Parking by car
Should you not be able to do without your car altogether, there are plenty of parking areas for your car. Please note that parking is only allowed in the permitted areas.
Parking areas are marked by coloured lines.
- white: unlimited and free parking. Nevertheless, please pay attention to the signs. Parking on white marked parking spaces is not always possible.
- blue: paid parking space.
- yellow: No parking. These are mostly private and reserved parking spaces.
Parking in Merano-Meran
- Bluepark: Blue marked parking spaces along streets and squares in Meran are chargeable from Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 19:00. Purchase a parking ticket at a nearby machine and display it visibly behind the windshield. Fees per zone: 1.50 € to 2.50 € per hour. Attention: White marked parking spaces in the center are not free but reserved for specific groups of people (e.g., residents).
- Thermen Parking: 560 spaces in the parking garage with some charging stations for electric cars. Fee: 3.00 € per hour. Access via Romstraße. Open in Google Maps
- Karl-Wolf Parking: Large parking lot in the center. Fee: 2.40 € per hour, first 15 minutes free. Open in Google Maps
- Kellerei Algund Vinotheque & Parking: Centrally located parking lot with covered parking spaces and direct access to the Merano Arcades. Fee: 2.50 € per hour. Caution: narrow entrances and narrow parking spaces. Open in Google Maps
- St. Josef Meran/o Parking: Modern parking garage near Thermen Parking in the centre. Three charging stations for electric cars, large parking spaces, and wide entrance and exit. Fee: 1.30 € per ½ hour. Open in Google Maps
- Parking Plaza: Parking garage close to the center, narrow parking spaces. Fee: 2.70 € per hour. Open in Google Maps
- Parking Praderplatz: Free parking at Meran station. Attention: Observe signs, partially closed on Tuesdays (farmers' market) and completely closed on Fridays (weekly market). Open in Google Maps
- Station Untermais: Two large free parking lots at the station in the Untermais district. Available to train travelers. The area is locked daily at 22:30. Open in Google Maps
- Parking Racecourse in Untermais: About 1 km from the center, affordable and easily accessible from the highway. Dusty and often many buses. 1.50 € per hour from 08:00-20:00, 1.00 € per hour thereafter. The center is ~15 minutes walking distance. Open in Google Maps
Frequently asked questions about parking in Merano
What do the different colors of the parking space markings in Merano mean?
Blue parking spaces
Paid parking spaces with parking machines in the nearby area are marked in blue. The times and days of the week for paid parking are indicated on the machine.
Tip: On some streets in Merano, parking is free at the weekend in blue parking spaces. Pay attention to the signs at the roadside and the information on the parking ticket machine. At some car parking spaces, free parking with a parking disc is permitted for 30 to 120 minutes; here too, follow the street sign.
Yellow parking spaces
Reserved parking spaces are usually marked with yellow lines. These are usually residents' parking spaces, taxi ranks, disabled parking spaces or parking areas in front of shops and restaurants.
White parking spaces
Free parking spaces are marked with white lines. Normally, unlimited parking is possible here. Nevertheless, please pay attention to any street signs that may be present. Free parking is available in Merano, e.g. behind the railway station in Via 4 Novembre.
Instructions for parking meters
If you park your car in a blue-marked parking space, in most cases you will have to go to the nearest parking machine to print out a parking ticket. The easiest way to print a parking ticket is to insert coins into the parking meter.
- Insert coins. The display shows the max. parking time according to the amount inserted.
- Press the big green "Ticket" button.
- The ticket is printed out after a few seconds.
- Take the parking ticket from the machine.
- Place the parking ticket, clearly visible, on the dashboard.
Is there a park-and-ride car parking lot in Merano?
In the immediate vicinity of the Railway Station is the free park-and-ride car park at Prader Platz. The city buses take you comfortably to the centre of Meran or, for example, to the botanical gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle. Trains take you to Merano or the Vinschgau Valley. Parking at Prader Platz is not unlimited. Weekly markets are held there on Tuesdays and Fridays, so the car park is partially or completely closed on Fridays.
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