Czechia: 1 scheme to know about before you drive in.
Karlovy Vary has one driving restriction on our books: the Lázeňské území – vymezená část vnitřního území lázeňského místa Karlovy… (limited traffic zone). The published charge is 100.00 CZK per day. What is a limited traffic zone?
Sources last read on 2026-09-15, from the authorities' own pages. The next scheduled check is 2027-03-15.
100.00 CZK per day.
The spa quarter of Karlovy Vary is closed to motor vehicles by traffic sign, and the city's ordinance sets the price of the permit that lets you in. It is the only Czech scheme in this corpus that draws its own boundary in words: thirty-three streets and squares are listed, from Stará louka and Lázeňská along the colonnades to Zámecký vrch, Divadelní náměstí and Vřídelní.
A permit costs 100 Kč per vehicle for each started day, or 2 000 Kč for 30 days, 4 000 Kč for 90 days and 14 000 Kč for a year. Single permits of one to seven consecutive days can be bought from machines or a mobile app instead of at the counter.
Battery-electric vehicles need no permit at all, and neither do buses and marked service vehicles of the city transport operator, emergency vehicles, a doctor on a home visit, or a spa guest staying inside the zone — on the day of arrival and the day of departure only. Residents, property owners and their families, businesses using property inside the zone, and holders of a ZTP or ZTP/P disability card pay nothing.
The ordinance has been in force since 13 July 2022 and the national register records it as Platné.