Parking in Brașov

Where	Zone	Price now	When you pay now
Car parks around the Old Town (Bd. Eroilor, Livada Poștei, Str. Castelului, Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu)	Zone 0	3 lei/hour	Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00
Poiana Brașov	Zone 0	3 lei/hour	Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00
Most other city streets, including around the train station	Zone 1	2 lei/hour	Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00
A few outlying streets	Zone 2	1.50 lei/hour	Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00
Regina Maria multi-storey, Strada Pieții	Barrier car park	Not published online	Pay at the machine before you leave
Brașov-Ghimbav airport	Airport car park	5 lei/hour, 120 lei for 24 h	24 hours

These are today’s prices and paid hours, as BizBrasov reported on 18 September 2026 and Monitorul Expres on 23 September 2026, when City Hall published its proposed changes. Euro amounts use the BNR rate of 5.3414 lei on 9 October 2026.

This guide is part of Plan your trip to Brașov. Not sure you need a car at all? Our guide to getting around Brașov shows how far a 5-lei bus ticket will take you.

How paid parking works

Brașov splits its public car parks and street parking into three price zones. Zone 0 is the historic centre and Poiana Brașov. Zone 1 covers most other paid parking in the city, and Zone 2 is a handful of streets on the outskirts. You’ll find the zone on the sign at each car park, along with the ways to pay. Signs and the parking apps use the Romanian names: Zona 0, Zona I and Zona II.

Zone	1 hour	24 hours
Zone 0	3 lei	24 lei
Zone 1	2 lei	16 lei
Zone 2	1.50 lei	12 lei

The hourly prices haven’t changed since 13 November 2020, when the 24-hour tickets came in too (Bună Ziua Brașov, 13 November 2020). Not every way of paying sells the 24-hour ticket, so check the machine or the app before you count on it.

• When you pay: Monday to Saturday, 08:00–20:00. Outside those hours, and all day on Sunday, the public bays are free.
• When to pay: as soon as you’ve parked. If you pay at the machine, put the ticket on the dashboard so it can be read from outside.
• Bays you can’t use: residential spaces (parcare de reședință, usually numbered or with a plate sign) are rented to locals by the year, and bays signed rezervat belong to whoever rents them. Leave both alone.

How to pay

• At the machine (parcometru): pay in cash, coins or notes, and you get a ticket for the time you’ve paid for.
• TPark app or website: TPark handles payments for Brașov’s public parking. The free app (Android and iOS) and the website tpark.io take bank cards, so they work fine with a foreign phone. You can add time in the app, even if you started at the machine, and two payments in a row for the same zone add up.
• Text to 7420: send the zone code and your number plate, with no space in between. The codes for Brașov are 340 for Zone 0, 343 for Zone 1 and 344 for Zone 2, so an hour in the centre for BV12ABC is 340BV12ABC. Check the code on the sign before you send it. The text itself is free on Digi and Vodafone and costs €0.05 + VAT on Orange, on top of the parking fee. If no confirmation text comes back, you haven’t paid (TPark). Short numbers like 7420 only work on Romanian networks, so with a foreign SIM, use the app or the machine.

Watch out for fake texts. In October 2026, Romania’s cyber-security agency (DNSC) warned about text messages pretending to come from TPark. They ask you to settle an “unpaid” parking fee and link to a copy of TPark’s site. Don’t tap the link. Check your parking in the official app, or type the address in yourself. BizBrasov reported the warning on 4 October 2026.

The proposed new rules

On 18 September 2026, City Hall put new parking rules out for public comment, saying it wants less traffic in the historic centre. Comments closed on 9 October 2026. The City Council still has to vote, and there’s no start date yet. If the draft rules pass as written, this is what changes:

	Now	Proposed
Zone 0, weekdays	3 lei/hour	5 lei/hour
Zone 0, Saturday and Sunday	3 lei/hour on Saturday, free on Sunday	10 lei/hour
Zone 1	2 lei/hour	3 lei/hour
Zone 2	1.50 lei/hour	2 lei/hour
Paid hours	Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00	Every day 08:00–22:00
Zone 0 area	Historic centre, Poiana Brașov	Also the train station, Lacul Noua and the Zoo

The draft also adds a surcharge if you don’t pay: 100 lei a day, or 200 lei in Zone 0 at weekends, which you can settle until 08:00 the next morning. After that, the fine in Zone 0 would be 500–1,000 lei on weekdays and 1,000–1,500 lei at weekends, and the car could be clamped, with another 100 lei to release it. The penalty under the current rules isn’t published.

