. The cost of toll roads in 2019
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In Italy the most old system tolls on 80 highways.
All signs towards toll freeways are in white letters on a green background.
Any toll freeway is necessarily duplicated by a free road more low level(white letters on blue background). The speed limit there is 60 km/h, and in populated areas - up to 50 km/h.
Fees are calculated in 2 ways:
1).-"closed" system applies on most autobahns - the amount of the fee depends on the mileage. For 100 km from the car they take 5 Euro. The price is calculated separately for motorcycles and motorhomes.
The system for calculating the fare on the autobahn is about the same as in the rest of Europe. At the entrance to the track, special gates with automatic machines are installed, which will issue a ticket indicating the place and time of entry. For different types transport has its own checkpoints, over which there are corresponding pointers. In addition, there is also information on where you can use credit cards, traveler's checks, cash, and where vehicles equipped with the Telepass system (electronic reading settlement device) are allowed to pass. It is a pity that rental cars are not equipped with such a meter, because. it saves a lot of time at the entrance, and most importantly, at the exit from the highway.
When calculating, the following matters: mileage, prices for a given road and type of vehicle. The assessment of the fare depends on several factors: the number of axles (2/ 3/ 4/ 5 or more) and the length of the vehicle (less/more than 1.3 m). The time factor does not affect the fare. When leaving the track, a calculation is made. This is done by employees who pass your ticket received at the time of entry through their electronic system, after which the required amount lights up on the scoreboard in front of the car. Having paid and received the change, you will be able to continue on your way, because. the mind gate will open automatically. Non-payment for travel highway in Italy is punished severely. In accordance with local regulations traffic for such a violation, the perpetrator is imposed hefty fine, the minimum amount of which is €300. Therefore, until the end of the trip, be sure to keep the receipt of payment.
2).- "Open" system- this is when a single fee is paid at the entrance to the toll road at the portal - practiced on the following sections: Como-Milano, Varese-Milano, Torino-Bardonecchia, Morgex-Aosta, Roma-Civitavecchia, Napoli-Salerno, Messina-Furiano und Cefalù-Buonfornello . South of Naples and in Sicily there are several free sites. When leaving the autobahn, you need to be careful: there are turnstiles that accept only credit cards and turnstiles that respond to a special pager. Try not to lose the check received on the road!
It is better to choose the gate on which coins are depicted: about 200 kilometers can be saved by driving by country roads. For a longer distance, "winding" is very tiring. It is better not to regret 6 euros.
An excerpt from this report:“Having passed the Italian border, we drove onto a toll Italian motorway. From the reports, we knew that it was impossible to pass through the gate under the letter T (telepass) due to the absence of the latter, well, there were Ts on all the gates! At the last moment, we realized that it was possible to go all the way, since in addition to the “T” money was drawn.
When the barrier is closed behind the car in front, the green light turns on, you need to drive up to the machine and pick up the ticket (Biglette), which must not be lost - you will need it when leaving the motorway. I am writing in such detail because we ourselves had to be a little nervous, although before that we had read about toll roads ah Italy. After entering the highway, a many-kilometer traffic jam began - more precisely, very dense traffic at a speed of 20-50 km per hour.
After about 200 km we left the freeway. There was no need to worry here, as the payment was accepted by a person. He took the ticket, he said something, we didn’t understand, showed several banknotes of 5 euros, he took the right amount, gave change, and we left. „
This is how a motorway toll station in Italy looks like:
If you are the owner of an electronic telepass card, then enter the lane marked with this sign:
Cashless payment of fees is possible by credit cards and VIA cards And TELEPASS which are sold at the price of 25.25 and 50.50.75 Euro at toll booths and rest stops on the highway, at newsstands, petrol stations, in banks. The validity of the VIA card is limited in time and its can be transferred. Not all points have the possibility to pay by credit card.
For information about Viacard and Telepass: phone 800-269269
If you are planning pay in cash through a cashier, then enter the lane marked with this sign:
This sign means that payment is being made for cash payment through automatic self-service checkouts.
This sign also shows that in addition to cash, you can pay by Viacard, credit card and Bancomat.
Highway fares increased by 5% in 2019 compared to 2013. Prices are in euro.
Prices for bridges and tunnels in Italy :
In Italy there is also an extensive network of "free" roads .
The maximum speed limit on Italian autobahns is 130 kilometers per hour.
Important information :
In fact, starting from November 11 and until April 15, you must definitely switch to Winter tires or have chains in the car!
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Here you can find out about the prices for travel on toll roads throughout Europe, click on the map on the country you are interested in and the table will show fare prices.
Today there are at least 28 countries in Europe that have toll roads:
Roads of Italy. Perhaps this topic is still worth it. separate conversation when the question of . Because very often independent travel includes travel to own car mobile.
This is, perhaps, one of the most convenient, profitable and comfortable types of self-organized recreation.
