ZTL: Italy's limited traffic zones

A Zona a Traffico Limitato: the historic center of most Italian art cities, where only authorized vehicles may enter during set hours. Rome has 5 of them and Naples guards its old center with 4 camera gates. An unauthorized passage generates a fine automatically.

The gate camera reads your plate and a fine is issued automatically, with no warning at the roadside. With a rental car you get 2 charges: the company's administrative fee for passing on your details, which usually lands first, and then the fine itself.

Yes, and it is a paid one. Area C covers the Cerchia dei Bastioni and costs 7.50 euro a day for most vehicles, Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 7:30 pm, holidays excluded. Late payment, within seven days, costs 22.50⁴ euro.

The whole historic center is a ZTL in five sectors. In sectors A, B and O it runs all year, 7:30 am to 8:00 pm Monday to Friday and 7:30 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, with an extra summer night ZTL from early April to early October.

Ask the hotel to register your plate before you arrive, since properties inside the zone can authorize guest vehicles. Rome alone has 5 ZTLs with different hours, so the permission has to match the specific zone and time band.