Livorno ZTL 2026: Night Zone in the Venezia, Ferry Port
Livorno, Italy · ZTL
Livorno's centre is a permit ZTL, not an emission zone. The H24 zone is closed all day, ZTL A (Venezia quarter) 20:00-05:00. An unauthorised day inside costs EUR 83-332.
Locally the zone is called Zona a Traffico Limitato Livorno (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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- Check your own car against Livorno — enter your fuel and Euro class, get a yes or no in one step.
- Pisa has a zone too — the nearest one to Livorno, and the rules are not identical.
- If a fine arrives after you get home — who pays on a hire car, and what is actually enforceable across borders.
The shaded area is the Zona a Traffico Limitato (ZTL) boundary as mapped in OpenStreetMap — zoom in to see which streets fall inside; the signs at the edge are what counts on the day. Full rules: Livorno ZTL.
Livorno’s restricted centre is a ZTL decided by permits, and two of its zones keep opposite hours. The zone the comune marks H 24 is shut round the clock; ZTL A, which takes in the Venezia canal quarter, closes only from 20:00 to 05:00, so a hotel there can be easy to reach by day and off-limits in the evening. An unauthorised day inside costs EUR 83 to 332. Most drivers, though, are here for the ferries.
This page covers driving around Livorno. For the street list of each zone, see the Livorno ZTL details.
Ferries one way, the ZTL the other
The port’s passenger terminal lists daily ferries to Sardinia, Corsica, Capraia and Gorgona and also berths cruise ships. Follow the port signs to the terminal; it does not require crossing the centre. For the town, check which zone your destination sits in, read the sign over the gate, and otherwise park outside and walk. Italy’s limits: 50 km/h in built-up areas and 0.5 g/l alcohol, zero for under-21s and in the first three years of a licence.
On foot
From the Terrazza Mascagni on the seafront, with its chequered paving, it is a walk to the Quattro Mori monument by the port, the Fortezza Vecchia and the canal-ringed Fortezza Nuova, the Mercato delle Vettovaglie, and the bridges and canals of the Venezia quarter, which can also be followed by boat.
When the car helps
For the Tuscan coast to the south and for Pisa up the coast to the north, drive out from a car park outside the ZTL.
Sources
- Comune di Livorno, list of ZTL, ZSC and ZPRU streets (H 24 zone 00:00-24:00; ZTL A 20:00-05:00; zones B, C, D by order): comune.livorno.it
- Codice della Strada art. 7 c.14 (EUR 83-332): normattiva.it
- Codice della Strada art. 198 c.2-bis, added by Law 177/2024 (one violation per ZTL per day): normattiva.it
- Codice della Strada arts. 142, 186 and 186-bis (50 km/h urban; 0.5 g/l; zero for under-21s and new licence holders): normattiva.it
- Porto di Livorno 2000, passenger terminal (daily ferries to Sardinia, Corsica, Capraia and Gorgona; cruise berths): portolivorno2000.it
- Visit Tuscany (Regione Toscana), Livorno (Venezia quarter, Terrazza Mascagni, Quattro Mori, fortresses, Mercato delle Vettovaglie): visittuscany.com
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. It is a Zona a Traffico Limitato: access depends on a permit or a white-listed plate, never on your car's Euro class. Cameras read every plate at the gates.
It depends on the zone. The zone the comune marks H 24 is closed 00:00-24:00, and ZTL A, which covers the Venezia canal quarter, is a night zone from 20:00 to 05:00. Zones B, C and D follow their own municipal orders, shown on the sign at each gate.
EUR 83 to 332 under article 7 of the Codice della Strada. Since 14 December 2024, repeat camera entries into the same ZTL on the same day count as one violation.
The port's passenger terminal lists daily ferries to Sardinia, Corsica and the islands of Capraia and Gorgona; it also handles cruise ships. Follow the port signs rather than heading through the centre.
The Venezia quarter with its bridges and navigable canals, the Terrazza Mascagni with its black-and-white chequered paving, the Quattro Mori monument by the port, the Old and New Fortresses, and the Mercato delle Vettovaglie, one of Europe's largest historic food markets.
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