Originally Posted by gerv

There are quite a few Italian cities that have very limited support for cars in the city center. Other Italian towns, especially in the north, have banned cars to limit pollution.

Here's a great list (worth a post by itself...) of car free cities throughout the world.

Italian cities are right there with about a dozen. My favorite city of Perugia is there and so is neighboring Assissi (actually not a city... but a great spot when the touristas are away..)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places