Every guide to Verona opens with the same landmarks, and the big ones do earn their spot. But these 23 are the places I'd actually walk you to: the icons worth your time, plus the quiet corners and viewpoints that never make the lists.
Skip the lineCasa di Giulietta€12★ Tip: Since April 2026 there is no ticket office at the house and booking online is mandatory, even if you get in free. Entry is now through the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona, not the old Via Cappello door. Turn up without a ticket… Directions
Piazza delle ErbeFreeThe most beautiful square in Verona: a former Roman forum, now a market under frescoed facades and a medieval tower. Directions
Piazza dei SignoriFreeAn elegant, quieter square ringed by Renaissance palaces with a statue of Dante (who was exiled here) in the middle. Directions
Get TicketsVerona Arena Guided Tour★ 4.6 · From €38A licensed guide walks you through the Roman amphitheatre in about 45 minutes, and you skip the ticket line on the way in. Directions
Ponte PietraFreeVerona's oldest bridge: Roman stone and rebuilt arches in white and red, spanning the Adige with the hillside rising behind. Directions
Castelvecchio Museum€10A red-brick medieval castle on the river, now a superb art museum, but the building itself, with its battlements and famous bridge, is the star. Directions
Castelvecchio BridgeFreeThe castle's fortified medieval bridge arching over the Adige in red brick, and the best sunset spot in Verona. Directions
Get TicketsOpera at the Verona Arena★ 4.6 · From €48Opera under the stars inside a Roman amphitheatre, which is the single most Verona thing you can do. Directions
Piazza BraFreeVerona's huge, sunlit main square, wrapped in pastel buildings and pavement cafés, with the Roman Arena anchoring one side. Directions
Castel San PietroFreeThe terrace at the top, and THE view of Verona: the red rooftops, the river loops, the Arena, the bell towers, all laid out below. Directions
Complesso del Duomo di Verona€5Verona's striped marble cathedral, tucked in a quiet corner by the river: Romanesque outside, soaring Gothic and a Titian altarpiece inside. Directions
Get TicketsVerona City Walking Tour★ 4.4 · From €18A local guide takes you past Juliet's House, the Arena and the medieval squares in one to two hours, with the legends that go with them. Directions
Skip the lineGiusti Garden€12A perfect Renaissance Italian garden: clipped hedges, cypress avenues, fountains and a little maze, climbing to a terrace with another lovely city view. Directions
Via Giuseppe MazziniFree (window shop)Verona's elegant marble-paved shopping street, connecting the Arena to Juliet's house: pedestrian, polished and full of Italian fashion. Directions
Porta BorsariFreeA beautifully preserved Roman city gate from the 1st century, standing casually between modern buildings: Verona wears its 2,000 years lightly. Directions
Get TicketsVerona Hop-On Hop-Off Bus★ 4.4 · From €24Two loop routes past the medieval walls, Juliet's House and the Arena, with audio commentary in several languages. Directions
I Portoni della BraFreeThe grand twin-arched gateway into the old city: walk through it and Verona opens up in front of you. Directions
Funicolare di Castel San Pietro€3 (round trip)A quick little funicular that whisks you up the hillside to the best viewpoint in Verona, saving your legs the climb. Directions
Skip the lineArena di Verona€18A 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre: older than the Colosseum and still in use, hosting world-famous opera under the stars every summer. Directions
Get TicketsVerona e-Bike Tour★ 4.9 · From €38Easy e-biking out of the old town and up to Castel San Pietro for the view over the rooftops, then back along the river. Directions
Get TicketsPasta and Tiramisu Class★ 4.9 · From €40Hands-on pasta and tiramisu in a Verona restaurant kitchen, with Prosecco to start and wine with what you cook. Directions
Get TicketsHilltop Wine Tasting at Corte San Mattia★ 4.9 · From €44A small organic winery on the hillside just outside town, five wines poured with cold cuts and cheese, and Verona laid out below you. Directions
Get TicketsFrida Kahlo Immersive Experience★ 4.3 · From €18A 45-minute walk-through of digital projections on Frida Kahlo's life and work, done at your own pace. Directions
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