Castelfranco Veneto 2026: ZTL Inside the Walls on Holidays
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy · ZTL
ZTL A covers the streets inside the castle walls on holidays, 12:30 to midnight. Vicolo del Cristo, Abaco and Monte di Pietà close nightly 20:00-08:00. Fine: EUR 83-332.
Locally the zone is called Zona a Traffico Limitato Castelfranco Veneto (Italy) — that is the wording on the boundary signs, on the official portal and on any penalty notice, so it is the phrase to search for once you are there.
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Most days, nobody stops you driving into Castelfranco Veneto’s walled centre. The comune’s ZTL A covers the streets inside the castle walls and closes them to unauthorised traffic only on holidays, from 12:30 to 24:00. A second rule shuts three narrow lanes, vicolo del Cristo, vicolo Abaco and vicolo Monte di Pietà, every night from 20:00 to 08:00. A pass without authorisation costs EUR 83 to EUR 332 under the Codice della Strada.
This page covers driving around Castelfranco Veneto. For the zone record, see the Castelfranco Veneto ZTL details.
Who may drive in
Permits for the holiday window go to residents, shopkeepers, professionals and people domiciled inside the walls, on application to the comune. Your car’s Euro class plays no part. Vehicles over 3.5 tonnes need their own transit authorisation. Since 14 December 2024, repeat passes into the same zone on the same day are treated as one violation.
Park outside, walk in
Piazza Giorgione, the town’s main square, lies just outside the walls, and the centre within is small enough to cross on foot in minutes. Inside are the cathedral with Giorgione’s altarpiece and the Museo Casa Giorgione on Piazza San Liberale. Italy’s national limits apply: 50 km/h in town and a 0.05% alcohol limit, zero for drivers in their first three years.
When the car helps
Keep it for the Venetian villas of the plain, Treviso, the walled town of Cittadella and the Prosecco hills toward Asolo.
Sources
- Comune di Castelfranco Veneto, ZTL topic page (ZTL A holiday hours 12:30-24:00; night closure of vicolo del Cristo, Abaco, Monte di Pietà): comune.castelfrancoveneto.tv.it
- Comune di Castelfranco Veneto, places (Piazza Giorgione outside the walls): comune.castelfrancoveneto.tv.it
- Museo Casa Giorgione (Piazza S. Liberale): museocasagiorgione.it
- Codice della Strada, art. 7 c. 14 (EUR 83-332) and art. 186 (alcohol): normattiva.it
- Law 177/2024 (one ZTL violation per zone per day, in force 14 December 2024): normattiva.it
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Frequently Asked Questions
The comune publishes two restrictions. Zona a Traffico Limitato A, inside the castle walls, is closed to unauthorised traffic on holidays from 12:30 to 24:00. Separately, vicolo del Cristo, vicolo Abaco and vicolo Monte di Pietà close every day from 20:00 to 08:00. Neither rule depends on your car's Euro class.
EUR 83 to EUR 332 under article 7 of the Codice della Strada. Since 14 December 2024, repeated passes through the same zone on the same day count as one violation.
Residents, shop owners, professionals with offices inside the walls and people domiciled there can apply to the comune for the holiday-hours permit. Vehicles over 3.5 tonnes need a separate transit authorisation.
In the cathedral inside the walls. The Museo Casa Giorgione, devoted to the Renaissance painter born in the town, stands on Piazza San Liberale beside it.
Not for the walled centre, which is small enough to walk. A car helps for the Venetian villas on the plain around it, Treviso, the walled town of Cittadella and the Prosecco hills toward Asolo.
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