We'll be traveling all over Italy for 2 weeks. What kind of tolls can we expect? Are they expensive?

Question

can you pay with a credit card when you go through them?

Answer 1

Yes, they are expensive (about 30 or 40 euro). Also staying in a hotel is very expensive but I think you spend well your money.

(ps: the trains are always late...sometimes you must wait 30 minutes or a hour...)

You can use credit cars in autostrade...not for train and taxi

Answer 2

Personally, I don't find the tolls to be too expensive here, but it depends on your expectations (and I take the trains a lot rather than driving). You might be interested in this site: http://wanderingitaly.com/maps/autostrad... They seem to feel the tolls are high. Don't count on a foreign credit or debit card working at all toll booths. As long as your ATM card is on a major international network, you won't have any trouble finding a machine to withdraw money in Euros here. Just be aware that an ATM is called a Bancomat here.

You can plan driving routes in Italy and in the rest of Europe using viamichelin.com. It will give you an estimate of the tolls along the recommended routes, and the fuel costs (you can enter the unit cost for fuel). http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/g...