Lake Misurina parking

Park in one of the pay car parks along the west and north-west shore, or at the Genzianella car park at the north end, where the Tre Cime shuttle starts in summer. The Comune di Auronzo di Cadore’s published tariff is €2 an hour or €14 a day, charged from 08:00 to 20:00 every day from 15 May to 31 October. Outside those hours and dates the tariff does not apply. Motorhomes have their own area at €3 an hour or €20 a day.

One warning about those numbers. They come from an undated municipal tariff sheet and the parking operator’s zone list, backed by a 2023 guide and a Comune document from 2024/25. No 2026 tariff had been published by October 2026, so read the pay machine before you trust any figure, ours included.

Lake Misurina parking fees

Checked October 2026:

Where	Fee	Hours	Season
Lakeside car parks, west and north-west shore	€2 an hour, €14 a day	08:00 to 20:00, every day	15 May to 31 October
Other Misurina zones, including the Genzianella	€2 an hour, €14 a day	08:00 to 20:00	15 May to 31 October
Via Guide Alpine bays and the Loita car park	€2 an hour, €14 a day	08:00 to 20:00	15 May to 31 October
Camper area, north end	€3 an hour, €20 a day, 48 hours max	24 hours	15 May to 31 October
Tre Cime toll road (2026), booked online	€40 a car, €26 a motorbike, €60 a camper	12-hour slots	Late May to late October

You can pay at the machine or by app: myCicero (MooneyGo), which adds a 10% service charge, plus EasyPark and Telepass. We could not confirm whether the machines take cards. Cars displaying a disabled badge park free. The car tariff covers vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes.

OpenStreetMap, the volunteer map, tags two of the lots as paid from 1 May. Every official source says 15 May.

The car parks, one by one

None of these lots is named on the map, so the names below describe where they are. Locations come from OpenStreetMap, checked in October 2026. We found no official capacity figure for any car park at Misurina.

North-west shore, opposite the Grand Hotel

The main lakeside car park sits by the “Misurina Albergo Misurina” bus stop, across from the Grand Hotel Misurina. It is paid at €2 an hour or €14 a day. A lot next to it is tagged free on the map, which looks like a mapping error, and the bays along the street are paid.

South-west shore, by the Col de Varda bus stop

A smaller paid lot at €2 an hour, beside the “Misurina Col di Varda” stop, close to the chairlift.

Short-stay lot, west shore

Mapped as paid with a 60-minute limit. Another description calls a lot by the shop a free disc zone instead, and we could not confirm which is right. Use it for a quick photo stop, not a hike.

Genzianella car park, north end

The Comune runs this lot by the Genzianella, the terminus for the summer Tre Cime shuttle and for the Monte Piana jeep shuttle. It is paid at €2 an hour or €14 a day, and motorhomes are not allowed. If you plan to take the shuttle up to Rifugio Auronzo, park here.

Col de Varda chairlift car park

A gravel lot at the chairlift base on the south shore, tagged on the map as free, for customers only, and closed to motorhomes. A winter blog also calls it free. We could not find out whether the lift operator enforces the customers-only rule. The lift closed for the summer on 20 September 2026. The leak that has lowered the lake since 2022 is in the retaining wall under this car park.

Misurina camper area

“Area sosta camper Misurina” is at the north end, by the Genzianella. It charges €3 an hour or €20 a day, around the clock from 15 May to 31 October, with a maximum stay of 48 hours. This is the place for motorhomes: the map marks the Genzianella and chairlift lots as closed to them. We found no camping ordinance for the lake itself, but camping is banned at the Tre Cime car park, with fines of €100 to €500.

Loita car park, Tre Cime road

On the road between Misurina and Lago d’Antorno. The sources conflict: OpenStreetMap tags it free, while a Comune tariff document lists Loita as paid at the lake rate. Check the signs.

Lago d’Antorno

There is no public car park mapped at the lake itself, and the Albergo Chalet Lago Antorno’s car park is for its guests. Reports conflict on the roadside spaces: some blogs describe a small free car park and two-hour disc parking along one side of the road, while a 2025 blog says it now costs €2 an hour. No official source settles it. The space is tiny, and toll-road traffic passes right by in July and August.

Beside the Tre Cime toll booth

Roadside parking by the booth, tagged free with 15 spaces, the only capacity figure anywhere for the Misurina area. Trail 101 to Rifugio Auronzo leaves the road just before the booth and takes about 1 hour 30 to 1 hour 45 minutes.

Other lots mapped as free

OpenStreetMap tags two more lots as free: one at the north end near Hotel Dolomiti des Alpes, and one on the SR48 west of the lake towards Passo Tre Croci, about 400 m from the south-west shore. Neither is confirmed on the ground.

How early do the car parks fill?

Early in July, August and on sunny weekends, according to a 2026 Italian blog, which advises arriving early in the morning. No source gives a time. In 2025 cars parked up to a kilometre from the lake, on bike paths and meadows. In 2026 the Comune put up barriers, mainly wooden, to stop that, so the roadside is no longer a fallback.

Driving on to the Tre Cime

The paid section of the Tre Cime road starts about 500 m past Lago d’Antorno. You need an online booking for a 12-hour slot, with your number plate registered by 23:59 the day before. The 2026 tolls, from the official parking page, were €40 a car, €26 a motorbike and €60 a camper. The 2026 closing date had not been announced by mid-October. Booking rules, cancellations and the help line are on our Rifugio Auronzo page.

Leaving the car at the lake and taking the summer shuttle can cost less. A day in the Genzianella car park (€14) plus two €10 shuttle tickets comes to €34, against €40 for the toll. For three or more people, the toll is cheaper.

Without a car

The bus season is over. No scheduled bus has reached Misurina since 5 October 2026; lines 50 and 51 made their last runs of the year on 4 October. The official Auronzo tourism site mentions a Christmas service from Auronzo, but no timetable had been published by mid-October.

In summer the options are good. Line 50 runs up from Auronzo, line 51 ran hourly from Cortina between 8 June and 9 September 2026, and the Tre Cime shuttle cost €10 for the day. In July and August the tourism site advises boarding in Auronzo, not at Misurina, because of queues. Routes and stations are in our guide on how to get to Lake Misurina.

A guided tour is the other way round the parking problem. The 5-hour Tre Cime tour shown above meets in Misurina and includes the toll.

Gotchas

1. The tariff is old. Every source agrees on €2 and €14, but none is dated 2026.
2. Hotel car parks beside Hotel Lavaredo, Hotel Sorapiss and others are for guests only.
3. The Misurina tourist office was closed in October 2026, so there is nobody at the lake to ask.
4. A camper forum reports attendants fining cars without a ticket. We could not find the amount.
5. The Tre Cime toll help line (+39 345 1607 497) is closed on Thursdays.

Staying overnight solves most of this, since the hotels have their own car parks. See where to stay at Lake Misurina.