Venice ZTL map, hours and where to park

The road ends at Piazzale Roma

The Ponte della Libertà carries the road and the railway across the lagoon from the mainland. The road ends at Piazzale Roma, with the Tronchetto, an artificial island of car parks, beside it. No car goes further: from there you walk, or take a waterbus.

The largest garage at Piazzale Roma is the Autorimessa Comunale, run by AVM, the Comune’s own transport company. It is open 24 hours a day, every day, and the waterbus stops are a few metres away. From the Tronchetto, the People Mover — a short automatic railway — runs to Piazzale Roma, with a stop at the Marittima cruise terminal in between.

Because the historic centre has no roads, it has no camera gates to cross either. Follow the signs for Piazzale Roma or the Tronchetto, and keep out of any lane marked for buses or trams on the way.

The ZTL is in Mestre

Mestre, on the mainland, is the part of the Comune di Venezia where the ZTL actually is. It covers the centre around Piazza Ferretto, and the ban is in force 24 hours a day, every day of the week. Motorbikes, mopeds and bicycles may enter; cars may not without an authorisation.

Part of the original zone has been switched off since an ordinance of December 2021: the stretch of zone A2 north of the via Torre Belfredo – viale Garibaldi line, and the whole of zone A3 on vie Filzi, Sauro and Antonio da Mestre. The cameras on via Colombo, via Cappuccina, via Torre Belfredo and viale Garibaldi are off. The gates that do enforce are on via Pio X, via San Rocco, via Brenta Vecchia and via Manin, and the bus lanes and pedestrian areas inside the centre stay enforced as well.

Much of what is published online still describes an older arrangement, from 2015, under which parts of the zone switched off only at weekends. That was replaced by the 2021 ordinance, and it is the reason two websites can give you opposite answers about the same street.

If you are staying in Mestre

If your hotel in Mestre is inside the zone, ask before you arrive whether it can arrange access for your car: the temporary permits the Comune lists are aimed at trades, removals, weddings and events rather than visitors, so assume you cannot drive to the door unless the hotel confirms otherwise. Our guide to staying at a hotel inside a ZTL covers what to ask.

From Mestre, the train or the tram takes you across the causeway to Venice, and the car can stay where it is.

The Lido, and the car ferry

The Lido is the long island between the lagoon and the Adriatic, and unlike the historic centre it has streets. ACTV’s line 17, a car ferry, carries cars, motorbikes and bicycles from the Tronchetto to the Lido. We do not hold zone data for the Lido, so check locally before you drive there.

Winter rules for older cars on the mainland

Like the rest of Veneto, the Comune restricts older vehicles on the mainland through the winter. Last winter’s ordinance ran from 1 October to 30 April, with a pause over Christmas, and on weekdays between 08:30 and 18:30 it barred diesel cars up to Euro 4 and petrol cars up to Euro 1. On pollution-alert days it reached petrol cars up to Euro 2 and diesel cars up to Euro 5. A new ordinance is issued each autumn.

The structural ban on Euro 5 diesels that was due in October 2026 has been postponed in Veneto until October 2027. The Euro 5 diesel guide has the region-by-region position.

The access fee is for people, not cars

On set days the Comune charges day visitors an access fee to enter the historic centre. In 2026 it applied on 60 days between April and late July, from 08:30 to 16:00. People staying overnight anywhere in the Comune are exempt, but must register for the exemption on the official site, cda.ve.it. It has nothing to do with the car: it applies however you arrive.