# Regulated traffic in the historic centre

Service en Besalú · Besalú

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/besalu/services/old-town-traffic · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Interior parking for residents with a permit only · leave the car outside

The old town of Besalú is a restricted-access zone. The Town Council has calmed the traffic to give the streets back to pedestrians, make the town safer and more sustainable, protect its heritage and support local trade, and this shows in how you can use a car: inside the enclosure only residents with a permit may park. If you come to visit, leave the car outside and walk in.
What you can do with the car
The Town Council summarises it in a table. Any vehicle can make a stop, that is, stop for just the time needed to pick up or drop off passengers, load or unload or run a brief errand, in any street or square as long as it does not obstruct pedestrians or other vehicles. It is compulsory to put all four hazard lights on: without them, the authority takes it that the car is parked and may issue a fine. What you cannot do is stop at Els Claustres or La Devesa, which are exclusively for residents' parking.
If you do not live in the old town, parking inside is not allowed, by day or night, even if you are staying in the centre: for a visitor only stopping counts. The exceptions are people with a disabled parking card, who can park in the 24-hour zones and the night-time ones (except on plaça de la Llibertat on public holidays), motorbikes, which can park in the 24-hour zones, and some company vehicles providing a service within the zone.
The residents' zones
Inside the enclosure there are two 24-hour car parks, La Devesa and Els Claustres, and six night-time ones: Prat de Sant Pere, Ganganell I and II, plaça de Sant Vicenç, plaça de la Llibertat and Vilarrobau. The night-time ones operate in summer, from the day of the Dolors until September, from 21:00 to 9:00, and in winter, from October to the day of the Dolors, from 19:00 to 9:00. In all of them the permit is compulsory.
Where to leave the car
The Town Council's map marks several parking areas outside the restricted enclosure, next to the school and avinguda del President Lluís Companys, but the website does not publish their names or whether they are paid. On arrival, follow the signs to the car park before crossing into the old town, and from there walk in over the fortified bridge or through plaça de Sant Pere.
Tips
If you arrive with luggage at accommodation in the centre, you can drive up to unload with your hazard lights on and then take the car out of the old town. For questions about permits, the Town Council is at plaça de la Llibertat 1, open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:00, on 972 590 225 and at ajuntament@ajbesalu.cat. For maps and visits, call in at the tourist office. Without a car, the TEISA bus drops you in the town.

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