TRIP OVERVIEW
Day 1 – Piazza dei Signori · Torre dei Lamberti · Piazza delle Erbe · Casa di Giulietta · Arche Scaligere
Day 2 – Castelvecchio · Arena di Verona · Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore
Day 3 – Sant'Anastasia · Teatro Romano · Ponte Pietra · Cattedrale di Verona · Giardino Giusti
Day 4 – San Fermo Maggiore · Palazzo Maffei Museo · Porta Borsari · Museo Lapidario Maffeiano
Day 5 – Castel San Pietro · Santuario Madonna di Lourdes · Santa Maria in Organo · Museo Africano
Day 6 – Train Day · Venice
Day 1
1. Piazza dei Signori~30 min
Verona's governmental square, ringed by the medieval Palazzo del Podestà, the Renaissance Loggia del Consiglio and the Gothic Palazzo della Ragione. Dante's statue stands at the centre — he took refuge here as a guest of the Scaligeri in exile.
Open 24/7
2. Torre dei Lamberti~45 min
The 84-metre medieval tower rising over Piazza dei Signori. A lift, or 368 steps, climbs to an open belvedere with the finest panorama over Verona's rooftops, river bends and surrounding hills.
3. Piazza delle Erbe~45 min
Verona's market square, laid over the old Roman forum and framed by frescoed palaces, the Madonna Verona fountain and the Torre del Gardello. Market stalls and café terraces fill it by day.
Open 24/7
4. Casa di Giulietta~45 min
The medieval courtyard a Victorian legend attached to Juliet Capulet — whose balcony is the most photographed spot in Verona. The house is a museum of Romeo and Juliet, the city and the letters that have been left here since the 1930s.
Monday 2:00pm - 7:00pm · Tuesday - Sunday 9:00am - 7:00pm
5. Arche Scaligere~20 min
The Gothic funerary monuments of the Scaligeri lords, erected over the family church of Santa Maria Antica in the 13th and 14th centuries. The wrought-iron fence and canopied tombs — some topped with equestrian figures — are the finest Gothic funerary sculpture in Italy.
Open 24/7
Day 2
1. Castelvecchio~1 hr 30 min
The Scaligeri family's brooding red-brick fortress on the Adige, its ramparts and the fortified Ponte Scaligero now home to Verona's civic museum of medieval and Renaissance art.
Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Closed Monday
2. Arena di Verona~1 hr
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world, built by Rome to seat 30,000. Its pink-limestone arcades still ring Piazza Bra and stage the city's summer opera festival.
Tuesday - Sunday 9:00am - 7:00pm
Closed Monday
3. Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore~1 hr
Verona's greatest Romanesque church, built in the 12th century on the grave of the city's patron saint. The bronze doors and rose window on the façade, and Mantegna's altarpiece inside, make it one of the finest Romanesque ensembles in northern Italy.
Monday - Saturday 8:30am - 6:00pm · Sunday 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Day 3
1. Sant'Anastasia~45 min
Verona's largest church, a Gothic Dominican basilica begun in 1290 and completed two centuries later. Its interior holds Pisanello's fresco of St George and the Princess — one of the masterpieces of International Gothic painting in Italy.
Monday - Saturday 9:00am - 6:00pm · Sunday 1:00pm - 6:00pm
2. Teatro Romano~1 hr
A Roman theatre carved into the hillside above Ponte Pietra in the 1st century BC — the oldest performing arts venue still in use in Italy. The terrace above holds the finest panorama of Verona's rooftops, river bends and the surrounding hills.
Tuesday - Sunday 9:00am - 7:00pm
Closed Monday
3. Ponte Pietra~30 min
Verona's oldest bridge, a Roman arch span of white stone and red brick crossing the Adige since Roman times. Rebuilt after the war, it frames a classic view back to the Roman theatre and hills.
Open 24/7
4. Cattedrale di Verona~45 min
Verona's Romanesque cathedral, flanked by the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte and the church of Sant'Elena. Titian's Assumption of the Virgin hangs in the first chapel on the left — one of the most important paintings in the Veneto outside a museum.
Monday - Saturday 10:00am - 5:30pm · Sunday 1:00pm - 5:30pm
5. Giardino Giusti~1 hr
A Renaissance garden laid out in 1570 on the hillside above the Adige, with clipped cypress avenues, grottos and a belvedere at the top. Goethe walked here in 1786 and called it the finest garden he had seen — the view over Verona bears him out.
Daily 9:00am - 8:00pm
Day 4
1. San Fermo Maggiore~1 hr
A Romanesque lower church from the 11th century beneath a Gothic upper church from the 14th — two centuries of building layered on top of each other. The upper nave holds Pisanello's Annunciation of 1426, his earliest major surviving work, and the Brenzoni Monument by Florentine sculptor Nanni di Bartolo.
