For those who want to use the car to visit the city, have to pay attention to the ZTL (the Restricted Traffic Area), localized in the old city centre (central ZTL) and near the Castello del Valentino (ZTL Valentino), in order to avoid stiff fines.

Some entry streets to the ZTL are garrisoned by cameras, that control every car's plate for a following check of the circulating permit for that area: up-to-date information on the ZTL can be found at http://www.comune.torino.it/ztlpermessi; you can also find a map of the central ZTL with indications on the garrisoned streets by cameras; this map can be downloaded from http://www.comune.torino.it/ztlpermessi/mappa/ztl.pdf.

Valdo Fusi large square, overlooking
the car park with the same name

For those who want to use the car, need to pay attention to the "Blue zone", which is the zone of the old city centre and many areas around it where there are paying car parks for cars (the lines that bound these car parks are blue).

The hourly rate can vary from one area to another, from 0,50 € to 2,00 €. It is possible to buy parking tickets from the shops that are licensed to sell them (tobacconists, news-stands, bars) or from automatic ticket-offices.
To know the parking rates, the sanctions, the parking office and other news log on to http://www.comune.torino.it/gtt/sosta/index.shtml.
The parking map with the "Blue zones" can be downloaded from http://www.comune.torino.it/mappa_zona_blu.pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Besides the "Blue zone" car parks, a large number of guarded paying car parks are available all around the city, with rates that can vary from 0,40 € to 1,30 € per hour.
In the chart below there is a list of these car parks.

The city pollution, due to car exhausts and to the chimneys, has forced many Italian municipalities (Turin included) to set limitations to car traffic, introducing the circulation prohibition for non-ecological vehicles in urban areas.

We advise those motorists who want to visit the city to enquire on the periods in which these limitations are in force. You can get information on the municipality website, or by reading the municipal ordinance that defines traffic restrictions.