Love, Lies and Legends: Self-Guided Verona Walking Tour

Highlights

• Self-Guided App Tour
• Ancient History & Legends
• Iconic Landmarks

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Ponte Pietra

   10min

   Walk across Roman stones pulled from a river by citizens who refused to let a wartime demolition erase their bridge.

2. 2

   Romeo's House (Casa di Romeo)

   Pass by

   Learn why the real story of this house, a brilliant woman silenced for speaking too well, outshines the fiction.

3. 3

   Santa Maria Antica

   10min

   Decode a funerary complex where modern forensics revealed poison in a medieval ruler's mummified remains.

4. 4

   Casa di Giulietta

   Pass by

   Pass by one of the most famous locations associated with Shakespeare's tragedy: Juliet's house. Uncover how a twentieth century heritage promoter built the balcony from a medieval coffin lid and launched a global myth.

5. 5

   Arena di Verona

   Pass by

   Stand before an amphitheatre older than the Colosseum whose outer wall was dismantled not by an earthquake, but by a king

6. 6

   Museo di Castelvecchio

   Pass by

   look upon a fortress built to face inward, where a ruler's escape bridge could not save him from his own brother

7. 7

   Piazza Bra

   10min

   Hear about the famous monuments in this square

8. 8

   Piazza delle Erbe

   15min

   Cross a marketplace that has operated continuously since it was a Roman forum over two millennia ago.

Before you go

Location