Monday - Saturday 9:30am - 6:00pm · Sunday 1:00pm - 6:00pm
2. Palazzo Maffei Museo~1 hr 30 min
A 17th-century Baroque palace on the north-western corner of Piazza delle Erbe, its roofline crowned by six marble statues of classical deities. The piano nobile holds over 700 works spanning four millennia — Cycladic idols, medieval reliefs, Old Masters and Surrealist canvases in deliberate dialogue.
Monday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday - Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Closed Tuesday
3. Porta Borsari~20 min
Verona's intact Roman city gate from the 1st century AD, built in white Veronese limestone with two arched carriageways and a double loggia of arched windows above. The Via Postumia — the Roman road connecting Genoa to Aquileia — passed through here, making it the city's most important ancient entrance.
Open 24/7
4. Museo Lapidario Maffeiano~1 hr
Founded in 1745 by scholar Scipione Maffei, one of the oldest public museums in Europe. Its open courtyard holds hundreds of Greek, Etruscan and Roman inscriptions, sarcophagi and funerary stelae — the collection that drew Goethe in 1786 and helped establish the discipline of epigraphy.
Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Closed Monday
Day 5
1. Castel San Pietro~45 min
A hilltop barracks built by the Austrians in the 1850s on the site of a Roman and Lombard fortress, now Verona's finest viewpoint over the Adige's horseshoe bend and the terracotta roofline of the old city. A restored funicular climbs the hillside from near Ponte Pietra in about ninety seconds, replacing the switchback stairway.
2. Santuario Madonna di Lourdes~30 min
A Marian sanctuary built directly into the ramparts of Fort San Leonardo, an 1838 Austrian defensive work on the hill above Veronetta. A replica Lourdes grotto sits inside the old fort's vaults, while the terrace outside gives a second, less-crowded panorama over the city than Castel San Pietro's.
3. Santa Maria in Organo~30 min
A church founded between the 6th and 8th centuries, rebuilt in Renaissance form with a bell tower completed in 1533. Its plain brick exterior hides Verona's finest wooden intarsia — choir stalls and sacristy cabinets by the monk Fra Giovanni da Verona, inlaid with trompe-l'oeil marquetry scenes of instruments and townscapes.
4. Museo Africano~45 min
Founded in 1938 by the Comboni missionaries, a small ethnographic museum on sub-Saharan African life — carved masks, work tools, musical instruments and a reconstructed Tukul ceremonial hut, arranged around the themes of the life cycle, craft and belief that shaped the collection's missionary founders.
Tuesday - Friday 8:30am - 2:30pm
Closed Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Day 6
Verona Porta Nuova → Venezia Santa Lucia · Trenitalia · 1 hr 20 min
book at: Trenitalia or Italo
7:10am Verona Porta Nuova → 8:30am Venezia Santa Lucia
8:12am Verona Porta Nuova → 9:32am Venezia Santa Lucia
9:10am Verona Porta Nuova → 10:30am Venezia Santa Lucia
1. Piazza San Marco~45 min
Venice's grand civic square, ringed by the Basilica's five domes, the Campanile bell tower and the arcaded Procuratie buildings — Café orchestras, pigeons and the square's near-daily high-tide flooding — acqua alta — are as much a part of the scene as the five-domed Basilica and the Campanile bell tower ringing it.
Open 24/7
2. Doge's Palace~2 hr
The Venetian Gothic seat of the Doge and the Republic's government for over a thousand years — a pink-and-white marble facade over a colonnade of ogee arches. Inside, the Sala del Maggior Consiglio holds Tintoretto's Paradiso, one of the largest oil paintings in the world, and the Bridge of Sighs connects the palace to the former prisons.
3. Rialto Bridge~30 min
The oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal, this single stone arch by Antonio da Ponte replaced a collapsed wooden predecessor in 1591, chosen in a design competition over rival proposals. Two rows of shops line the central span, while the side stairs open onto the classic Grand Canal photograph.
Open 24/7
Venezia Santa Lucia → Verona Porta Nuova · Trenitalia · 1 hr 20 min
book at: Trenitalia or Italo
5:40pm Venezia Santa Lucia → 7:00pm Verona Porta Nuova
6:40pm Venezia Santa Lucia → 8:00pm Verona Porta Nuova
7:40pm Venezia Santa Lucia → 9:00pm Verona Porta Nuova
Weekly Closures
Civic Museums · Closed Monday
Tours
Viator
A 2-hour small-group walk through Verona's historic centre — the Roman Arena, Juliet's balcony, the Scaligeri tombs, Piazza delle Erbe and the Romanesque streets — with a local guide and a yellow "TOUR" sign for the meet-up.