Personally, we always travel on our own, and in our own car. Thanks to this type of tourism, we manage to visit exactly those that are of interest to us and stay there for exactly as long as we want.
But, of course, before it is necessary to lay a route along the roads of Italy in particular (this is when we travel around Italy).
The roads of Italy are divided into:
- expressways, which are related to toll roads;
- state roads (free);
- regional significance(Also free);
- country roads (free).
It goes without saying that the autobahn is the most convenient, comfortable and quick view roads in Italy. However, it costs money, and not small. It is impossible to say unequivocally how much a kilometer of road on the Italian autobahn costs. This is due to the fact that autobahns vary in price. Depending on the level of complexity of the highway construction. The price of which is then included in the price of tolls on the autobahn.
However, in parallel with toll roads, there are free public roads. . You can use them in the same way to get from point A to point B. In addition, you can save the cost of traveling on the autobahn.
However, unlike autobahns, state roads can have both two lane traffic(in one direction) and single-lane. Autobahns always have 2 to 6 lanes one way.
italian autobahn
Also on free roads the path will still be longer than the paid ones. The roads will be more winding, with much more indented curves and forks.
Still, you have to pay for the pleasure. 😉
However, the quality state roads not much different from the autobahns. Familiar to us pits, asphalt pavement breaks and similar "joys" rare on the roads of Italy.
State road in Italy
Toll and free roads in Italy
It should also be added that often state roads through the landscape outside the window, much more beautiful and exotic than the autobahns.
Having entered fenced on both sides, you will spit on it in a straight line, practically not noticing what is flashing outside the window. State roads (for example Aurelia), on the contrary, wind along the sea, beaches, rocks, which cannot but create a crazy holiday atmosphere.
Moreover, with state road you always have the opportunity to turn and stop (to swim, for example), but with autobahn you don't get tricks like that.
Aurelia road in Italy
On autobahn you need to search exit from the autobahn, and then another stray on country roads to go to the sea.
Another plus state road is that you can always stop at your favorite local restaurant for lunch or dinner, excellent Italian food.
autobahn you can always steadily offer only Autogrill services with standard food.
No romance All in all. 🙁
Food at Autogrill
These are in short road features in Italy. Along with its indisputable advantages, there, of course, there are also disadvantages.
Finally, we offer you short video dedicated the most beautiful roads in Italy for motorcycle trips:
Good luck with your travels!
As for driving on the roads of Italy ... We drove mainly on motorways. Almost everywhere you had to pay tolls. But fast (speed limit 130 km/h) and comfortable (rest areas with cafes, toilets and gas stations). The main points that we encountered on the roads more…
Roads and traffic rules in Italy
If in your Russian driving license Full name is not indicated in Latin letters, then to travel around Italy by car you also need (IDP).
Traffic rules in Italy are not much different from European and Russian ones. And you must comply with them, as the fines are large. Basic moments:
- outside settlements, be sure to turn on the dipped beam;
- it is better not to use foglights;
- be sure to buckle up while driving and on mobile phone we don't talk;
- we do not exceed the speed, there are vigilant devices for measuring the speed of Autovelox and Tutor everywhere;
- and no bribes to the police if you don't want to be arrested. In Italy, law enforcement officers are extremely principled.
The roads are good. And highways, and in cities, and in the province. Lots of crossroads roundabout, you do not immediately get used to the huge number of congresses. The navigator loses count and does not have time to navigate, at first I had to make a couple of extra circles. But then you get used to it.
Tolls on motorways in Italy
A slight stupor occurs when you drive up to the payment point for the first time. Then you realize that there is nothing complicated. Everything is the same as in many other European countries. There are just a few things to be aware of.
- Driving on paid section motorway, you are given a ticket at the terminal indicating the place and time of entry. You have to pay for it when you get off the freeway. The fare is affected by the distance traveled and the category vehicle. Travel through some tunnels is paid separately. If you lose your ticket, you will be charged for the entire distance from the start of the toll road. Therefore, immediately put the ticket in a conspicuous place.
- Only go to places where a hand or coins or the inscription CASH is drawn. Usually there are several special corridors for Telepass holders (yellow shield) and special CARTE cards (blue shield) - you don't need to go there. Payment is accepted by a person or a special terminal. With a person, everything is clear - you give the coupon, you see the amount to be paid on the screen, you give money or a card and that's it. If the payment point is automatic, insert a coupon, the machine will show how much you pay. Coins and banknotes are accepted. Surrender is issued.
There are duplicate free roads. But you need to understand that they run through settlements and it will take twice as long to get to your destination.
Gas stations on the roads
Petrol is expensive in Italy. Perhaps the most expensive of all European countries that we traveled to Italy.
