PZA Celje (P+R)

Good parking, easily accessible. Just a bit far from the train station in my opinion.

When we arrived here, almost only cars were parked at the motorhome parking area, so we didn’t realize that we weren’t supposed to park with a regular car. We ended up getting fined (40 eur). I think the traffic sign is incomplete and misleading. Looks like its not a valid and existing traffic sign in this form. The managing organization should fix this instead of handing out fines.

The car park also contains eight spaces designated for motorhomes, yet these spaces are not marked with any horizontal road markings that would indicate a different parking regime. Only on careful inspection at the edge of each bay is a small, unobtrusive notice board visible, stating that the eight spaces are for motorhomes - the sign does state that the spaces are for motorhomes only or that parking by other vehicles is prohibited. Consequence: eight vehicles occupying those eight spaces received penalty notices of €80 each for parking in "a prohibited" (?!) place (all eight vehicles bore foreign registration plates, apparently because local drivers know that the parking officer here routinely issues fines to foreign visitors). If all eight drivers were unaware that they had committed an offence, such a practice by the municipal authority could be described as a “catch foreign visitors in a trap and punish them” strategy.