"There is no world without Verona's walls....
Heaven is here where Juliet lives" (William Shakespeare)
Welcome to Verona.
Verona is located in North Italy between Milan and Venice. A beautiful town in itself, it is ideally located as a base to explore the Veneto region. It is only an hour from Venice, the beautiful Lake Garda is close by and the Dolomite mountains lie to the north. Other easily accessible towns are Padua, Mantua, Trento, Bergamo, Vicenza and Bologna.
Arena di Verona
Opera in the open air in a Roman Ampitheater
Verona has one of the best preserved roman ampitheaters, known as the Arena. Every year July and August is the opera season.See the 2009 program here
Aida - Barber of Seville - Carmen - Tosca - Turandot
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Verona's most famous residents. You can see Juliet's balcony, Romeo's house amd Juliet's tomb.For lots of Romeo and Juliet information and links visit my Romeo & Juliet lens
History and facts
- Wikipedia on Verona
- Informative summary of Verona facts and figures
- Take a virtual tour of Verona
- A photographic tour around Verona with explanatory text. Recommended.
- UNESCO World Heritage site
- In 2000 the City of Verona was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here you will find the criteria for inscription.
Somewhere to stay in Verona
Our apartment
- Our apartment in Verona
- My wife is from Verona and we have an apartment there, in the centre. Most of the year we live in Wimbledon so we rent the Verona apartment when we are not there. To view it and for more information go to the web site of our apartment in Verona
Tourist resouces
- Piazza Bra webcam
- View of Piazza Bra and the Arena from the Municipio (Town Hall)
- Tourist Guide
- A 44 page Tourist Guide in PDF format which you can print.
- Mondophoto
- 201 photos of Verona by Marco Silvestri
Wines of Verona
- Soave
- The popular white wine.
- Valpolicella
- Red wine
- Bardolino
- Another red wine
- Bianco di Custoza
- Another white wine
- Vinitaly - Trade Fair
- Prestigious 5 day trade fair with 4000 exhibitors from around the world. This year there were over 140,000 trade visitors.
Veronese Food
- Pandoro
- Pandoro (Golden Bread) the Italian Christmas cake (like panettone but without the fruit)
San Zeno
- San Zeno - the Saint
- San Zeno is the patron saint of Verona.
- The basilica of San Zeno
- One of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in northern Italy.
Football
- AC Chievoverona
- Chievo - After having passed a season in Serie B Chievo is now back in Serie A!!
- Hellas Verona FC
- Used to be in Serie A but now in Serie C1, narrowly avoiding relegation to Serie C2.
Verona on Amazon
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971 Original Broadway Cast)
Audio CD of the Broadway musical
Amazon Price: $18.98 (as of 01/01/2010) 
A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character, and...Goals!
Tim Parks, a fan of the Hellas Verona football team, spent a year travelling to every match.
Amazon Price: $23.04 (as of 01/01/2010)
Italian Neighbors
Tima Parks lived in a small town just outside Verona.
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 01/01/2010)
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