Trieste Car Rental Guide
The current page gives you information about the car rental possibilities in Trieste. The page also provides you with some useful facts about the car rental and driving restrictions in Italy.
Rental Traditions
Driving Restrictions
In Italy, traffic is on the right and passing on the left. The minimum age of a driver is 18 years. Children under 12 years of age must use a special restraint. It is compulsory for all passengers to use seatbelts. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.8‰.
Headlights for vehicles are required from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise and also under bridges and in tunnels. Foglights should only be used in case of poor visibility. The use of the horn is only allowed in cases of extreme danger; at night, flash your lights instead. Outside built-up areas, the horn must be used to indicate the intention of passing.
The middle lane of three or five-lane roads is used for passing.
Generally, vehicles are parked on the right side of the road.
The police are authorised to remove your driving license and to collect fines on the spot. In order to avoid car thefts, the police are increasingly organising vehicle checks, for which you have to present your vehicle documents as well as your own.
Speed limits:| Area | Limit |
| Expressways | 110 or 130 KM/H |
| Outside the City | 90 KM/H |
| In the City | 50 KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Police: 112
Ambulance: 113
Fire: 115
Road Tolls
In Italy, there are tolls charged on the motorways. Tickets must be obtained upon entry to the expressway system and paid upon exiting. Tolls can be paid in cash or with a Viacard (accepted on all routes except the A18 and A20).
Some useful expressions for tourists visiting Italy
Car - automobile
Car rental – affitto di automobile
Road – una strada
About Trieste
Trieste is at once lonely, mysterious and conservative. It is a beautiful, extraordinary and rather old city, a hotbed of science and the arts, welcoming people of all nationalities. Trieste is one big open-air museum: when walking through the city, you are surrounded by Ancient Roman buildings, Art Nouveau facades and churches of all styles. One of the most beautiful attractions in Trieste is the romantic Miramare Castle built in the 19 th century.
There are many parks and gardens in the city as well as several cinemas and theatres. Trieste is home to a Roman Amphitheatre, the remains to Piazza Unita d’Italia – the biggest public square in Europe. A Song Festival is held in the city every year.
Area:
Population: 238,000
Country: Italy
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Central European Time)
Telephone Area Code: 040
Monetary unit: Euro
