Verona Highlights Walking Tour: Uncover History and Hidden Stories

Highlights

• Expert-Led Walking Tour
• Key Landmarks
• Arena Option

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Scaligero Bridge

   Pass by

   It connects the Verona’s late-medieval castle to the Adige’s left bank. It was almost destroyed in a bombing and later fully rebuilt looking precisely similar to the original one.

2. 2

   Museo di Castelvecchio

   Pass by

   It's located in the eponymous medieval castle.

3. 3

   Arco dei Gavi

   Pass by

   It is an elegant I century AD construction of the Roman architect Vitruvio, that celebrates the glory of the gens Gavia, an important Roman family of Verona.

4. 4

   Arena di Verona

   10min

   It was built by the Romans in the 1st century AD, in the Augustan period. Still today the Arena is the famous setting for Verona's spectacular opera season.

5. 5

   Casa di Giulietta

   5min

   You will see the courtyard of the Capuleti's house, where the famous protagonist of the Shakespearean tragedy lived.

6. 6

   Romeo's House (Casa di Romeo)

   Pass by

   Romeo's house is a medieval palace in the centre of Verona. Until the early fourteenth century it was the home of the Montecchi family who, according to legends and literary texts, was Romeo's family.The building is private, inhabited, and we can only see it from the outside

7. 7

   Piazza Bra

   15min

   It's the largest piazza in Verona, is lined with numerous cafés and restaurants, along with several charming buildings

8. 8

   Arche Scaligere

   5min

   It's the Scaligeri cemetery. As well as several sarcophagi, we find the three wonderful arches built for Cangrande I, Mastino II and Cansignorio.

Before you go

Location