Rovinj's old town sits on a peninsula and every street inside the town walls is pedestrian-only. If you arrive by car, you park at the edge of town and walk in — usually 5 to 15 minutes. All the paid city lots are run by Komunalni Servis d.o.o., the local municipal company, and prices are standardised across the town.

Quick take

• Closest to the old town: Velika Valdibora and Mala Valdibora — both closed lots with barriers, right next to the harbour. Velika is also used by residents and fills up fast in season, so don't count on finding a spot at midday in summer.
• Honest advice from locals: just pay the lot and move on. Don't drive around hunting for free spots — you'll burn 30 minutes and still end up parking somewhere you'll pay for.
• For campers & buses: Fra Pavla Pellizzera or Gripole-Spinè, with water and sanitation included.
• When to arrive in summer: before 10 am. The closest lots fill fast in June–September.
• Pay with an app: Bmove or Aircash are both accepted across the zones.
• Read the price list at the lot before you park. Rates are not uniform. The barrier lot Nova Hladnjača, signed Hladnjača 2, is 6.00 €/h in peak season, double the nearest street rate, and closed lots round every started hour up to a full hour.

How parking works in Rovinj

Parking is split into two types:

Closed lots (barriers, entry/exit terminals) — you take a ticket on the way in and pay at a machine before you leave. There are seven of them:

• Velika Valdibora
• Mala Valdibora
• Boksiti
• Nova Hladnjača (signed Hladnjača 2)
• Obala Nona
• Fra Pavla Pellizzera
• Grand Park Hotel garage

Open lots (parking meters, no barrier) — you pay up front for a given duration. These are grouped into six zones, numbered 0 to 5. Low numbers are closer to the old town and cost more:

• Zone 0: Mirna. The most expensive open lot in peak season, at 6.00 €/h.
• Zone 1: Matteo Benussi Cio, Tommy. Short-stay only (max 180 min). Good for a quick errand, not a day visit.
• Zone 2: Carducci, HEP, Fontera, Obala Aldo Negri, Vijenac braće Lorenzetto, Istarska 1, Sv. Vid.
• Zone 3: Obala Vladimira Nazora, Fontana, Matteo Benussi, Istarska 2, 43. istarske divizije, Stanka Pauletića, Gimnazija, Ampelea.
• Zone 4 (furthest and cheapest): Monvi, Basketball Court, Cademia, Football Field, Škaraba, Punta, Kuglana, Bolnica, San Pelagio, Luigi Monti, Porton Biondi, Centener-Cuvi, Cemetery.
• Zone 5: Gripole-Spinè, exclusively for buses, campers and trucks.

Map of all Rovinj parking lots

Official map from Komunalni Servis, with every lot colour-coded by zone:

Prices

Rates change with the season. The main brackets are: winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar), shoulder (1 Apr – 31 May, 1 Oct – 31 Oct), and peak (1 Jun – 30 Sep).

Open lots (pay at meter)

• Zone 0: 0.50 €/h (winter) → 2.00 €/h (shoulder) → 6.00 €/h (peak).
• Zone 1: 0.50 € for first 30 min, then 1.00 € per 30 min. Max 180 min. Same rate all year.
• Zones 2 & 3: 0.50 €/h (winter) → 2.00 €/h (shoulder) → 3.00 €/h (peak). First 30 min free at HEP, Fontera and Istarska 2.
• Zone 4: 1.00 €/h and 7.00 €/day, all year round. It is not free in winter.
• Zone 5 (buses/campers): 1.00 €/h and 5.00 €/day in winter, 2.00 €/h and 10.00 €/day from 1 Apr to 31 Oct.
• Day ticket: 15.00 € (1 Nov – 31 Mar), 25.00 € (1 Apr – 31 Oct), valid across Zones 0 to 4. This is not a cap on metered parking. It is the ticket you are issued if you do not pay, overstay, or fail to display a ticket.

Closed lots (barrier)

• Velika Valdibora, Mala Valdibora, Boksiti: 0.50 €/h winter → 2.00 €/h shoulder → 3.50 €/h peak. First 30 min free from 1 Jun to 30 Sep, first 45 min free the rest of the year.
• Nova Hladnjača, signed Hladnjača 2 at the barrier: 0.50 €/h winter → 2.00 €/h shoulder → 6.00 €/h peak (1 Jun – 30 Sep). The most expensive lot in Rovinj in summer.
• Obala Nona, Fra Pavla Pellizzera: 0.50 €/h winter → 2.00 €/h shoulder → 3.00 €/h peak.
• Fra Pavla Pellizzera (buses, trucks, campers): 2.00 €/h from 1 Dec to the end of February, 4.00 €/h from 1 Mar to 30 Nov.
• Grand Park Hotel garage: 2.00 €/h winter → 4.00 €/h from 1 Apr to 31 Oct. First 30 min free.

Operating hours on open lots are 06:00–23:00 from 1 April to 31 October and 06:00–20:00 in winter, when Sundays and public holidays are free. Closed lots charge 24/7.

Closed lots charge every started hour as a full hour, with a five-minute tolerance. Park for 4 hours and 21 minutes and you pay for five.

How to pay

You don't have to feed a meter with change. Payment options:

• Mobile apps — Bmove and Aircash are the two official ones. Both let you start, extend and stop a session from your phone. Download before you arrive.
• SMS — each zone has its own number posted on the meter.
• QR code on the meter — takes you to a payment page.
• ParkShop (webstore) — for pre-paying a multi-day ticket online.
• Kiosks — Tisak, iNovine and Azzurro kiosks across town sell paper parking tickets.
• Valdibora cashier — the Komunalni Servis office, for anything you'd rather pay in person.

Camper & bus parking

Two city lots are equipped for campers and buses, with free basic infrastructure — water supply, toilets, and wastewater disposal — available 24 hours:

• Fra Pavla Pellizzera (closed lot) — about a 15-minute walk from the old town.
• Gripole-Spinè (Zone 5) — the dedicated bus/camper/truck lot, further out but cheaper.

Local tips

• Just pay for the lot. The realistic local advice: don't hunt for free parking. The time you'll spend looking costs more than a day ticket.
• Avoid peak hours. Summer evenings — roughly 18:00 to 22:00 — are the worst, when the whole town heads in for dinner and a walk along the harbour. Morning or mid-afternoon is much easier.
• Velika Valdibora fills fast and is shared with residents — plan on it being full midday in July and August. Boksiti and Fra Pavla Pellizzera are your reliable fallbacks just a bit further out.
• Don't rely on the car in town. Rovinj is small — you can walk across the old town in 15 minutes. Most hotels rent bikes (or include them free), and the coastal path south to Zlatni rt is flat and pleasant. Park once, use two wheels or two feet.
• Zone 1 is not for visitors — 3-hour max means it's for quick errands. Pick a Zone 2–4 lot for a proper day in town.
• Sundays and public holidays in winter are free on the open lots. Closed lots charge every day of the year.

Practical tips

• Operator: Komunalni Servis d.o.o. — the municipal company that runs all city lots. Their official tariff and instructions are the authority on price; this page is a summary of it, and the sign at the lot beats both.
• Hotel guests: if your accommodation has a private garage (Maistra properties, Grand Park, most hotels) use that. It's almost always cheaper than paying by the hour in Zones 0 to 3.
• Old town rules: no driving in. Delivery vehicles only, with a permit, early morning.
• EV charging: Grand Park Hotel garage has EV chargers; there are also public chargers near Valdibora.

For getting around once you've parked, see our Getting Around Rovinj guide. Or if you haven't arrived yet, our Getting to Rovinj guide covers the best routes in.