Ciao a tutti.

I did a search on the forums but it seems this topic has not been discussed before.

We are doing a 12-day road-trip in Sicily in a few weeks. Picking up and dropping off the rented car at Sixt at PMO Airport, while I would have preferred to leave the car before entering the city of Palermo, it is considerably cheaper to keep it until the end of our trip. For our last night in Palermo we are booked at the Eurostar Centrale on Via Vittorio Emanuele, which is inside the restricted traffic area (ZTL). I don't know about the Palermo ZTL, but the one in Rome has some automated "gates" (varchi) where a camera checks the car plate to see whether it has a pass, and otherwise it issues the fine.

The Palermo Mobilita' website states that " for clients of economic activities (e.g. hotels) inside the ZTL, the owners of the aziende can proceed to register the client's car and issue a temporary pass". My question is whether I should get the temporary pass before getting to the city or if it's OK to proceed to register the car upon checking-in at the hotel.

Otherwise the ZTL daily pass costs 5 euros -- I'd rather buy one than argue with a car-rental company (over the Atlantic!) over a traffic ticket.

Thanks in advance!