Attractions with the Verona Card

The Arena di Verona is a Roman amphitheatre dating from the 1st century AD. It is considered one of the best-preserved ancient theatres and is still used for opera performances today (an opera festival is held every summer). By day you can explore the impressive oval with its tiers and arches. If you book the Verona Card here, your booking includes priority entry.

Casa di Giulietta (Juliet's House)

The Casa di Giulietta is a medieval townhouse that became famous as Juliet's home from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A bronze statue of Juliet stands in the courtyard, and the house has the legendary balcony, the setting of the famous balcony scene. Inside, you can step out onto the balcony yourself. Entry is free with the Verona Card, but you still need to book a time slot online in advance.

Booking a time slot with the Verona Card

There is no ticket desk at the house, so plan your visit in advance:

1. Book your time slot online at verona.coopculture.it. Choose the option that includes the house, as only that one takes you onto the balcony. Entry is free with the Verona Card, but booking is still required. The ticket is issued in your name.
2. Before your visit, exchange the voucher for the card at the Info Point IAT (Via Leoncino 61, Palazzo Barbieri). Make sure your time slot falls within your card's validity.
3. Arrive for your time slot at the entrance by the Teatro Nuovo on Piazzetta Navona. Show your reservation and your valid Verona Card there.
4. The route runs one way, from the Teatro Nuovo into the courtyard and on into the house. You leave through the archway at Via Cappello 23.

The Casa di Giulietta is open on Mondays from 14:00 to 19:00 and from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00; the last time slot starts at 18:30. It is closed on 25 December and 1 January. On event days there are fewer time slots. For questions about booking, the call centre is available on +39 045 4856788, daily from 9:00 to 17:00.

Museo di Castelvecchio

Castelvecchio is a 14th-century castle built by the Scaliger dynasty. The battlemented Ponte Scaligero spans the river and once served as the castle's escape route. Today Castelvecchio houses a museum with a collection of medieval and Renaissance art, from paintings and sculptures to historic weapons. You can wander through the castle courtyards and along the battlements and enjoy the view from the walls over Verona and the Adige.

Torre dei Lamberti

The 12th-century Torre dei Lamberti rises 84 metres above the old town. Climb the 368 steps (or take the lift) to the top and you are rewarded with a sweeping panorama over the old town to the surrounding hills. The Verona Card includes entry to the tower; the lift costs a small supplement.

Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore

The Basilica di San Zeno is one of Verona's most important Romanesque churches (built in the 12th century). Its tufa and brick façade is adorned with a large rose window, the Wheel of Fortune. Inside you will find Romanesque columns, medieval frescoes and the crypt with the tomb of Saint Zeno. With the Verona Card you can visit the church and the adjoining cloister.

Verona Cathedral

Verona Cathedral (the Duomo, Santa Maria Matricolare) combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The Romanesque portal leads into a lofty Gothic nave. Inside are many art treasures, including Titian's Assumption of the Virgin. The Verona Card gives you entry to the cathedral.

Sant'Anastasia

The basilica of Sant'Anastasia is Verona's largest church, a Gothic building that the Dominicans began around 1290 with the support of the Scaligers. The church was finished by the middle of the 15th century, although the façade was never completed. Inside, the three naves rest on twelve columns of red Verona marble, and at the entrance two hunchbacked figures, the Gobbi, hold up the holy water stoups. The church's best-known work is Pisanello's fresco Saint George and the Princess (around 1433-1438) above the arch of the Cappella Pellegrini. Entry is free with the Verona Card.

Arche Scaligere (Scaliger Tombs)

The Arche Scaligere are the Gothic tombs of the most important Scaligers, enclosed by a wrought-iron railing that repeats the family emblem: the ladder, scala in Italian. Above the church portal rises the 14th-century tomb of Cangrande I; the equestrian statue on its canopy is a copy, and the original is kept in the Museo di Castelvecchio. The most richly decorated is the tomb of Cansignorio from 1375, with sculptures designed by Bonino da Campione. The site can only be entered during the summer season, and even then not every day. There is no separate ticket; entry is free with the Verona Card.

Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano (Roman Theatre)

The Roman Theatre was built towards the end of the 1st century BC on the bank of the Adige and rose in terraces up the Colle San Pietro. It is one of the best-preserved Roman theatres in northern Italy; in summer it hosts the Shakespeare festival Estate Teatrale Veronese on a purpose-built modern stage. The Museo Archeologico also stands on the hill, housed in a 15th-century monastery of the Jesuati order; it mainly displays Roman finds from Verona and the surrounding area. From its large terrace you look out over the river and the city. The Verona Card covers entry to both the theatre and the museum.

Museo degli Affreschi and Tomba di Giulietta (Juliet's Tomb)

The Museo degli Affreschi is housed in the former monastery of San Francesco al Corso. It displays medieval and later frescoes that were removed from the walls of Verona's palazzi and churches in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the same monastery is the Tomba di Giulietta, a red marble sarcophagus said to be Juliet's tomb. The tradition that Romeo and Juliet are buried here goes back to the 16th century. Entry to the museum and the tomb is free with the Verona Card.

Galleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti

The Galleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti occupies the main floor of the Palazzo della Ragione, between Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Signori. At the end of the 12th century the city commune built its town hall here, one of the first public palaces in Italy. The Torre dei Lamberti and the Scala della Ragione belong to the same complex. The gallery grew out of the bequest of Achille Forti and holds around 1,700 works from the early 19th century to the present day, including Francesco Hayez's Meditazione of 1851. With the Verona Card you pay no admission here.