Questions about taxis in Rovigo

You pay by taximeter: €3.50 when you get in, then €1.20 per km within the urban perimeter and €25 per hour when the car is stopped or in a queue. The minimum fare is €6, starting fare included. A surcharge is added at night and on public holidays.

Yes, for some direct routes: for example €7 from the station or the centre to CEN.SER and C.U.R., €8 or €9 to the hospital, €12 from the station to the prison. Night, holiday and luggage surcharges are extra. Ask the driver for the fixed fare before setting off.

€1.70 is added once, from 10pm to 6am and on public holidays; the two are not combined. The minimum fare becomes €7.70 (€6 plus the surcharge).

Outside the urban perimeter the taximeter counts kilometres only, at €1.70 per km; on the motorway €1.85 per km, toll included. If you start inside the urban perimeter and come back to where you started, the return-trip rate of €0.85 per km applies. Outside the municipality the driver has to agree to the ride.

Yes, the minimum fare drops to €4 for people over 65 and women travelling alone (Taxi Rosa, up to two) every day after 9pm, and for pregnant women (up to two people).

Yes: according to Taxi Rovigo 1812 all its cars have a card reader and accept debit and credit cards, as well as cash.

No, they are maximum amounts: as the City points out, the price of the ride may be lower, never higher.

Yes, if you ask: by regulation it must show the licence number, date, amount and route. You also need it to make a complaint.

Call +39 0425 1812 (Taxi Rovigo 1812): you can ask for a taxi right away or book one in advance, also by email at info@taxirovigo.com. The City's fares have no surcharge for calling a taxi.

According to the City, when the taxi sets off to reach you. If you take it at a rank or hail it in the street, the taximeter starts when you get in.

Yes, on the cooperative's website, but only for the next day and for departures between 4:30am and 7:30am. For other times, book by phone or email.

Usually yes, but the City's regulation lets you choose another taxi if you give a reason.

Yes, if it is free: the City's regulation allows it. However, the driver cannot pick you up near a taxi rank where other taxis or customers are waiting.

Wheelchairs travel free and the driver must help you get in. However, Taxi Rovigo 1812 has no cars adapted for wheelchair users: tell them when you book, so the cooperative can organise the ride.

Taxi Rovigo 1812 accepts animals: cats and small animals in a carrier, dogs with a car harness or seat belt and a blanket on the seat. Say so when you book. By regulation drivers may refuse animals, except guide dogs, which travel free.

€0.50 for each item. Luggage must fit in the boot: if you have a lot, say so when you call.

Under the Italian Highway Code, in a taxi children shorter than 1.50 m may travel without a car seat only in the back, with a person aged at least 16. If you want a car seat, ask the cooperative when you book.

Call +39 0425 1812 straight away with as many details as possible: the item, the time, start and destination. By regulation, drivers hand items they cannot return straight away to the City within 3 days.

The City of Rovigo, Transport Office: by email to trasporti@comune.rovigo.it, by post or in person by appointment (+39 0425 206289). Attach the receipt with the taxi number, date and time, route and amount.