2 hr · max 12
A 3.5-hour small-group food walk through Verona's markets and old town — tastings of Soave, Amarone and Bardolino wines, local cured meats, cheeses and Veronese specialties, with lunch included for maximum 13 participants.
3 hr 30 min · max 13
A full-day small-group minibus trip to Sirmione and Lake Garda — the Roman Grottoes di Catullo, the medieval Scaliger Castle, the spa lake promenade, and open time in Italy's most beautiful lake town, with guide throughout.
8 hr · Small group
GetYourGuide
A 2-hour small-group walking tour through Verona's history and hidden corners — the Roman Arena, Piazza delle Erbe, Juliet's house, the Scaligeri tombs and the Romanesque streets off the tourist trail, with a local guide.
2 hr · Small group
A 1.5-hour small-group walk through Verona's Romeo and Juliet sites — the balcony, the tomb, the Scaligeri family monuments and the Shakespearean settings — with an engaging local guide bringing the story to life.
1 hr 30 min · Small group
A 7.5-hour small-group day to Sirmione and Lake Garda — the Scaliger Castle, the Roman Grottoes, a lake cruise, and free time in Italy's most beautiful lakeside town, with air-conditioned van transport from central Verona.
7 hr 30 min · Small group
A 2.5-hour small-group tour with entrance tickets to the Arena di Verona — the ancient Roman amphitheatre still used for summer opera — and Juliet's courtyard, with a Walks In Europe guide and a maximum of 12 participants.
2 hr 30 min · max 12
TripAdvisor
A 3-hour small-group tour with skip-the-line access to the Arena di Verona and Juliet's house — the 1st-century Roman amphitheatre and the medieval courtyard with its famous balcony — with a local guide and maximum 12 participants.
3 hr · max 12
A 7-hour small-group day from Verona to Lake Garda — the Scaliger Castle and Roman Grottoes in Sirmione, plus the medieval watermill village of Borghetto sul Mincio, with maximum 14 participants.
7 hr · max 14
A 1.5-hour small-group walking tour through Shakespeare's Verona — the medieval towers, Juliet's balcony, Piazza delle Erbe and the Scaligeri family monuments — meeting under the equestrian statue on Piazza Bra.
1 hr 30 min · Small group
Cappuccino
Caffè Borsari · 4.8 · 1369+ reviews
Monday - Saturday 7:30am - 7:00pm
Sunday 8:00am - 7:00pm
Pasticceria Flego · 4.2 · 1039+ reviews
Pasticceria De Rossi · 4.2 · 366+ reviews
Tuesday - Saturday 7:30am - 8:00pm
Sunday 9:30am - 8:00pm
Closed Monday
Caffè Coloniale · 4.0 · 2000+ reviews
Pasticceria Cordioli · 4.6 · 228+ reviews
Monday - Saturday 7:30am - 12:30pm · 3:00pm - 7:30pm
Sunday 8:30am - 1:00pm · 3:30pm - 7:00pm
Restaurants Near Hotel
Locanda 4 Cuochi · 4.6 · 2000+ reviews
Refined modern bistro near the Arena, seasonal Italian plates.
Daily 12:30pm - 2:30pm · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Trattoria Tre Marchetti · 4.2 · 972+ reviews
Second-generation trattoria beside the Arena, classic Veronese cooking.
Daily 12:00pm - 2:30pm · 6:00pm - 10:30pm
Trattoria al Pompiere · 4.6 · 1959+ reviews
Old-school institution famed for cured meats and regional dishes.
Daily 12:30pm - 2:00pm · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
La Taverna di Via Stella · 4.7 · 1004+ reviews
Warm frescoed osteria pouring Amarone with hearty Veronese plates.
Daily 12:15pm - 2:15pm · 7:15pm - 11:00pm
Hostaria Vecchia Fontanina · 4.4 · 2018+ reviews
Tucked-away hostaria with a tiny piazza terrace and local cooking.
Daily 12:00pm - 2:30pm · 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Downtown Restaurants
Antica Bottega del Vino · 4.5 · 3685+ reviews
Historic wine tavern with a legendary cellar and Veronese classics.
Daily 11:00am - 12:00am
Ristorante Greppia · 4.5 · 4062+ reviews
Family classic known for bollito misto and Veronese tradition.
Daily 12:00pm - 2:30pm · 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Osteria al Duca · 4.5 · 3317+ reviews
Rustic osteria in the medieval Romeo's house, honest Veronese plates.
Daily 12:00pm - 2:30pm · 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Osteria del Bugiardo · 4.5 · 2745+ reviews
Buzzy wine bar for cured meats, cheeses and Valpolicella by the glass.
