Use campsites or aree di sosta camper for overnight stays with services, especially near cities, lakes and beaches.
Camper Rules Assistant
Build a country route and get compact allowed/do-not-assume/check cards for overnight rules, LEZ, tolls, documents and winter requirements.
Italy
Italy has clear national road-code rules for autocaravan parking, plus local ZTL, campsite and toll-road rules that matter in historic towns and coastal areas.
Italian road rules distinguish permitted parking from camping: a parked autocaravan should rest only on its wheels, keep within its footprint and avoid discharging waste.
Italian motorway tolls are based on vehicle height at the front axle and axle count; many motorhomes fall into class B or higher. Historic centres often use ZTL access-control zones, and some regions also apply environmental traffic limits.
Switzerland
Switzerland rewards careful motorhome planning: overnight rules are local, motorway vignettes apply below the heavy-vehicle threshold, heavy campervans pay PSVA, and mountain weather can reshape a route.
Use Switzerland's campsite and motorhome-site network for water, waste, electricity and legal overnight planning.
There is no single national permission to sleep anywhere in a motorhome; cantons, municipalities, protected areas and landowners set the practical limits.
Vehicles and trailers up to 3.5 tonnes generally need a motorway vignette, while heavy campervans and motorhomes over 3.5 tonnes pay the lump-sum heavy vehicle charge. Switzerland does not use one national LEZ sticker for tourists, but Geneva can activate Stick'AIR differentiated traffic during pollution peaks.
Overnight and wild camping
Italy
Italian road rules distinguish permitted parking from camping: a parked autocaravan should rest only on its wheels, keep within its footprint and avoid discharging waste.
- If you deploy awnings, tables, stabilizers or other outdoor setup, local camping rules can apply.
- Municipal signs can restrict motorhome parking in historic centres, beaches and protected areas.
Switzerland
There is no single national permission to sleep anywhere in a motorhome; cantons, municipalities, protected areas and landowners set the practical limits.
- Use campsites, motorhome stopovers or signed parking where overnight stays are explicitly allowed.
- Avoid camping behaviour on ordinary parking spaces, especially in villages, mountain valleys, lakesides and nature reserves.