Lugano's pedestrian zone extends between Via Nassa, the Cathedral, Piazza della Riforma, Piazza Dante, the Quartiere Maghetti and its surroundings. Vehicular access is possible only in specific regulated cases or with a regular permit.

Authorization for after-hours access to the pedestrian zone

You can apply online for permission to enter the pedestrian zone.

Go to the Online Desk

Vehicle access within the pedestrian zone

The pedestrian zone is accessible for supply services (loading and unloading operations):

  • on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  • on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Access to the pedestrian zone outside the specified days and hours is managed by automated bollards.

Those who receive authorization for access are provided with a badge for remote activation of the automated bollards, while those who are not provided with one can access the pedestrian zone with a call or request to the appropriate bollards.

  • Type A: motor vehicle holders who own a parking space or loading and unloading zone within the pedestrian zone
  • Type B: loading and unloading for residents without a parking space in their home
  • Type C1: for supplying goods out of hours to merchants
  • Type C2: for merchants who need out-of-hours goods loading and unloading operations
  • Type C3: for maintenance services for urgent and non-derogable operations
  • Type D: for emergency service, city administration, vehicles of investee companies, for type A taxis
  • Type E: special tasks such as removals or exceptional deliveries

Exempt from permits

  • doctors on emergency visits
  • disabled drivers with significant mobility difficulties who do not need the support of auxiliary means to get around
  • vehicles or taxis transporting persons with mobility difficulties
  • taxis for transporting customers of hotels located in the pedestrian zone
  • hotel customers for loading and unloading luggage or accessing the hotel parking lot

The English version of this page was created with the aid of automatic translation tools and may contain errors and omissions.

The original version is the page in Italian.

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