Parking in Rijeka

Here is the good news about driving into Rijeka: parking is cheap. Croatia’s big port city is run, parking-wise, by the city operator Rijeka Plus, whose central garages and zone lots cost about €0.80 an hour — a world away from the €30-plus days of Munich or Barcelona. The covered garages just above the centre — Zagrad B and Ciottina — are the best value, and the cavernous open-air Srednja Delta lot on the Delta is the one locals point you to when the centre is full, because it “always” has a space. For a whole day, the Brajdica lot near the port is cheapest of all at around €4.80. There are three things to know before you go, though. First, the bays are tight almost everywhere — narrow-space and big-car warnings recur in nearly every review, so for an SUV head for the roomier open lots rather than the central garages. Second, paying can baffle visitors: some machines are cash-only (in euros now — Croatia dropped the kuna in 2023), some lots use number-plate cameras instead of tickets, and the on-street zones want a mobile app, so read the machine before you walk off. Third, avoid the one trap: Parkiralište Korzo is privately run and the most expensive in the city — about €27–36 for 24 hours — when a Rijeka Plus garage a few minutes away charges €0.80 an hour. Below, every car park lists real prices, walking times and the honest picture from recent visitors — plus hotels chosen for how easy they make parking, led by the rare central hotel with its own garage.