For weekend visitors, that’s a big jump. A full day in Poiana, 09:00–17:00, costs 24 lei on a Saturday and nothing on a Sunday today. Under the draft, it would be 80 lei on either day.

Where to park near the Old Town

The centre is mostly pedestrianised and the streets inside the walls are narrow, so it’s easiest to leave the car in one of the car parks around the edge. The space counts come from the list of Brașov’s public car parks in the Am Parcat app, and the walking times to Piața Sfatului from OpenStreetMap routing.

Car park	Zone	Spaces (about)	Walk to Piața Sfatului
Livada Poștei, by the County Library	Zone 0	95	5 minutes
Bd. Eroilor, between the roundabout and Str. Vlad Țepeș	Zone 0	220	8–10 minutes
Bd. Eroilor by the Town Hall, the Post Office and Parcul Eroilor	Zone 0	90	8–10 minutes
Str. Castelului	Zone 0	210	5–10 minutes
Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, by the Tâmpa cable car	Zone 0	75	about 12 minutes
Poarta Șchei	Zone 0	33	5 minutes
Regina Maria multi-storey, Strada Pieții	Barrier car park	306	about 15 minutes

• Livada Poștei and Bd. Eroilor are the closest to the airport bus and to bus 20 for Poiana, so they fill up first. They’re also the ones City Hall plans to get rid of. On 28 August 2026 the council approved the study for an underground car park with about 440 spaces in the centre. Once it’s built, the surface car parks at the County Library, Modarom, the Prefecture and Casa Armatei will be handed over to pedestrians (BizBrasov, 31 August 2026). Design and building are expected to take more than two years from the building permit, so nothing changes for now.
• Regina Maria is a seven-level public car park with 306 spaces, next to the Military Hospital on Strada Pieții at the northern end of Tâmpa (City Hall study). You go in through a barrier and pay at an automatic machine on the way out; when it opened, the machine took notes, coins and cards. Its prices aren’t published online.
• Staying in the Old Town? Ask your hotel or host before you book whether they have parking, or which public car park they use. Many places inside the walls don’t have any.

Car parks around the Old Town

• Zone 0
• Barrier car park
• Piața Sfatului

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Parking for the Tâmpa cable car

The closest car park to the cable car’s lower station is on Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, the promenade under the walls. If it’s full, try Str. Castelului. Both are in Zone 0. The cable car runs until 22:00 (22:30 on Fridays and Saturdays), so if you go up for the sunset, you’ll usually be back at the car after 20:00, when parking is free under the current rules.

Poiana Brașov

The city’s car parks in Poiana Brașov are in Zone 0, so they cost the same as in the Old Town: 3 lei an hour, Monday to Saturday 08:00–20:00. Hotels in the resort have their own parking for guests.

In the ski season there’s also a Park & Ride in Poiana de Jos, at the entrance to the resort, with seasonal bus 60 running up to the gondola. If you don’t need the car up there, bus 20 goes from Livada Poștei to Poiana for the usual 5-lei ticket. Our guide to skiing near Brașov has the lifts, passes and winter buses.

The road up climbs about 13 km through the forest. In winter, Romanian law says you need winter tyres whenever there’s snow, ice or slush on the road, and after heavy snow the drive to Poiana can be hard going. Our weather and seasons guide has the snow figures month by month.

Train station

Parking around Brașov train station, including Bd. Gării, is in Zone 1: 2 lei an hour or 16 lei for 24 hours, and free on Sundays. The biggest car park is on Bd. Gării next to the Sala Sporturilor (the sports hall), with about 525 spaces. That makes the station an easy, cheap place to leave the car for a day trip by train. If City Hall’s proposed rules pass, the station area will move into Zone 0.

