Does anyone know what Verona, in Italy, is like?

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conley39

I live a little less than an hour south of Verona. It's a very nice place and located at the intersection of the major train lines between Milan (and France) to Venice and Naples/Rome to Munich and points north. Verona has a fairly large old town with a very good shopping area. There's an old Roman arena in town where the opera plays in the summer as well as other concerts. There's also a Roman theater. The castle often has interesting exhibits. There are a lot of interesting festivals during the year. The horse show is pretty big; next weekend, there's a busker festival. Verona is very close to Garda Lake which is the largest and cleanest of the Italian equivalent to the Finger Lakes in the US. In the mountains just north of Verona, there's a waterfall park in a small town called Molina.

You'll have a great time in Verona.

This site has some photos of various places in Verona: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/verona/index.html and more here: http://www.aboutromania.com/verona.html.

There's a webcam here: http://www.comune.verona.it/webcam/ all the material piled near the Arena are parts of the sets for the operas that play there. The city website is here, but it's in Italian: http://portale.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=391.

If you're here in September this year, this is a good event not too far from Verona: http://www.marosticascacchi.it/a_2_EN_9_1.html. It's only run every other year.

Robertina

This past May I was in Verona. We had a great time.

The Arena
In 1999, I went to Italy for the first time. I had the opportunity to see Puccini's opera La Tosca at the Arena. It was fantastic. The Arena is a must see.
The Arena, located outside the city walls, is a Roman amphitheatre built in the first half of the first century A.D. It is the third largest building of its type and is the most well preserved
The interior is open to the public. We took a tour of the Arena in May. It was great.

Piazza Bra 28
Verona 37121 Italy
+39 045 800 5151
Tickets for the Arena
ticket@arena.it
Hours of Operation
Jul-Aug: 8a-3:30p Tu-Su, Sep-Jun: 9a-6p Tu-Su
http://www.arena.it/
http://www.arena.it/ita/arenaita.urd/portal.show?c=1

As you know Verona is called the City of Romeo and Juliet.
Juliet's House
For us, this museum was fascinating. The museum houses the furniturings from the 16th and 17th centuries as well as paintings and frescos relating to Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. . The balcony was added during the restoration of the house in 1936-1940.
In the courtyard is a statue of Juliet. It is said that if you rub her breast, you will have everlasting love.

http://www.googobits.com/articles/p2-1924-a-history-lovers-guide-to-verona.html
http://www.comune.verona.it/turismo/Passeggiando/inglese/itineraryA/giulietta.htm
Church of San Francisco al Corso
This is where the tragic of story of Romeo and Juliet is said to have began and ended. It is said that they were married here and this is where Juliet's tomb is.
Romeo's House

http://www.googobits.com/articles/p3-1924-a-history-lovers-guide-to-verona.html
Castelvecchio
I would like to back to visit the Castle.
http://www.googobits.com/articles/p3-1924-a-history-lovers-guide-to-verona.html
Piazza Delle Erbe
http://www.comune.verona.it/turismo/Passeggiando/ItinerarioA/erbe.htm
http://www.googobits.com/articles/p2-1924-a-history-lovers-guide-to-verona.html
It contains many historic buildings, sculptures with a popular and colorful market overflowing with fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Personally, I like buying lunch from the market: buying some bread, a little meat, and some wine and then finding a little place in area to have a picnic lunch.
Piazza dei Signori
http://www.comune.verona.it/turismo/Passeggiando/ItinerarioA/signori.htm
http://www.comune.verona.it/turismo/Passeggiando/inglese/itineraryA/signori.htm
Also known as Piazza Dante

Il Duomo
http://www.verona.com/index.cfm?Page=GuidaÂ§ion=luoghi&id=529
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duomo_di_Verona
http://www.comune.verona.it/turismo/Passeggiando/ItinerarioB/duomo.htm
I love to visit churches.

Information
http://www.googobits.com/articles/1924-a-history-lovers-guide-to-verona.html
http://www.verona.com/guida/
http://it.viaggi.yahoo.com/p-guida_viaggi-20454-verona_guida_viaggi-i

Restaurants

I am sorry that I do not have any reccomendations. However, you can take a look at the link.
http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/ctrestaurants-17874702-Italy_Verona_restaurants.html
Pictures of Verona
http://members.virtualtourist.com/vt/s/?m=6&l.q=22618

Things to do: Additional information
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona-140824/Things_To_Do-Verona-TG-C-1.html#tips
http://www.mytravelguide.com/attractions/ctattractions-17874702-Italy_Verona_attractions.html

It is a beautiful city....I think you will have a good time. It looks like one of the other posters is going to Verona on student exchange too.

You two could communicate here with YA e-mail You would not have to give out your e-mail addresses .. Just use your YA contacts- You will receive a message that you have a message at YA in your e-mail box and then you can just reply... It will go directly to YA ... e-mail compose area not your personal e-mail address.

Here it looks like Bess will accept e-mails
http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AtpdQje42Mcjgn3dvfepx6y67RR.;_ylv=3?show=am4eXSj8aa
Then click on E-mail Bess

I hope you have a great time.

Bess

Ha this is quite strange, i am going to verona for 5 months on exchange as well, who are you going with, i'm with studentexchange australia, i leave in September, where are you from? I'm 16 btw

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