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Siena ZTL: Zones, Gates and the 48 Hour Hotel Rule

By Josep Mampel Marques, updated

Siena's historic centre inside the walls is a ZTL with camera gates, but the city publishes no open map and no hours we could verify, so this guide has no checker yet. Under Siena's 2018 ZTL regulation, a hotel inside the zone must report your plate, your times and the gates you used by email within 48 hours. Until you know more, treat the centre as closed to your car at any hour.

Why there is no map of Siena here

We only publish boundaries we can trace to an open source, and Siena has none:

We plan to draw the zone by hand from official maps and add it to the checker. Until then, the map on accessibilitacentristorici.it and your hotel are the best guides.

The official rules: Siena's 2018 Disciplinare

The most detailed official document we found is the Comune's ZTL regulation (Disciplinare) of 2 October 2018. We read it through a copy hosted by accessibilitacentristorici.it, and we have not been able to confirm that it is still the version in force. It names camera gates (varchi) that include:

That list is not complete, and gates can be added after 2018. At every entrance, look for the ZTL sign and the plate with its hours and exemptions. How to recognise a ZTL sign and camera shows what they look like.

Siena ZTL hours: not verified

We have not found current hours in an official source we could read, so we do not publish any. Search results and guides give hours, but without an official document behind them we would only be passing on a guess. If you need to drive into the centre, ask your hotel what applies on your dates and read the sign at the gate.

Hotel inside the Siena ZTL

Under the 2018 Disciplinare, the hotel (struttura ricettiva) sends the guest's plate, the times of entry and exit and the gates used to the Comune's ZTL office by email, ztlsi@comune.siena.it, within 48 hours, and the hotel is responsible for errors in what it sends. Tyremap, a site that covers zones across Europe, describes the procedure more simply as registration at check-in. Either way:

  1. Before you book, ask whether the hotel is inside the ZTL and whether it registers guests' plates.
  2. Send your plate as soon as you collect the car.
  3. Note the time you drove in and the gate you used, and give both to the desk when you arrive.
  4. Do the same when you leave if you drive out through a gate.
  5. Ask for a written confirmation that your plate was sent.

Siena's deadline (48 hours) is longer than Pisa's (6 hours). Compare all cities in hotel inside a ZTL.

Parking outside the ZTL

For most visitors the simplest plan is to park outside the walls and walk in. We have not yet checked individual car parks against the boundary, so we do not list any. When you pick one, make sure your route to it does not pass through a gate.

Fines

An unauthorised entry is fined under article 7 of the Italian Highway Code; the amount most often cited is 83 to 332 EUR plus notification costs. Since December 2024, several entries into the same ZTL on the same calendar day are fined once. With a rental car the fine reaches you months later through the rental company: see ZTL fines with a rental car.

Visiting more of Tuscany? See our guides to Florence, Pisa and Lucca.

Sources

Checked on 9 November 2026.