Car rental situation in Tuscany, Italy

#Traveling Abroad #Go Abroad 🚗About Rental Cars🚗 I rented a car from sixt at Rome Airport. The areas of Val d'Orcia and Siena that I visited this time are closer to Florence. However, the airport is in Rome, and taking a high-speed train to Florence would cost extra for the high-speed train and time, so I decided to rent a car at Rome Airport to save time and money. When I looked up the cheapest rental car at Rome Airport, it was priced from 4,000 yen per day. However, when I looked at the reviews of the cheapest places, they were all low-rated, with many posts about problems such as the car breaking down as soon as I started driving, being assigned a transmission even though I specified an automatic car, and no gas in the car. Since this was my first overseas rental car trip, I chose a safe place even though it was expensive. As a result, I was assigned an automatic car, a new car, and a FIAT, and I was able to spend the trip without any problems with the car. I was scheduled to rent the car from 9:00, but I was able to rent it at 8:30. Lucky🤞 The insurance was fully covered. It was expensive, but I was hit and run, so I'm really glad I had it 😇 If I hadn't, I might have been charged about 200,000 yen 😇 Italian drivers are rough and there are a lot of troubles, so I recommend that you don't skimp on insurance and get full coverage. Rental car fees and gasoline are expensive, There are many free parking lots, and even paid parking is about 200 yen per hour, so it's a good deal. The highway toll was about 2,000 yen round trip from Rome to the Orcia area, which was quite cheap 🫶 It was my first rental car trip, and I wasn't tied down to a time, so I could go wherever I wanted as many times as I wanted, and it was a very free and satisfying trip ♪ 🇮🇹 Things to note about traveling in a rental car in Italy ⚠️ ⚠️ Be careful if you see a ZTL sign! It's prohibited to enter, so you will be fined. ⚠️ Be careful of speedometers (what we call speedometers in Japan) Be careful if you see a machine measuring speed on the side of the road! It's easy to understand because there are marks on Google Maps. ⚠️Roundabout A type of rotary, a circular intersection without traffic lights. It's really difficult because you're given confusing directions on which exit to take😓When you get to the roundabout, just go slowly and make sure to check which exit to take✅ 🅿️Parking There are many free parking lots. There are no designated parking lots in the scenic area of ​​Val d'Orcia, so park on the side of the road like a depression in the road and enjoy the view. Most paid parking lots are pre-paid, so you pay at the machine near the entrance first, and then put the paper that comes out in the windshield so that it's easy to tell. (The parking lot I parked in Siena was post-paid) There are not many people writing about Val d'Orcia, rental cars, and parking lots, so please refer to it if you like🚗 #Italy #rental car information