Verona Trip Overview
If you love someone, take them to Verona… with this tour you will discover that Verona is not just the city of Romeo and Juliet, Verona is much, much more than that, it is a city to fall in love with!
This tour will show you a unique city, so beautiful, that it makes everyone fall in love: its historic center, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the sinuous bends of the Adige, the romantic medieval streets and squares, its wonderful buildings, the thousand suggestive views, music, good food and its renowned wines… an architectural and cultural “melting pot” that has made Verona the city of art it is today!
Verona is a unique city of its kind, a real love at first sight. You just need to see it to fall in love with it right away.
Are you ready? The great beauty of Verona awaits you!
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Verona, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
Explore Verona Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Verona, Veneto, Italy
If you love someone, take them to Verona… with this tour you will discover that Verona is not just the city of Romeo and Juliet, Verona is much, much more than that, it is a city to fall in love with!
This tour will show you a unique city, so beautiful, that it makes everyone fall in love: its historic center, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the sinuous bends of the Adige, the romantic medieval streets and squares, its wonderful buildings, the thousand suggestive views, music, good food and its renowned wines… an architectural and cultural “melting pot” that has made Verona the city of art it is today!
Verona is a unique city of its kind, a real love at first sight. You just need to see it to fall in love with it right away.
Are you ready? The great beauty of Verona awaits you!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Piazza Bra, 37121, Verona Italy
Piazza Bra, located between the Roman and medieval walls, once used as a livestock market, is surrounded by important buildings built starting from the Renaissance period. In Piazza Bra you can admire the Roman amphitheater, called Arena, and the palaces, the Gran Guardia and the Nuova Gran Guardia, symbols of foreign governments, which dominated the city for about 5 centuries.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Via Mazzini, Verona Italy
Walking along a stretch of Via Mazzini you will reach the remains of the Roman walls and the Roman gate of the Borsari
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ponte della Vittoria, Da Corso-Cavour a Via 4 Novembre, 37121, Verona Italy
The Ponte della Vittoria offers a magnificent panoramic view of the castle and the Scaligero bridge, both built by the Della Scala family during their Lordship.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Corso Porta Borsari, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
Following the ancient Roman road called Postumia you will arrive at the “Corte Sgarzerie”, the medieval wool market,
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Via Diaz and Corso Porta Borsari Angolo con Via Armando Diaz, 37121, Verona Italy
Porta Borsari is one of the two great Roman gates of Verona, built along the major decuman still today it constitutes a pedestrian access to the historic center of Verona
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Vicolo San Marco in Foro, Vicolo S. Marco in Foro, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
Along the alley you can admire the Trevisani-Lonardi house, frescoed in the Renaissance, the ancient deconsecrated church of San Marco in Foro from 1172, a corner reminiscent of Venice and the Pellicciai stairs that lead to the ancient Jewish ghetto
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza delle Erbe, 37121, Verona Italy
Piazza delle Erbe, an ancient Roman forum, was transformed into the market square in medieval times. The baroque Maffei palace and the painted facades of medieval houses overlook the square. In addition to the lion of Venice on the square there is the tribune with the ancient local measures
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Via Cappello, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
Not far from Piazza delle Erbe is Juliet’s house. From the street you will be able to see the courtyard of the house with the statue of Juliet and the famous balcony (during the tourist season you have to queue up and wait a long time to access the courtyard). Only if there is no queue will you be able to access the courtyard (in this case the Covid vaccination certificate is required).
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Cortile Mercato Vecchio e Scala della Ragione, Cortile Mercato Vecchio, Verona Italy
From Piazza Erbe you will enter the courtyard of the Vecchio market where you can admire the palace and the staircase of the Reason
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza dei Signori, Verona Italy
On one side of Piazza dei Signori, a symbol of medieval political power, there are the palaces of the Della Scala family, lords of Verona between the 13th and 14th centuries. In the middle of the square is the monument dedicated to Dante
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Arche Scaligere, Via Santa Maria in Chavica near Piazza dei Signori, Verona Italy
Behind Piazza dei Signori, among the Della Scala palaces, stand the Arche Scaligere, a complex of Gothic tombs enclosed by a gate that is still original at times
Behind the Scaligeri Arks is the Nogarola tower house, today a place of attraction as it is believed to be the home of Romeo Montecchi
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Via Sottoriva, 37121, Verona Italy
Going along via Santa Maria in Chiavica and via Due Stelle you reach the suggestive via Sottoriva with the Molinari portico. It is here that the progressive numbering of the houses in Verona will begin in 1797
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Brà Molinari, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
You reach the Adige river, where the river limits the hilly area with the flat area of Verona
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ponte Pietra 1, 37121, Verona Italy
Ponte Pietra is the only Roman bridge still existing in Verona. The bridge connects the Roman city of Verona to the hill of San Pietro where the Roman theater will be built. Admiring the hill you can still see details that show what was built on the hill in Roman times and in more recent times
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Vescovado, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
Walking along Piazza Broilo, where the ancient vegetable garden and private garden of the bishops was located, you will arrive at Piazza Vescovado. The buildings that make up the Vescovado complex range from the 12th to the 18th century. Next to the Vescovado was the church of Sant.Elena, the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, and the cathedral dating back to the twelfth century.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Duomo, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
In Piazza Duomo stands the facade of the Duomo.
Duration: 10 minutes