For example, on 02/10/2018:
- Benzina (95) - € 1.558
- Benzina (98) - € 1.696
Please note that many gas stations sell two types of diesel. Which is unusual for us. Pistols may have inscriptions:
- Senza piombo (petrol 95th)
- Blue Diesel (diesel)
- Gasolio (also diesel!)
There are many gas stations on Italian roads. Both on highways and in small towns.
There are fully automatic gas stations (but they say that at such gas stations you can easily lose money due to erroneous actions). There is a certain order that must be followed:
- put the money into the machine (next to the pistols)
- select fuel (press the desired button)
- insert the gun into the hatch and turn on the feed (more often, you need to hold the dog all the time)
- take the gun out of the tank.
At some gas stations, employees do not serve all dispensers.
Where the inscription "fai da te" - refuel yourself, then pay at the box office.
And if the column says “servito”, then an employee will fill you up. But gasoline from this column at the same gas station will cost you a little more.
In general, so that there are no problems, go to where they run. With gas stations where you are served by a station employee, everything is easier. And you don’t need to tip anyone (everything is included in the price of gasoline).
Car parks in Italy
IN major cities In Italy, as in many other European cities, it is very difficult to find a place to park. Sometimes entry into the city center is restricted or even banned.
in blue paid parking lots. Look for a parking meter nearby. There are written rates for this parking. Estimate for how long you plan to leave the car and lower the required number of coins. Leave the receipt issued by the parking machine under the windshield so that the time indicated on it can be seen by the police.
white color marked up free parking. Feel free to leave the car if you are lucky enough to find free place.
WITH yellow markings- parking for local residents, visitors to nearby establishments, hotel guests, disabled people, etc. You can't leave your car there without permission.
In Italy, do not ignore the markings and road signs Otherwise, you are guaranteed a hefty fine.
A lot of useful information, which we ourselves often use, about the roads of Italy, parking lots, signs and traffic rules: https://autotraveler.ru/italy
Good luck on the roads of Italy!
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Hey! What to do then? Where to put money? And most importantly, to whom? Not a single living soul, only you are standing here! Let's skip us then! Alla, he does not accept money and does not open the barrier! How to get there?
This is how my dialogue with the machine on the toll road looked like. The Italian driver, who was following us on the toll road, was waving his arms vigorously in his car and trying to explain that we had to press the button - the machine would issue a ticket and let us onto the toll road.
Toll roads in Italy
The situation was unexpected. I thought it would be like in Greece - there are booths, people sit in them who accept money and let cars through to a toll section of the road. But no, we were met not by a serious Italian macho with rolled up sleeves, but by a serious and impregnable huge machine gun that controls the flow of cars moving continuously in different directions.
Roads in Italy excellent. Compared to Russia, in any country the roads are good. But in Italy they are really cool. There is a well-thought-out system of toll roads. If you are driving long distances, then the most convenient way to get there is on freeways - these are state roads, at least 2 lanes on each side. They do not wind between cities and villages, and you can accelerate decently. But you have to pay for the pleasure.
Our trip on the roads of Italy was small. Compared with . This time we took a car for a week and managed to drive it from Florence to Siena, then Lake Trasimeno, Assisi, Spello, Spoletto, Tivoli and pass it in Rome. The toll road overtook us only after Tivoli, when we were driving to. The payment system is as follows: you drive up to a section of the route where automatic machines with a barrier are installed.
The question immediately arises: how to find out where the toll road begins? On the track there are shields with a warning that after such and such a number of kilometers the road with payment will begin. There are separate gates for different types of transport. Attention! Do not enter the TELEPASS yellow lane (These are special cards sold at toll booths, kiosks, rest stops, gas stations, banks. It is only for TELEPASS customers). Everything is drawn and shown there, and you can easily figure it out.
How to pay for a toll road
So, you finally drove up to the machine. You don't have to pay anything right away. You press the button, which is located somewhere at the level of the driver's face, and the machine will spit out a coupon for you, and open the barrier, and you can drive quietly. At the end of the toll road there will be the same machine or a booth with a person. When you arrive, you can choose how you want to pay - in cash or by credit card. average cost for 1 kilometer of the motorway will be approximately 6 cents.
yellow stripe as mentioned earlier, only for TELEPASS customers.
blue stripe- payment by credit card only.
white stripe- payment by cash or credit card
If you hit a living creature in the booth, then just give him the ticket, he will lead him through electronic system, after which in front of you on the scoreboard lights up required amount for payment. If you hit the machine, then insert the coupon into the validator and then pay the amount that it highlighted.
On the video you can watch a funny episode about the difficulty of communicating with the machine)
Free roads in Italy
Driving on Italian free roads will take you twice as long as driving on a motorway. Often they are single-lane, passing through settlements. There are also narrow serpentines. We had a case. We drove from Spello to Spoleto along a single-lane serpentine road. We drove a little, about 10 kilometers, and, somewhere in front of the bridge, the traffic slowed down, after a kilometer it stopped altogether. We thought it was a traffic jam, we stood like that for 10 minutes, no movement at all.
