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Where to stay in Pescara

Photographed in 2014. Photo: Giulio Gigante from Pescara, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Places to stay in Pescara

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About Pescara

Pescara keeps its centre and its old town closed to unauthorised cars at different hours of the day, and sells parking by the zone. The areas below differ in which zone the car meets, and at what hours.

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Facts and rules

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Airport
Abruzzo Airport (PSR), run by SAGA on the Tiburtina west of the city, about 8 km by road from the centre. The hire desks are on the ground floor opposite arrivals and the cars are in the Rental Car park, reached by the covered canopy to the left of arrivals. Source
Airport parking
One open-air car park of more than 500 spaces, open 24 hours, with the first 15 minutes free. EUR 15 for 24 hours, EUR 35 for 3 days, EUR 55 for 7 days, with an average 20 percent increase on ten listed peak days. Source
Tourist tax
Per person per night: hotels of 5, 4 and 3 stars EUR 2.00, two stars EUR 1.50, one star EUR 1.00, and other accommodation EUR 2.00, meaning agriturismi, B&Bs, holiday houses, hostels, affittacamere, campsites and unclassified properties. Charged for at most 7 consecutive nights. Source
Tax exemptions
Residents of Pescara, children until their twelfth birthday, people aged seventy and over, one companion per patient in a local health facility, people with recognised disability on the accompanying allowance, police and armed forces and firefighters on duty, emergency lodging, and the property's own staff. Source
Licensed stays
Every hotel, B&B and short-let flat has a national identification code (CIN), shown outside the building and in every listing. Source
Check-in
Hosts may accept only guests with an identity document or passport, and register each guest with the police within 24 hours. Source
ZTL and gates
Mayoral ordinance 323 of 25 June 2015 sets five ZTLs. ZTL 1 and the central pedestrian area are the ones with camera gates, active all day except 06:00 to 09:00, 13:00 to 16:00 and 21:00 to 22:00, and then only for loading with a stop of at most 30 minutes. Hotel guests get luggage loading and unloading only, within half an hour, with a parking disc. Source
Old town hours
Via delle Caserme, Corso Manthone, Via Flaiano, Via Corfinio, Via Catone, Via Properzio and Piazza Garibaldi are ZTL 4 every day from 04:00 to 20:00 and a pedestrian area every day from 20:00 to 04:00. Source
Parking with a rental car
Pescara Multiservice runs 18 paid zones. An all-zones subscription costs EUR 60.00 a month and is valid everywhere except Piazza Primo Maggio. Day rates run from EUR 2.50 at the station and the Tribunale to EUR 4.00 at the Terminal Bus and EUR 5.00 on the Lungomare. Source
Monthly stays
Up to 30 days a flat is a short let. A home lease of more than 30 days in a year must be registered with the Agenzia delle Entrate within 30 days. Source
Schengen entry
Visitors from outside the EU, including UK and US citizens, may stay 90 days in any 180 across the Schengen area. The EU Entry/Exit System has been fully operational since 10 April 2026. Source
Currency
Euro (EUR). Source
Emergency number
112 Source

Areas of Pescara

Centro and Corso Umberto I

The shopping grid between the station and the sea, built around Piazza della Rinascita. It suits a stay on foot, with the beach under 1 km away.

Abruzzo Airport by road
about 8 km
Pescara Centrale station
under 1 km
Beach
under 1 km

Car and parking

This is ZTL 1, closed to unauthorised cars every day around the clock and watched by camera gates, with the central pedestrian area beside it. A hotel guest may load and unload luggage only, within half an hour, with a parking disc, and the hotel reports the plate to the municipal police.

An empty paved street in Pescara Vecchia lined with low painted houses, wrought-iron balconies and shuttered bar fronts, with a star-shaped light strung across it.
Photographed in 2020. Photo: Sayatek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pescara Vecchia

The old quarter south of the river around Via delle Caserme and Corso Manthone. It suits a stay on foot, with the car left in a paid area.

Abruzzo Airport by road
about 7 km
Pescara Centrale station
about 1 km
Beach
about 1.4 km

Car and parking

Shut to a rental car around the clock: ZTL 4 covers these streets every day from 04:00 to 20:00 and the pedestrian area takes over from 20:00 to 04:00. The nearest paid parking is the Area Parcheggio Centrale by the Terminal Bus and Via C. Delfino Spiga.

Pescara's sand beach seen along the shore, filled with rows of straw and coloured parasols and sunbeds, with apartment blocks behind and the Abruzzo hills in the distance.
Photographed in 2015. Photo: Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Riviera Nord

The north seafront of hotels and beach clubs along Lungomare Matteotti and Viale della Riviera. It suits a beach stay that still walks into town.

Abruzzo Airport by road
about 10 km
Pescara Centrale station
about 1.7 km
Beach
under 1 km

Car and parking

The 233 bays on Lungomare Matteotti, Viale della Riviera and at the Museo del Mare are paid 08:00 to 20:00, holidays included, at EUR 1.00 an hour or EUR 5.00 for the day. The area sits outside the ZTLs.

Riviera Sud and the Porto Turistico

The south seafront across the Ponte del Mare, with the marina and the beach running south. It suits a car-based stay by the water.

Abruzzo Airport by road
about 7 km
Pescara Centrale station
about 2.3 km
Beach
about 2.3 km

Car and parking

Outside the ZTLs. The Zona Mare bays on Via Gramsci, Via Carducci, Via Regina Elena and Corso Umberto I charge EUR 0.50 for 30 minutes, EUR 1.00 to the hour and EUR 2.00 each later hour, from 08:00 to 24:00 between 15 April and 15 October.

Around Pescara Centrale and the Area di Risulta

The strip between the main station and the centre, where the long-distance coaches and the airport buses stop. It suits arrivals by train and a car that needs a cheap place for the day.

Abruzzo Airport by road
about 8 km
Pescara Centrale station
under 1 km
Beach
about 1.2 km

Car and parking

The Area Parcheggio Centrale by the Terminal Bus and the Bingo area hold 723 cars at EUR 4.00 for the day, with a monthly subscription at EUR 45.00. Stazione FS Porta Nuova adds 274 bays at EUR 2.50 for the day and the Tribunale area on Via Plauto another 513 at the same day rate.

Guides

Questions

How much is the tourist tax in Pescara?

Per person per night: EUR 2.00 in hotels of 3, 4 and 5 stars, EUR 1.50 in two-star hotels, EUR 1.00 in one-star hotels, and EUR 2.00 in agriturismi, B&Bs, holiday houses, hostels, affittacamere, campsites and other unclassified accommodation. It is charged for at most 7 consecutive nights.

Can a guest drive to a hotel inside the Pescara ZTL?

Only to load and unload luggage, within half an hour, with a parking disc displayed. The comune states that hoteliers report their guests' plates to the municipal police. Camera gates cover ZTL 1 and the central pedestrian area.

Who is exempt from the Pescara tourist tax?

Residents of the comune, children until their twelfth birthday, people who have turned seventy, one companion per patient in a local health facility, people with a recognised disability receiving the accompanying allowance, forces on duty, emergency lodging and the property's own staff.

What does parking cost on the Pescara seafront?

On Lungomare Matteotti, Viale della Riviera and at the Museo del Mare, EUR 1.00 an hour or EUR 5.00 for the day, 08:00 to 20:00 including holidays. In the Zona Mare bays it is EUR 0.50 for 30 minutes, EUR 1.00 to the hour and EUR 2.00 each later hour.