Car park in Trieste Italy. Parking in Italy
Most tourist-oriented cities and towns have large paid parking lots in close proximity to historical centers.
Parking spaces on the streets are indicated by appropriate signs and color markings on the road.
Paid parking - marked with blue lines
In most regions, blue lines indicate paid on-street parking. Next to this parking lot there is a machine or kiosk selling parking tickets.
This parking ticket will print how long you can stay in the parking lot. You need to place this ticket on the dashboard under the windshield.
This photo shows paid parking marked with blue lines in Pisa. Payment must be made at the parking machine.
Parking machine
One of the ways to pay for parking is to pay at a parking machine. If the parking lot is large enough, the machine will most likely be located in the middle of the parking lot.
The sign on the right states that parking is payable from 8:00 to 14:00 (except Sundays and public holidays). The rate for 1 hour is € 0.60. Payment is made at the parking machine.
This is what a parking meter might look like in Italy. Instructions for use are provided in 4 languages: Italian, French, German and English. Payment is made using coins.
The machine itself shows the hours during which parking is paid, the tariff and coins that are accepted for payment.
In order to pay for parking, you need to put in the required number of coins and press the green button. The machine will issue a ticket indicating the time until which parking has been paid for. Place this ticket on the dashboard under the windshield of your vehicle where it can be seen from the outside.
The minimum amount that can be paid is 1 hour.
Underground Parking
Large cities have underground parking lots or large open parking lots. When entering in front of the barrier, take a ticket from the machine or from the attendants, on which the time of entry is marked.
Before leaving, you must pay for parking at the appropriate machine or ticket office. In this case, the coupon will be returned to you.
When leaving, in front of the barrier, insert the ticket into another machine, and if the payment is made correctly, the barrier rises and you leave.
Free parking - marked with white lines
In large cities, white line markings indicate free on-street parking, but this may be limited in time. The parking sign will tell you how long you can stay in that parking lot and whether you need to install a parking disc.
Set the parking disc to the parking start time and place it on the dashboard under the windshield. You must return within the time limit indicated on the sign. Additional information in the section
Be careful when parking in large cities, such as Florence. White lines may indicate free parking for local residents only.
Free parking - no markings
Some car parks outside cities are simply designated parking spaces. They don't have any markup and can be free.
Parking disc
If the parking sign indicates that parking is time-limited, then you will need to use a parking disc to indicate the parking start time. A parking disc can be purchased at a tobacco kiosk ( Tobacco) or at a gas station. You need to ask disco orario.
In order to use the parking disc, you need to set the parking start time on it and place it under the windshield so that the parking police can see it.
The photo shows a typical parking disc that you can buy in Italy. It is made of cardboard measuring 10x15 cm. By rotating the wheel, set the arrow so that it shows the start time of parking. In the photo, the parking disc is set to 17:00.
This parking disc is called disco orario. The time you should set on it is the arrival time.
Parking signs
Please note that the crossed hammers on the sign indicate that these restrictions apply on weekdays only and do not apply on Sundays or public holidays.
This parking sign indicates that you can park your vehicle for free for 90 minutes from Monday to Saturday, but you must have a parking disc.
He also says that parking is prohibited on Saturdays from 7:00 to 15:00 (market day), otherwise the car will be towed to a parking lot.
This parking sign indicates that it applies to the entire area and you can park your car free of charge for 1 hour from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00. A parking disc is required.
On Fridays from 6:00 to 14:00 (market day) parking is prohibited. In case of violation, the car will be towed to a parking lot.
Parking lots in different cities of Italy
Verona
There are limited parking spaces in the center of Verona. The cost of parking there ranges from €1 to €2 per hour. You can see the location of these parking lots on a map of the city center.
There are also free parking lots, but they are somewhat far from the center. The nearest one is next to the square Porta Palio.
Two more are located at the following addresses:
- on the street Sergio Ramelli(Google Maps)
- near the stadium Arena di Verona(Google Maps)
Lucca
Immediately after entering the old town through the gate Porta Vittorio Emanuele There will be a parking lot on the right side (Google Maps).
The cost of parking in autumn 2011 was € 1.20 per hour.
Florence
Parking in Florence is quite expensive - from €20 to €30 per day. Free parking is available in Piazzale Michelangelo (Google Maps).
In Florence, parking locations can be found on the website www.firenzeparcheggi.it in Italian.