Brașov airport

The airport car park is right in front of the terminal and open around the clock (Brașov airport):

Stay	Price
Up to 24 hours	5 lei per hour (120 lei for a full day)
Each extra 24 hours	60 lei
1-week pass	200 lei
2-week pass	350 lei
Monthly pass	600 lei

If you want a pass, ask for it at least three working days before you park. You pay just before you leave, and then have 10 minutes to drive out. Losing the ticket costs 300 lei. For more on the airport, including the A1 bus into town, see our Brașov airport guide.

Park and ride

• RATBV terminals: if you have a valid RATBV bus pass (abonament), you can leave the car at the Poienelor, Saturn, Triaj and Rulmentul bus terminals. Put proof of the pass on the dashboard. Vehicles longer than 5 m aren’t allowed (RATBV). RATBV doesn’t say whether the 1-, 3- and 7-day visitor passes count.
• Bartolomeu: a 697-space multi-storey park and ride was built next to the new Sala Polivalentă (the sports arena) in Bartolomeu and was due to open in autumn 2025 (Forbes România, September 2025). Check that it’s open to the public, and what it costs, before you plan around it.
• Free buses on Fridays: every Friday, all RATBV lines in Brașov are free under the Vinerea Verde (“Green Friday”) scheme, with no ticket needed (RATBV). So on a Friday, leaving the car outside the centre costs you nothing extra.

Tips

• Sundays and evenings are free, for now. If the new rules pass, they won’t be, so always check the sign.
• Install TPark before you arrive if you won’t have coins or a Romanian SIM.
• Busy dates: in December the Christmas market fills the central car parks, and some streets around Piața Sfatului close for the opening night. Our Christmas market guide has the dates.
• For the Old Town, leave the car at your accommodation. It’s compact, and the walk in from the car parks around the edge is short.

FAQ

How much does parking cost in Brașov’s Old Town?

It’s 3 lei an hour (about €0.56) in Zone 0, which covers the car parks around the historic centre. A 24-hour ticket costs 24 lei.

Is parking free on Sundays in Brașov?

Yes, for now. You only pay Monday to Saturday, 08:00–20:00. City Hall’s proposed rules would make Sundays paid too, at 10 lei an hour in Zone 0, but they hadn’t been voted on by 10 October 2026.

How do I pay for parking in Brașov?

You can pay at the parking machine with cash, in the TPark app or on tpark.io with a bank card, or by texting the zone code and your number plate to 7420 (for example 340BV12ABC in Zone 0).

Can I pay for parking in Brașov with a foreign phone number?

Yes. Use the TPark app or website with a bank card, or pay at the machine. The 7420 text service only works on Romanian mobile networks.

Where do I park for the Tâmpa cable car?

On Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, right by the lower station, or on Str. Castelului. Both are in Zone 0, at 3 lei an hour.

How much is parking in Poiana Brașov?

The city’s car parks in Poiana are in Zone 0: 3 lei an hour, Monday to Saturday 08:00–20:00. In the ski season there’s also a Park & Ride at Poiana de Jos, with a shuttle bus up to the gondola.

How much is parking at Brașov airport?

It’s 5 lei an hour, with 120 lei for the first 24 hours and 60 lei for each extra day. A one-week pass costs 200 lei if you ask for it three working days ahead.

Is there a park and ride in Brașov?

Yes. With a RATBV bus pass you can leave the car for free at four RATBV bus terminals, and in the ski season there’s a Park & Ride at the entrance to Poiana Brașov. A big multi-storey park and ride has also been built in Bartolomeu, but check that it’s open before you count on it.

Sources

Checked on 10 October 2026:

• Current tariffs and paid hours, and the draft regulation: BizBrasov, Monitorul Expres and the draft regulation on brasovcity.ro
• 24-hour tariffs: Bună Ziua Brașov, 13 November 2020
• Paying by app and SMS: TPark
• Car parks and space counts: amparcat.ro; Regina Maria car park: City Hall study
• Underground car park plan: BizBrasov, 31 August 2026
• Airport parking: Brașov airport
• Park and ride: RATBV; free Fridays: RATBV
• Exchange rate: BNR, 9 October 2026