Where to park in Verona: car parks, prices, ZTL and free parking

Verona's old town sits in a loop of the Adige, and the loop is a ZTL. The Arena, Juliet's house and Piazza delle Erbe are all inside it, within ten minutes of each other on foot. The city has built a ring of car parks just outside the gates: choose the one on the side you arrive from, pay a flat daily rate and walk. On opera nights at the Arena, in summer, they fill up from late afternoon.

€ 22a day at the Saba Arena car park
490 mfrom that car park to the Arena
€ 2an hour on blue lines next to the centre
11camera gates around the ZTL

Car parks, one by one

Car park	Where	Price	Hours
1. Saba Arena Garage or car park	Via Bentegodi 8 The closest to the Arena and Piazza Bra	€22 a day	24 hours
2. Cittadella Garage or car park	Piazza Cittadella Underground, two minutes from Piazza Bra
3. Saba Arsenale Garage or car park	Via Cappellini 2 Across the river from Castelvecchio: for those arriving from Lake Garda	€21 a day
4. Saba Isolo Garage or car park	Via Ponte Pignolo 6/c On the east side, for Piazza delle Erbe, the Roman theatre and Juliet's house	€21 a day	24 hours
5. Centro Street or open-air	Via Campo Marzo The former gasworks: open-air, ten minutes on foot, the cheapest	about €1/hour
6. Porta Palio Free	Stradone Porta Palio Free but small: fifteen minutes from Castelvecchio	free

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.

Treat the ZTL as closed to visitors at all times. Historically it opened for a few hours in the middle of the day and in the evening, but the windows now work by advance booking in an app meant for local drivers, with a monthly limit, and sources disagree on whether visitors can still use them. Piazza Bra is closed to private cars around the clock. Guests of hotels inside the ZTL may enter at any hour, provided the hotel has registered the number plate; this does not apply to holiday lets. The fine is about €98.

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

Street parking is run by AMT3. In the central streets, next to the old town, blue lines cost €2.00 an hour, often with a limit of one or two hours; in the next belt (Veronetta, San Zeno, Cittadella) €1.00 an hour from 08:00 to 20:00, free in the evening, on Sundays and on public holidays. Inside the ZTL and on Corso Porta Nuova parking is always paid. Electric and hybrid cars have no exemption.

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

The Saba car parks charge a daily rate even for a few hours: for a short stop the blue lines of the outer belt cost less.
On opera nights book a car park online or arrive before 18:00; after the performance the queues to leave are long.
During Vinitaly, in April, and the big trade fairs the whole southern side of the city is congested.
From Lake Garda the bus and the train from Peschiera reach Verona in under half an hour.
From the airport a shuttle bus runs to Porta Nuova station every twenty minutes.

Sources

Checked in November 2026

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