Hello - Seeking more information on where the pedestrian only zones are in Rome. For example, in perusing Google Maps, I've found Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina which is designated area pedonale. It looks like a charming piazza!
Anyone know of where to find a map of these areas?
Here is a website I found that shows a map of each chosen area. It has the entire country of Italy. BE CAREFUL. The website is chock full of places to click on ads, but if you're patient and careful, you finally come to a list of regions, then cities. The maps show gates, times, etc. I found it useful for a remote region (Matera) that I'm visiting.
I believe Auto Europe website also has a list of Rome ZTLs.
https://www.accessibilitacentristorici.it/ztl/lazio/roma.html
The site posted above shows the ZTL for Italian cities. A ZTL has restricted traffic to residents with permit, emergency vehicles, as well as transit (including taxi). If you are looking for piazzas or streets that are totally pedestrian, those are very few, and generally limited to those that contain some important landmark (Piazza di Spagna for example).
Don't quote me on this but I believe you can tell just by looking at a google map. Green dotted lines are non-paved (dirt or gravel) walking/biking paths, and solid green are paved paths. Both are closed to vehicular traffic.
For an easy example, take a look at Villa Borghese on a google map? That park has vehicular roads (white on the map), paved non-vehicular paths (solid green lines) and dotted green lines (gravel paths). Ponte Sant'Angelo bridge crossing the Tiber in front of Castel Sant'Angelo (my favorite bridge in Rome)? Solid green line: paved route for walking/biking only.
All excellent information. Thanks so much. I will investigate further.
I tend to keep the satellite layer active on Google Maps, but I see there is additional information in the "map" layer. For example vehicular traffic areas are white, and non vehicular traffic areas gray.
However, not perfect because the example I gave above, P. San Lorenzo in Lucina, is shaded both gray and white but the whole piazza is an area pedonale.
Don't overthink it? I've been to Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina, and the most interesting thing there is the church of the same name. You're going to run into cars and motorcycles almost everywhere in Rome, and into some areas where there are fewer rather than more of those. It's not a big deal! :O)
Oh, for sure...NOT a big deal Kathy. Just curiosity....I love maps
Thanks
