Verona, Italy

Sights of Verona, Italy

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According to topschoolsintheusa, Verona is a medium-sized city located in the Veneto region. Verona is located a few tens of kilometers from Lake Garda and was already an important city in the north of Italy in the Roman era. Fortunately, a number of sights from this time have been preserved. Verona is mainly visited by Dutch tourists when they are on holiday on Lake Garda. However, the proportion of people who consciously book a city trip to Verona is also increasing. The city has enough to offer to keep people entertained for two or three days. To travel to Verona you can fly directly from the Netherlands to the international airport of Verona. You can also fly to Venice and then travel by train to Verona.

Top 10 sights of Verona

#1. Arena of Verona
The most famous building of Verona is the Roman amphitheatre: the Arena. The amphitheater is known for its great acoustics. That is why beautiful operas are performed in the summer months. During the rest of the year, you can also regularly admire ballets in the Arena and enjoy various music performances. Outside the performances, the Arena can also be admired from the inside.

#2. Piazza delle Erbe
The atmospheric square Piazza delle Erbe is actually seen as the heart of the city. The square has the most beautiful collection of striking buildings. A permanent market has been set up in the middle of the square and there are terraces from which you can admire daily life in Verona at your leisure.

#3. Casa di Giulietta
The house of Juliet, the main character of ‘Romeo & Juliet’, has nowadays become something of a place of pilgrimage for couples in love. Touching the right breast of the bronze statue of Juliet is said to bring good luck in love. Literally the highlight for many ladies is to stand on Juliet’s balcony.

#4. Torre dei Lamberti
There are a few towers in the center of Verona. The tower with the best view is Torre dei Lamberti. For a fee you can walk almost to the highest point of 84 meters and enjoy the view over Verona. There is also a museum at the tower.

#5. Castelvecchio
The castle built with red bricks dates from the fourteenth century AD and is located on the Adige. A large part of Castelvecchio has been set up as a museum, where a lot of art from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century can be admired. The way you walk through the museum and castle makes it worth it alone. It really is a beautiful journey through a piece of history of Verona.

#6. Piazza Bra
The largest square in Verona is Piazza Bra. If you enter the old town through the Portoni della Bra city gate, you will automatically arrive at this square. The Arena of Verona is located on Piazza Bra, among other things. Also popular are the many restaurants and terraces on the northwestern side of the square. Especially in the summer months it is very lively here. The quality of the restaurants here is generally fine.

#7. Via Mazzini
Via Giuseppe Mazzini is the shopping street of Verona. This car-free street is the artery of Verona’s shopping district. You will find a number of major Italian fashion brands here, but also nice smaller shops. In Via Mazzini you can certainly keep yourself busy for a few hours if you want to go shopping. The main entrance to the shopping street is at Piazza Bra. The street starts with a store of fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

#8. Arche Scaligere
The tombs of the Scala family are the most beautiful Gothic remains in Verona. The tombs are in the sky, in front of the Santa Maria Antica church. The tombs are enclosed by a wall with steel gates. The five monuments date from the fourteenth century.

#9. Porta Borsari
A beautiful city gate that partly dates from the first century AD and partly even older. That is the Porta Borsari. The gate is made of limestone and consists of three floors. The gate was called Porta Iovia in Roman times.

#10. Museum Lapidario Maffeiano
Lovers of archeology should definitely take a look at one of the oldest archaeological museums in Europe. The collection includes a number of beautiful finds from various eras. An important part is of course formed by finds from the Roman era.

Verona, Italy