Pisa
The cheapest parking was on the street Via Atleti Azzurri Pisani next to the railway (Google Maps). The walk from there to the Leaning Tower of Pisa takes about 10-15 minutes.
The cost of parking in the fall of 2011 was € 0.60 per hour, and even then only from 8:00 to 14:00. And after 14:00 it became free. Photo of the parking lot itself.
Sienna
The average cost of parking in Siena is € 2.00 per hour in specialized parking lots. Leaving the car for a day will cost € 35.
It’s only cheaper in the parking lot next to the station - Parcheggio Stazione (Piazzale Rosselli 1). The first hour will cost € 0.50, and the whole day will cost € 2.00. The only negative is that it is quite a long walk to the old town (about 20-25 minutes, about 2 km and uphill).
The cost of parking on the city streets is € 1.50 per hour. And only the period from 8 am to 8 pm is subject to payment. Parking is free at night.
There are also several free parking lots, but they are all quite far away - (map of paid and free parking lots).
In the fall of 2015, free parking was discovered next to the Medici fortress. Just keep in mind that during the day it is usually completely busy, and free places appear in the late afternoon, when most tourists have already left Siena.
Orvieto
In Orvieto itself the streets are very narrow and you shouldn’t drive there unless absolutely necessary. In addition, the number of places on them is very limited. The location of parking lots can be found on the city map.
In the evening, after 20:00, all free space in squares and streets is filled with cars of local residents. He had to be released no later than 8:00.
Bagnoregio
Parking is located under the bridge leading to Bagnoregio. It is paid from 8:00 to 20:00. The cost is €2 for the first hour and €1 for each subsequent hour.
There is also free parking in Bagnoregio. It is located in the square next to the street Via Don S. Nello Ponziani. Its coordinates - Google Maps
Montefiascone
Free parking in Montefiascone is on the street Via del Castagno.
Lido de Jesolo
Lido de Jesolo will be of interest primarily to those who want to visit Venice, but do not want to stay in Venice itself.
Unlike Venice, where you have to leave your car in the city parking lot and get to the hotel on your own, in Lido de Jesolo it is much easier to find a hotel (like this one) with free parking.
From Lido de Jesolo you can get to Venice by water bus (30-40 minutes). Near the pier on the street Via Fausta There is a parking lot where you can leave your car for the whole day. The cost of parking in autumn 2013 was € 7 for the whole day.
Montalcino
Paid parking is located on the outskirts of the city on the opposite side from the entrance on the street Via Roma near the Church of Madonna del Soccorso. The cost of parking in autumn 2016 was € 1.50 per hour.
Considering that the town is very small and it won’t take much time to explore it, as well as to buy the famous Brunello di Montalcino wines (if desired), the cost of parking looks quite reasonable.
There is another paid parking lot in Montalcino with the same tariff. It is located next to the city fortress. But it is much smaller in area and it is more difficult to find free space.
Free parking can be found opposite the fortress at the bottom of the ravine (map). It's not that far to walk to the center from there, but you need to climb a small hill.
Another free parking area near the walls of the old city on Via di Gozzano was discovered when we made a wrong turn and drove through the center (ZTL zone), which is highly not recommended to do in a rented car. You can't drive onto it from the road, because... the traffic there is one-way.
Paid parking is located near the squares Piazza Grande on the south side of town and Piazza Minzoni G. on the north. The tariff is € 1.50 per hour.
Amalfi
Amalfi is located on the very shore of the coast of the same name. Until recently, he had great difficulty parking. But a few years ago, a 4-story parking lot was dug inside the hill Luna Rossa with a capacity of more than 200 cars.
Parking is located at the entrance to the city. Parking cost in Luna Rossa is € 3.00 per hour or € 13.00 per day. You can also try to find a place at the port, but almost always all the places are occupied.
In addition to parking, a pedestrian tunnel was built inside this hill, connecting the road to Piazza Municipio in the city itself.
The Amalfi Coast is very picturesque and well worth a visit. And the road that runs along it is known as Nastro Azzurro and is considered one of the most beautiful in the world.
Fine for illegal parking
The fine for illegal parking in Italy starts from € 40. If, in order to remove your car, you had to call a tow truck, the amount of the fine will increase several times.
Separately, it is worth mentioning the restricted traffic zones ( zona traffic limitato). Behind every Entering such a zone can result in a fine of up to €100.
