Paying Tall in Italy

I'm pretty sure you have to pay in euros! Take some coins with you to pay the toll. Donna

Marina - It is pretty simple, much like the tollways in Chicago. There are lanes that are for the folks with the automatic passes that check in every time you go by a booth. those lanes are yellow. Stay out of those. there are usually lanes for two self sevice lanes a blue one for credit cards and prepaid toll cards and a white one for coins and currency. there is also usually a manned booth that will take everything. White with a hand in the graphic giving change. Here is a link to info in English. At the top of the page you can actually download the brochure. http://www.autostrade.it/en/news4.html Just the same as here, don't forget to take a ticket if you go through an entrance that gives you one and don't lose the ticket.

The automatic passes are Telepass and well marked as are the other lanes with text and graphics. Alot of times there will be lanes marked self service that will take either credit cards or cash. If you want/need a receipt press the ricevuta button after paying. In my experience the manned booths will take cash only but we usually don't use those. Everything is in euro.

I'd avoid the Telepass lanes unless you have a chip-and-pin credit card.

We got stuck in a toll lane and realized we had no Euros on us, all my wife could dig out of her purse was a good old dollar, the attendant took it and let us through LOL. Enough said about tolls and exchange rates, after all it is Italy, the home of La Dolce Vita.

Thank you all for the prompt, useful, and fun responses. I have used Travelers Helpline for the first time and totally enjoyed the experience. Thank you again!
-Marina