Lucca is enclosed by its Renaissance walls, and almost everything inside them is a pedestrian area or a ZTL. The good news is that the city is small: from any car park just outside the walls you are in Piazza San Michele in ten minutes. Since January 2026 cameras record every entry and exit, so the old habit of driving in to look for a space has become expensive. Choose a car park outside the walls according to the side you arrive from.
- € 8daily ceiling at the Carducci and Palatucci car parks
- € 0.50the first hour at Palatucci
- 19.01.2026the day the ZTL cameras were switched on
- 5 minon foot from Carducci to the walls
Car parks, one by one
| Car park | Where | Spaces | Price | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Carducci Street or open-air | Viale Carducci Outside the south-west walls, for those coming from the A11 motorway: the best for a full day | €1.00/hour, €8/day at most, free at night | paid 08:00-20:00 | |
| 2. Palatucci Street or open-air | Via delle Tagliate di Sant'Anna Outside the north-west walls, a few minutes from Porta Santa Maria and the amphitheatre square | €0.50 first hour, then €1.00/hour, €8/day at most, free at night | paid 08:00-20:00 | |
| 3. Mazzini Garage or car park | Via dei Bacchettoni Inside the walls, on the east side: reach it only along the permitted route | €1.00 first hour, then €1.50/hour; €2.00 at night | 24 hours | |
| 4. Cittadella Garage or car park | ex Manifattura Inside the walls, in the south-west corner, in the former tobacco factory | |||
| 5. Stazione Garage or car park | Piazzale Ricasoli By the railway station, outside the south walls | |||
| 6. Luporini Street or open-air | Viale Luporini Equipped area for motorhomes, with water and waste disposal | daily rate for motorhomes | 24 hours |
Car parks on the map
Positions on the map are approximate: follow the road signs for the entrance.
The ZTL: where you cannot drive
A ZTL (zona a traffico limitato) is an area where only authorised vehicles may drive during certain hours. Cameras at each entrance read the number plate, and the fine arrives by post weeks later, also abroad and also through the car hire company, which adds its own fee. The sign is a white circle with a red border; an electronic panel below it says varco attivo (do not enter) or varco non attivo (you may enter). Satellite navigators often ignore the ZTL: trust the signs.
The electronic gates of the ZTL have been fully in operation since 19 January 2026, both on the way in and on the way out. The blue-line spaces inside the walls that non-residents may use have remained reachable along the permitted routes: Piazza Santa Maria, Corso Garibaldi, Cittadella, the Mazzini car park, Piazza San Ponziano, Piazzale Verdi, Via del Pallone, Piazza della Caserma, Via Elisa and Via Beato Luca Passi. Leave those routes and you cross a gate. Yellow lines are for residents only. Daily permits are issued by Lucca Plus at the Luccaport office, Via delle Città Gemelle 162.
If your hotel is inside the ZTL, write to it before you arrive: many can register your number plate for the time needed to unload.
Street parking: what the colours mean
Paid parking in Lucca is run by Lucca Plus, the municipal company. Outside the walls the large car parks charge by the hour with a low daily ceiling and are free at night; inside the walls the few blue-line spaces cost more and are meant for short stops. Free white-line spaces exist in the residential streets beyond the ring road, ten to fifteen minutes away on foot, but rules change on market days and during events.
- Blue lines: paid parking. Pay at the meter, entering your number plate, or with an app, and check the sign for the hours.
- White lines: free, sometimes with a time limit and a parking disc.
- Yellow lines: reserved for residents, disabled badge holders, taxis or deliveries. Never park there.
- No lines: look for signs. A tow-away symbol means the car will be removed.
Good to know
- During Lucca Comics & Games, at the turn of October and November, and on the evenings of the Lucca Summer Festival in July, car parks near the walls are closed or reserved and special rates apply: come by train.
- The railway station is five minutes from the walls: from Pisa, Florence and Viareggio the train is often quicker than the car.
- Inside the walls everyone walks or cycles: bikes can be rented at every gate, and the top of the walls is a four-kilometre ring.
- Rates shown here come from the payment operators and are indicative: the figures on the meter prevail.
Sources
- Lucca Plus
- Turismo Lucca, come muoversi
- La Nazione, varchi ZTL attivi dal 19 gennaio 2026
- Telepass, parcheggi a Lucca
Checked in November 2026