Verona Quarters
by sandysmith
The city of Verona is divided into four different zones: the ancient city, with its Roman remains, the Cittadella zone which stretches southwards, San Zeno and finally the Veronetta with origins in the Early Middle Ages. Its a fairly compact city and easy to walk around in a day or so ...as long as its not too hot :-S Climbing the Lamberti tower in the old quarter or above the old roman theatre across the river gives great views over Verona - some of my favourte views were from these vantage points, enabling you to see the vairous quarters.
Renting a bicycle
by Nemorino
If your hotel doesn't provide free bikes, you can rent one from a bicycle shop called Zanchi on Corso Cavour.
I haven't tried this, but I did go in and have a chat with one of the guys who was working there. (His English was nearly as bad as my Italian, so that was fun.)
Their rental prices are quite high compared to the bike rental shops in Paris, Amsterdam or Strasbourg. Renting a bike here in Verona for five days would cost 55 Euros, for example, but the bikes seem to be in very good condition, and this is obviously a highly professional shop.
Second photo: Inside the Zanchi bike shop.
Corso Cavour 13
Tel. 045 8005681
Castelvecchio Clock Tower
by sandysmith
Castelvecchio is such a large castle that its impossible to do it justice in one picture alone. It is the largest and most impressive of the Scaligeri buildings built towards the end of their reign, when the family began to doubt the city's loyalty - this is the clock tower part.
Giardino Giusti
by croisbeauty
The nature, art and history are what makes the Giusti gardens famous throughout the world.
The gardens, created towards the end of the 15th century, today show the structure given them in 1570 by Agostino Giusti, Knight of the Venetian Republic and Squire of the grand Duke of Tuscany.
The story of the two...
by Pierangelo
The story of the two star-crossed lovers, a secret marriage, potions to simulate death, and a tragic ending has been the subject of writers for centuries. Claims of a basic plot can be found as early as the third century, however, the more detailed versions of did not appear until the fifteenth century. The legend of Romeo and Juliet slowly developed by the efforts of Luigi da Porto, Matteo Bandello and Arthur Brooke. However, it was, only in Shakespeare’s hands did the love story itself become the lyrical celebration of youthful passion that we all associate with the names of Romeo and Juliet today. Luigi da Porto published his version of Romeo and Juliet in 1530. The people of Verona credited him with 'the first to tell the story of the two unfortunate lovers'. They may acknowledge his story with such acceptance since he claimed Pellegrimo of Verona had the early fourteenth century chronicles from Bartolomes Della Scala showing the two unfortunate lovers as a true story. Porto’s claim of a factual account may have actually inspired the future writers to use Verona as the setting of Romeo and Juliet.
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Castelvecchio
Remains of the Roman Theatre in Verona
Outside the 5000 Seat Ancient Colosseum
the famous balcony