Conclusion
It is not possible to cover all the cities of Italy, but a little advice from personal experience of traveling in Italy:
- You should not look for parking as close to the city center as possible - driving through narrow streets may end up being longer than walking this distance.
- The parking lot may be busy - everyone wants to drive closer to the historical center, and during peak season it may turn out that you have to circle around the parking lot waiting for a free space.
- The closer to the center, the more expensive - by staying a little further you can save a little.
Thus, stopping a little earlier can save nerves, money, and sometimes even time.
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy, between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia. It is a very charming city with several pubs and cafes, beautiful architecture and sea view. Popular sites are Città Vecchia (Old Town) with several museums, the Roman Theatre, and the nearby Grotta Gigante.
MORE ABOUT TRIESTE.
ZTL in Trieste
The center of Trieste is partly a ZTL (Zona Traffico Limitato). The zone is operational permanently and controlled by cameras.
The car free inner city of Trieste is a pedestrian zone with around the ZTL (Zone Traffico Limitato). On-street paid parking is set in the first area around the ZTL and the pedestrian zone on working days. Visiting car drivers are advised to park in the car parks outside the ZTL or pedestrian zone. On-street parking Trieste
On-street paid parking is set in the area around the ZTL and the pedestrian zone on Monday-Saturday from 08:00-20:00.Parking rate in the inner city (red zone) is € 0.35/15 min (€ 1.40/hour).
In the adjacent area lower rate apply:
yellow zone € 0.25/15min (€ 1.00/hour)
green zone € 0.20/15 min (€ 0.80/hour)
blue zone € 0.25/30 min (€ 0.50/hour)
Car parks Trieste
Unlimited parking is set to car parks in the city center. Parking rate in public car parks around EUR 1.40-1.90 per hour.1 - Saba Flavio Gioia - Via Flavio Gioia - Trieste
2 - Silos - Piazza della libertà, 9 - Trieste
3 - Parking Hangarage - Via Milano, 4 - Trieste
4 - Saba Foro Ulpiano - Foro Ulpiano, 1 - Trieste
5 - Autorimessa Central - Via Scipio Slataper 5 - Trieste
6 - Saba Via della Pietà - Via della Pietà, 7 - Trieste
7 - Park San Giusto - Via del Teatro Romano 7 - Trieste
8 - Parcheggio Campo San Giacomo - Campo S.Giacomo, 16 - Trieste
9 - Garage Regina - Via della Raffineria, 6 - Trieste
For a long time, our least favorite city in Italy was Bologna (even though it, of course, has its own merits). After this trip, Trieste came out on top. I can’t say that there was anything particularly unpleasant about it - rather, it was due to a combination of factors. But I'll start from the beginning.
So, Trieste (Trst in Slovenian, a word without a single vowel) is the largest city in our program with a population of more than 200,000 people. Julius Caesar wrote about him (under the name Tergest) in Notes on the Gallic War. Since the 10th century, it was declared a free city within the framework of the Italian kingdom, later recaptured by the Venetians, but under pressure from the Holy Roman Empire it went to it and until the First World War it was its (and later Austria) main, and usually the only port. It was for his sake that the Italians intervened in the First World War. Today it is the largest Italian port in terms of commercial traffic.
Construction in Trieste peaked in the 19th century, so much of the architecture here is something I don't like. But there is a place with a large concentration of old buildings - the San Giusto hill, and that’s where we went first. Or rather, how they headed... in circles.
The main question here is this: Trieste, like Genoa, stands by the sea, but, unlike it, not on a flat rise, but on several widely spaced, but relatively high rocky spurs. Accordingly, the part adjacent to the sea is completely flat, and then there are several oblong or rounded hills, along the ridge of which streets usually run. Streets also run parallel and perpendicular to them. Those. It turns out that a street grid has been thrown over the spur, where some of the streets run horizontally, but their roadways are at an angle, while others, on the contrary, climb up at a good slope. There are also tunnels, some quite long.
So, you can get to the San Giusto hill in two ways: go up one of these steep streets, cross a curved intersection, drive up the hill with a 180-degree turn and drive for a long time in a spiral, going around the hill - or, leaving the tunnel, instantly navigate by the navigator that has not yet found itself, turn sharply with a turn of the same 180 degrees and again drive along the same spiral. The second one didn’t work out for us, so we had to try the first one.
The street leading up the hill is parked from top to bottom - except for the square at the very top, which is the purpose of the trip. There, unlike the entire hill, you can park your car for free for two whole hours, and I am sincerely perplexed why people who park their iron horse 20 meters from the free parking zone don’t take advantage of this. The space at the top is enough for 30 cars, if not more.
