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In the destination Verona and Lago de Garda.
In the photo: Arena di Verona
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The city
Verona is the city of the Arena di Verona, a Roman amphitheatre that hosts opera in summer, and of the Casa di Giulietta, linked to Romeo and Juliet. The centre, surrounded by the bend of the Ádige, has the Piazza Bra, the Piazza delle Erbe, the Torre dei Lamberti and the Piazza dei Signori. There is also the Museo di Castelvecchio, the churches of San Zeno, Sant'Anastasia and the Duomo, the Ponte Pietra, the Teatro Romano, the Castel San Pietro and the Giardino Giusti.
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The local experience
1st-century Roman amphitheatre, one of the best-preserved in the world. Since 1913 it has hosted the summer opera festival and, for the rest of the year, concerts and visits to the monument.
Verona’s largest square, in front of the Arena, with the Liston promenade, the palazzi of the Gran Guardia and the city hall, and a central garden.
A medieval tower-house associated with Shakespeare’s Juliet, featuring the courtyard with the bronze statue and the famous balcony. Visits to the courtyard and the house are by timed reservation only.
Verona’s oldest square, located on the site of the ancient Roman forum, with market stalls, the fountain of the Madonna Verona, houses with frescoes and the Torre dei Lamberti.
Medieval tower 84 meters high next to Piazza delle Erbe, with an elevator and stairs to the top, offering views of the historic center, the river Ádige and the surrounding hills.
The square of Scaligeri power, with palaces linked by arches, the Loggia del Consiglio, the statue of Dante, and next to it the Arche Scaligere, the family's Gothic tombs.
14th-century Scaligeri castle on the banks of the Ádige, now the city's art museum, connected to the opposite bank by the Ponte di Castelvecchio, made of brick and topped with battlements.
Romanesque church from the 12th century dedicated to Verona's patron, with bronze doors, the Wheel of Fortune rose window, Mantegna's triptych and a crypt above the saint's tomb.
The cathedral of Verona, with a Romanesque façade and Gothic interior, with Titian's Assumption, the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte and the church of Sant'Elena in the same complex.
Verona's largest church, in Italian Gothic style, with Pisanello's fresco of Saint George and the Princess and the holy-water basins supported by hunched figures.
The only Roman bridge in Verona, over the Ádige, rebuilt with the original stones after being blown up in 1945. It connects the center to the Teatro Romano and to Castel San Pietro.
1st-century BC Roman theatre at the foot of the morro de San Pietro, with the city's archaeological museum installed in an old convent at the top of the seating.
Terrace at the top of the morro de San Pietro with the best-known view of Verona, over the Ádige and the historic center. You can walk up or take the funicular, which runs year-round.
16th-century Italian Renaissance garden behind a palazzo in the Veronetta district, with an avenue of cypresses, a maze, grottoes and a viewpoint featuring a stone mask.
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