ZTL Arezzo
Arezzo runs two zones with genuinely different rules, and confusing them is the local way to collect a fine. Zone A is active on weekdays in two blocks — half past eight to midday, then five to eight in the evening. Zone B is active every day from eight in the morning until midnight. One is a split weekday restriction with a long open afternoon; the other is effectively all day, every day. They sit next to each other in the same old town.
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Limited Traffic Zones in Arezzo
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ZTL Arezzo
Zone A weekdays 08:30–12:00 & 17:00–20:00 · Zone B daily 08:00–24:00
Two ZTL zones (A and B) with very different rules, plus separate pedestrian areas, across the historic centre. 26 cameras. ZTL A excepts mopeds and motorcycles; ZTL B admits no motor vehicle without a permit.
Two zones, two timetables
Zone A: weekdays 08:30–12:00 and 17:00–20:00. Zone B: daily 08:00–24:00. The gap in the middle of Zone A's weekday cover is real and is the only substantial opening either zone offers, but it applies to one area and not the other.
The practical advice is not to attempt to exploit this. Working out which street belongs to which zone, on an unfamiliar one-way system, while watching for a camera gate, is a poor use of attention. Park outside and walk; the centre is small.
The town is on a hill
Arezzo climbs to a summit crowned by the cathedral and the park around the old fortress, and the historic centre runs down the slope from there to the flatter modern town and the station. Park at the bottom, near the station or on the ring, and walk up.
It is a genuine climb rather than a stroll, but a short one, and it passes most of what you have come to see on the way. Escalators run part of the way up from the lower town, which takes the effort out of the steepest section.
The first weekend of the month
On the first Sunday of each month and the Saturday before it, Arezzo holds one of the largest antiques fairs in Italy. Several hundred dealers fill Piazza Grande and the surrounding streets, the town fills with buyers, and the traffic and parking situation changes completely for the weekend.
If you are arriving then, expect the approaches to be busy and the usual car parks full, and allow considerably more time. If you are not interested in antiques, it is a weekend to avoid; if you are, it is the reason to come.
Piero della Francesca, and the joust
The frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross in the basilica of San Francesco are Piero della Francesca's masterpiece, and visits are by timed entry in small groups, so they need booking rather than turning up. They are inside the restricted centre.
The other fixture is the Giostra del Saracino, a medieval joust run in Piazza Grande twice a year in June and September, with the town divided into competing quarters. Like the antiques fair, it takes over the centre completely — check the dates before you book a car.
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