Externally, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Justus of Trieste (Basilica cattedrale di San Giusto, website, wiki) does not make much of an impression: despite the fact that construction was completed in 1320, it is a typically Romanesque structure, converted from an older Byzantine one, with a Gothic rose and low bell tower, which houses a souvenir shop. (The unprepossessing building nearby is a 6th-century chapel in which the saint’s relics were buried.)
When talking about the cathedral, mosaics are usually mentioned, so when you see something like this right from the entrance, you want to immediately turn around and leave, cursing your curiosity.
This mosaic (in completely non-canonical colors and poses) was made at the beginning of the 20th century on the site of a crumbling painting on the same subject (Coronation of the Mother of God).
That “real” mosaic from the beginning of the 12th century is hidden in the side naves. The likely authors are Byzantine masters who made mosaics in St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice.
Jesus stands on two dragons: a reference to Psalm 90: “You will tread on the asp and the basilisk; you will trample on the lion and the dragon.”
There are also paintings here, the Life of St. Justus.
Unfortunately, like the neighboring chapel, they are in very poor condition. The St. Sebastian mentioned in the fresco is not the one who was shot, but the presbyter who had a vision of where to find the body of St. Justus.
In the adjacent nave there is the Mother of God on the throne, below are the apostles.
There are remains of the mosaic on the floor, but they are very fragmentary.
Other details that attract attention are the stacked wooden ceiling...
And the altar with the cross of Constantine, a prototype of that same Aquileian cross “with an ear.”
On the square in front of the cathedral there is a castle built at the same time (website, wiki) and the remains of the Roman forum. After looking at the site, we did not go to the castle: the exhibition there is poor, except for a weapons museum, and even that is small. They say there is a good observation deck on the former gun bastion, but at 38 degrees it looks like a mockery, so we went down.
Having wandered along one-way streets and even gotten lost once (either from the heat, or from the difficulties of the topography, the navigator went crazy, and we had to make a small detour), we finally found ourselves in the very center and very successfully parked the car right in front of the Grand Canal, in the albeit open, but quite convenient 600-space parking lot Molo IV (Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi, 1 euro per hour, while the cost of street parking in the same area is 1.40 euros, postpaid, cards accepted).
It must be said that the eating places in the center of Trieste are not so great: there are a lot of cafes, but they are all a bit of a non-dining type. Therefore, we went to the first establishment we came across, which turned out to be the international chain Fratelli La Bufala (website). Quite edible, even tasty, a good choice, incl. this not quite traditional tubetti pasta (short thick tubes) with beans, shrimp and cheese sauce, served with flatbread sprinkled with salt and rosemary. The taste is unusual, but interesting. The prices are not that low, but they don't bite.
Actually, the center of Trieste is the Grand Canal.
Multi-colored frogs swim in it.
But some are already belly up.
Because the Grand Canal is poorly cleaned.
The middle of the day is not the best time to visit Trieste (at least in the summer). Everything is closed, including the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Spyridon (wiki).
The streets are almost empty. Theoretically, it’s time to photograph the architecture, but for some reason I don’t want to: we don’t like this kind of architecture.
Even the statues suffer.
It's good that there is Grom (Via S. Nicolò, 18, website), the best chain gelateria in Italy. No exoticism, absolute stability of quality.
After walking around a little more, but still not finding anything really interesting, we gave up on plans to ride a mountain tram to Opicina (website, wiki) - of course, in such heat - and went to Sistiana for a swim. It must be said that the lower Trieste-Duino highway is terrible: it resembles the lower one in Yalta and is just as crowded with cars and holidaymakers crossing the road. Within the boundaries of Trieste, the “beach” is an embankment, here there are sun loungers and towels laid out right on the sidewalk. Every inch of it is parked until Miramare.
In Sistiana itself there is an almost empty paid parking (4 euros per day from 9.00 to 17.00 without the possibility of hourly payment), everything else is parked inside and out (also reminiscent of Crimea, even vacationers behave the same way). Here the sea is deep, but the bottom is rocky, and the stones are large and sharp. They say there are small pebbles here somewhere. but we found only a pebble beach, at the entrance to the sea - all the same stones. So those who want to go swimming should still head towards Venice, to the sandy beaches of Caorle, Bibione or Lignano.
...to be continued...
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