Greta won’t love you, but if you park in the right place without wandering around and getting a ticket, we can make her happier.
Here are my suggestions to park in Bologna and avoid tickets in the relentless ZTL (traffic limited zone).
The Traffic Limited Zone (Ztl): if you know it, you avoid it
It’s a limited area that covers almost the whole city inside the old walls and it’s forbidden to non-residents from 7am to 8pm.
My suggestion is to never enter the walls of Bologna with your car: you will get crazy to find parking and you can easily go to a street that is forbidden.
So, where do I park my car in Bologna?
Whatever you leave your car in a garage or in public parking, you have to pay.
Here are the different options:
Even worse with yellow lines that are for buses, taxi or people with disabilities.
The blue lines have different prices and time ranges according to the area where you are. Nothing cheaper than 1,5€/hour.
Also you need coins to pay in the red machine, hopefully working.
- Garage Autostazione
Close to the train station, it’s easy to reach without risks of a ticket.
15 minutes walking to Piazza Maggiore.
Piazza XX Settembre, 6 – 40121 Bologna (BO)
Price: 18€/day (every day but Saturday), 2,2€/hour.
- Nuovo Parcheggio Stazione
Just next to the new train station, it’s a multilevel parking lot with 800 spots. Good if you need to get the train, but in an area with lots of cheaper blue lines.
25 minutes walking to Piazza Maggiore.
Via Fioravanti, 4 – 40129 Bologna (BO)
www.nuovoparcheggiostazione.it
Price: 13€/day, 2€/hour.
- Parcheggio VIII Agosto
It’s an underground multilevel parking lot in a very central location. Not cheap but worth it. Be careful to arrive at it only from Via Irnerio, otherwise you’re surely getting a ticket.
10 minutes walking to Piazza Maggiore.
Piazza VIII Agosto, 40126 Bologna BO
www.apcoa.it/parcheggi-in/bologna/piazza-viii-agosto/
Price: 20€/day, 2,6€/hour.
- Parcheggio Tanari
One of the best options. It’s huge and free if you leave the car there and get the bus to arrive in the center.
30 minutes with bus+walk to Piazza Maggiore.
Via Tanari, 17 – 40131 Bologna (BO)
Price: 5€/day, 0,6€/hour or free if you buy a 1,50€ bus ticket.
- Parcheggio Ex-Staveco
In the southern part of Bologna, perfect to visit Giardini Margherita park.
15 min walking to Piazza Maggiore
Viale Panzacchi, 10 – 40136 Bologna (BO)
Price: 12€/day, 2€/hour.
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