a day (up to three times a month) or €15 for four days (once a month), online, up to 72 hours after passing the camera.

Can I drive to Piazza Cavour with the pass?

No: it does not open the pedestrian area (Piazza Cavour, Tre Martiri, Malatesta) and does not allow parking.

Is the Viserba seafront closed in winter?

No. The Parco del Mare Nord ZTL only runs from 1 June to 10 September.

My hotel is inside the ZTL: what should I do?

Give your plate number at reception; the hotel registers it within 72 hours. In the Parco del Mare Nord this opens every seafront camera to you.

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.