If you are about to visit Siena, it is good to know that the historical center of the city is considered a limited traffic zone (ZTL).<\/p>\n
[Let’s open a parenthesis: Hotel Minerva is a hotel in the center of Siena not in the ZTL area and in addition with a 20-seater paid parking area].<\/strong><\/p>\n This means that there are security cameras at the entrance or exit of almost all the streets of the historic center and to enter it is mandatory to obtain a permit, also to avoid unpleasant sanctions.<\/p>\n In particular, Siena has the oldest limited traffic area in Italy, one of the first ZTL in Europe, and is considered one of the most important in terms of extension (about 31 square meters per inhabitant). The ZTL of the historic center of Siena is equipped with special electronic gates that adapt perfectly to the telepass system and are equipped with cameras operating 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n These passages control all the accesses of the historic center and have seen their realization in 2004 in order to protect the particular urban fabric of Siena surrounded by walls.<\/p>\n The choice to use these gates, of course, is also an advantage for the residents of Siena, above all because a limited circulation of vehicles in the historic center means an improvement in the quality of life.<\/p>\n The ZTL of Siena, in addition to being one of the oldest in Italy, delimits much of the city center and, near its borders, allows tourists access to many convenient underground parking.<\/p>\n Siena’s ZTL is divided into three sectors: “ZTL”, “ZTL A” and “ZTL Y storico”. \u2022 via Pian d’Ovile Instead the “ZTL A” includes:<\/p>\n \u2022 via dei Montanini (from via del Sasso di San Bernardino to via Giuseppe Pianigiani) The so-called “historical Y”, or the perimeter of Banchi di Sopra-Banchi di Sotto-via di Citt\u00e0, is considered a pedestrian area.<\/p>\n On this track, the absolute and permanent ban on all vehicles was established, with the exception of residents and authorized subjects with a permit regularly registered in the Municipality.<\/p>\n Here are all the streets of Siena interested by the “historical ZTL Y”: We remember once again that the cameras related to the service of the ZTL of Siena are operating day and night without interruption.<\/p>\n The prohibition of access is regulated for every kind of motor vehicle, while motorcycles and mopeds in some areas of the LTZ can be accessed without any kind of authorization.<\/p>\n Now let’s see in detail where the cameras of the ZTL have been placed that serve to guard the entry and exit gates of the most important city streets of the historic center:<\/p>\n \u2022 Via Tozzi (entrance and exit) The following are the categories of vehicles and persons authorized to move in the ZTL areas of Siena, obviously with the issuance of a regular permit:<\/p>\n \u2022 Taxi – Taxi Merci – NCC municipality of Siena \u2022 Parking marked for disabled (as per article 188 of the C.d.S.) of other municipalities If you are about to visit Siena, it is good to know that the historical center of the city is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe ZTL includes all the streets of the historic center within the Walls excluding:<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 via Garibaldi (from Porta Ovile to viale Don Minzoni – Barriera San Lorenzo)
\n\u2022 via the New Kindergarten
\n\u2022 via Paolo Mascagni (from Nuovo Asilo to Bastianini)
\n\u2022 via Ettore Bastianini (from via Paolo Mascagni to the control gate ZTL)
\n\u2022 via Roma (from Porta Romana to the ZTL control gate)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 vicolo del Rustichetto
\n\u2022 via dell’Arco Malavolti
\n\u2022 via Giuseppe Pianigiani via the Termini
\n\u2022 Costa dell’Incrociata
\n\u2022 via del Cavalletto
\n\u2022 via della Sapienza
\n\u2022 Via delle Terme (from Via della Sapienza to Piazza Indipendenza)
\n\u2022 Piazza Indipendenza
\n\u2022 Banchi di Sopra (from Logge del Papa to via di San Vigilio)
\n\u2022 Piazza Salimbeni<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Banchi di Sopra
\n\u2022 vicolo Beato Pier Pettinaio
\n\u2022 vicolo del Coltellinaio
\n\u2022 vicolo della Torre
\n\u2022 via dei Pontani
\n\u2022 via dei Rossi (from Banchi di Sopra to via del Refe Nero)
\n\u2022 Banchi di Sotto (from via di San Vigilio to via di Citt\u00e0)
\n\u2022 via delle Donzelle (from Banchi di Sotto to vicolo del Viscione)
\n\u2022 via di Citt\u00e0
\n\u2022 via delle Terme (from piazza dell’Indipendenza to via di Citt\u00e0)
\n\u2022 via di Beccheria
\n\u2022 via dei Pellegrini (from via di Citt\u00e0 to via di Monna Agnese)
\n\u2022 via delle Campane
\n\u2022 vicolo del Castoro (from via di Citt\u00e0 to via del Poggio)
\n\u2022 Il Campo (upper ring)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Via Camporegio (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Vicolo Malizia (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Via Mascagni (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Via delle Sperandie (entrance)
\n\u2022 Via Mattioli (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Via Garibaldi (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Via Fontanella (entrance)
\n\u2022 Porta Romana (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Via di Vallerozzi (exit)
\n\u2022 Porta Pispini (exit)
\n\u2022 Via di Mezzo (entrance)
\n\u2022 Via Gazzani (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Via Ettore Bastianini (entrance)
\n\u2022 Via Esterna Fontebranda (entrance and exit)
\n\u2022 Porta San Marco (exit)
\n\u2022 Porta Camollia (exit)
\n\u2022 Via Sasso San Bernardino (entrance)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 NCC of other municipalities
\n\u2022 Vehicles of the municipality of Siena and vehicles used for public services identified by logos (For example, Police, Army, Firefighters, Guardia di Finanza, Corpo Forestale, ASL, emergency vehicles, garbage, public transport)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Residents
\n\u2022 Garage owners in the affected areas of the historic center
\n\u2022 Over seventy-years old people
\n\u2022 Minors
\n\u2022 Disabled
\n\u2022 Plant maintenance technicians
\n\u2022\u00a0Transport for construction companies
\n\u2022 Transport of goods
\n\u2022 Associations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"