There was a truck in front of us and we did not see what was happening. Drivers began to get out of the cars and go forward, to find out what happened. There was an accident, two cars collided and blocked the road. Nobody could get through at all. The police arrived, the ambulance. They said they would clear the road in an hour. Well, there were a lot of Italians and they knew detours. I had to drive along the still narrow mountain road through the villages. The detour took about 25 kilometers. These are the cases with mountain roads. You always need extra hours on the road in reserve. You never know what might happen. And it's not your fault.
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In case of a breakdown, you can call 116. This is the roadside assistance line.
112 - carabinieri
113 - police
115 - firefighters
117 - financial assistance
118 - emergency medical assistance
But there is one big plus of such roads - sometimes such amazing views open up that you don’t regret the extra detour and the time spent.
And finally, a little about parking
Free parking marked white. They are hard to find in big cities. The navigator helped me.
yellow markings– parking for residents of the area, hotel guests, etc. You can't park your car there without permission.
blue markings – paid parking. They are also often busy and sometimes you have to circle several times to find an empty seat. These car parks are equipped with a parking meter. He accepts money and issues an invoice. It has rates on it. Calculate how long you want to leave the car, insert coins into the payment slot, press the button, the machine will give you a receipt. Leave it in a visible place under the windshield. This is necessary so that in the event of a police check, the car is not taken away as unpaid.
It's like about everyone necessary things to travel by car, I said. Travel in comfort on the roads of Italy!
Sincerely,
Toll roads in Italy are a good thing.
Toll roads save time and money.
Is it true? someone will ask.
True - I will answer: when driving a car with constant speed- saves fuel.
Just in case, I'll let you know: fuel in Italy is more expensive than in Russia.
How to avoid toll roads in Italy
In any normal navigation there is an option to avoid toll roads.
Turn on and drive minor roads with speed limit, traffic lights and roundabouts.
Enjoy your savings.
Toll roads in Italy calculator
I never wondered how much it costs to travel in Italy from point A to point B.
But I see that this request is popular.
Therefore, I address to the site-calculator for calculating the fare from A to B on toll roads.
As you can see from the example, I will drive 145 km and pay 12 euros for it at toll stations.
Is it expensive?
If we compare the toll road in Moscow from the Moscow Ring Road to Sheremetyevo, then a penny.
But as I said above: everything is in your hands.
Rather in navigation system on windshield.
Spend not 1 hour 37 minutes on the road, but 3 hours - business then ...
But we’ll save 12 euros right away - we’ll buy something with this money.
Drive on toll roads
I prefer not to save on trifles.
I save time and appreciate my comfort.
We went on the toll road.
Before entering the toll road, you must pass through the toll station and get a ticket.
Toll station looks like this:
What is yellow-blue-white gradation.
You don’t have to go into the yellow one - this corridor is for truckers and local residents with a telepass (transponders).
They do not need to get a ticket and they rush through the corridor without stopping.
You need a white or blue corridor.
Arriving at the barrier, take the ticket that appears in the machine.
If the ticket does not appear - press the red button - the ticket will appear.
Paying the toll road in Italy
Approaching the toll station - do not climb into the yellow corridor.
This is a passage for truckers and local residents with a telepass (a device that remotely identifies the passage of a road payer by bank transfer).
But if you drove through the yellow - expect a fine.
You need a blue corridor - payment by card.
In fact, locals come here who have discount cards Vcard, but the tourist Vinsky usually pays for the road in the blue corridor, as in the white corridors people are stupid with cash.
Or a white corridor.
Those who pay for the road in cash come here.
That is, those do not have bank card or has a card of a European bank, which for each transaction through the terminal adds a percentage for the service from above (chip of cards of European banks).
So they pay in cash, putting bills into the receiver or pouring change into the receiving tray.
Paying the toll road with a card
I have not used cash for a long time abroad and pay for the road with a card.
Therefore, more about this payment method:
– insert the ticket into the ticket receiver (under the green down arrow)
- I see the amount of payment on the scoreboard
- I insert my Alfa or SMP bank debit card into the same ticket receiver (black arrow on yellow)
- a couple of seconds while my card is inside the device (pin is not entered)
– the card returns from the inside of the receiver, the barrier opens
- Arivederchi! - this is what the machine says
- Kiss my ass! - I say this in parting to the machine.
Do not bother and do not cut money with the calculations of toll roads.
– Enjoy life and Italy.
Life is short - enjoy!
PS: Yes, in Italy there are toll stations with a fixed fee for a section of road or bridge/tunnel.
But since such sites (with a fixed price) - 1% of the total number of toll stations in Italy - they were not discussed separately.
Yes, and it makes no sense: drove up and paid.