Daily 11:00am - 12:00am
Osteria Sottoriva · 4.2 · 1232+ reviews
Atmospheric arcade osteria by the river for cicchetti and local wine.
Daily 11:30am - 3:00pm · 6:00pm - 10:30pm
Dining Areas
Centro Storico — Piazza delle Erbe to the Arena
Five well-reviewed local choices lie in a compact, walkable loop between the guide's Piazza delle Erbe and Arena stops: Antica Bottega del Vino · Ristorante Greppia · Osteria al Duca · Osteria del Bugiardo · Osteria Sottoriva.
Local Tastes
Risotto all'Amarone
Creamy risotto simmered with Verona's powerful Amarone red wine — the city's signature first course.
Pastissada de Caval
Slow-braised horse-meat stew in red wine, a centuries-old Veronese specialty served with polenta or gnocchi.
Pandoro
The golden, star-shaped Christmas cake invented in Verona — dusted with vanilla sugar.
Amarone della Valpolicella
Verona's prestige dried-grape red wine from the Valpolicella hills — rich, full and built to age.
Food Delivery
Glovo
Foreign number: not required. — it signs in with Google, Facebook or email, and a phone sign-up takes any prefix with the code by SMS or WhatsApp.
Glovo is the main on-demand delivery platform in Verona, covering central neighbourhoods and the area around Piazza Bra; the sign-up form takes a country code and the verification SMS arrives on a roaming SIM without issue.
Just Eat
Foreign number: not required. — the account is made with Google, Facebook or an email address — there is no phone field, so no code has to arrive.
Just Eat operates in Verona as a secondary platform to Glovo, with a good selection of pizza, local Italian restaurants, and international options; registration is email-based and a foreign payment card is accepted without issue.
Shows, Performances & Concerts
Arena di Verona
The Roman amphitheatre stages the world-famous open-air opera festival each summer, a tradition begun with a legendary Aida.
Teatro Filarmonico
Verona's grand opera house, the Fondazione Arena's winter stage for opera and symphony.
Getting Around
appTaxi
Foreign number: accepted. — the code comes by SMS or WhatsApp, and WhatsApp reaches a foreign number over data; an email code then finishes the sign-up.
appTaxi is Italy's national licensed taxi booking app and the primary option in Verona; it aggregates metered taxis across the city and the sign-up flow accepts a foreign mobile number, with fares using the standard ATCM taxi tariff.
Train Stations Near Hotel
Verona Porta Nuova
Regional and high-speed trains — Frecciarossa, Italo and Trenitalia — to Venice, Milan, Bologna, Florence and Rome.
Day Trips by Train
Lake Garda · 15 min
Peschiera del Garda on Italy's largest lake — lakefront promenades, ferries to Sirmione's castle and Roman ruins.
book at: Trenitalia or Omio
Vicenza · 30 min
Palladio's Renaissance city — the Teatro Olimpico, the Basilica Palladiana and the hilltop Villa La Rotonda.
book at: Trenitalia or Omio
Padua · 45 min
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel frescoes, the Basilica of St Anthony and the vast Prato della Valle square.
book at: Trenitalia or Omio
Mantua · 45 min
Gonzaga Renaissance capital ringed by three lakes, with the frescoed Palazzo Ducale and Palazzo Te.
book at: Trenitalia or Omio
Bologna · 1 hr 20 min
Italy's food capital and Europe's oldest university city — porticoed streets, the leaning towers of Asinelli and Garisenda, and the fresco-covered Basilica di San Petronio.
book at: Trenitalia or Omio
Michelin Restaurants
Casa Perbellini – 12 Apostoli
Chef Perbellini's three-star modern tasting cuisine by Piazza delle Erbe.
Il Desco
Refined contemporary Italian from a long-starred family kitchen.
Hiking
Torricelle Walk · Moderate
A dirt track onto the ridge behind the city, through vines and olive terraces.
5.5 km loop · 176 m ascent
2 hr
Torricella Massimiliana – Valdonega · Moderate
A loop past four hill forts and down through Avesa to the Valdonega villas.
9.7 km loop · 357 m ascent
3 hr 30 min
Worth Knowing
City of Star-Crossed Lovers
Verona trades on a love story that never happened — Shakespeare set Romeo and Juliet here without ever seeing the place — yet the city wears the myth so gracefully that it feels true. The real romance is the stone: a Roman arena that still fills with opera under the stars, a Roman bridge rebuilt arch by arch from the river after the war, a market square laid over a forum that has never stopped being the heart of town.
Walk it in a single day and Verona reveals its trick — everything is close, everything overlaps. From the tower you see the whole loop you just walked: the castle on the bend, the amphitheatre's pale ellipse, the red rooftops sliding down to the Adige. Climb down, cross Ponte Pietra at dusk, and the hills above light up gold. No balcony required.
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