Dark Verona: Walking Tour of Verona's Most Cruel Histories and Mysteries

Highlights

• Arena of Verona
• Old Jewish Ghetto
• Piazza Erbe & Scaliger Tombs

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Arena di Verona

   15min

   We will not enter the Arena, but you'll learn about the history of the building and some of the many stories that took place there ... you'll be magnetized by it ! What happened in the Arena on the Ides of March of year 54 AD? Why were 176 people - including children - burnt alive on February, 13th, 1278?

2. 2

   Stop 2

   15min

   What happened to the Jewish family who lived next to the Synagogue during WWII? See Verona from a different perspective and discover some of the darkest times that occurred in there.

3. 3

   Piazza delle Erbe

   10min

   You'll live the Medieval life and learn about its cruelties while watching the pillory or the tower where exposition cage hanged ...

4. 4

   Piazza dei Signori

   10min

   Passing by the corner where Mastiff I of the Scala Family, the ruler of Verona, was murdered in 1277, we'll reach Signori Square, and learn about the sad destiny of orphans, about Dante and his flight from Florence, and then the hard life under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire ...

5. 5

   Arche Scaligere

   10min

   Looking at the Scala Family Tombs, we'll come to know about some of the plots that brought to their end: the hate among brothers, the murders, the attacks ...

6. 6

   Casa di Giulietta

   10min

   You'll cry your eyes out at the sad story of the two doomed lovers ...

Before you go

Location