Roman Verona in half a day
About 2.6 km and 3 h: amphitheatre, city gates, funerary arch and the theatre across the river. · 7 stops
- Arena di Verona
- Portoni della Bra
- Arco dei Gavi
- Porta Borsari
- Porta Leoni
- Ponte Pietra
- Teatro Romano
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This interactive map of Verona (Italy) brings together 148 hand-picked places: 48 attractions, 46 restaurants, 29 cafés and 25 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
About 2.6 km and 3 h: amphitheatre, city gates, funerary arch and the theatre across the river. · 7 stops
About 1.8 km and 3 h: the two great squares, the tower, the Gothic tombs and the balcony house. · 7 stops
About 2.2 km and 3 h: the Scaliger castle, the bridge, the Austrian arsenal and San Zeno's Romanesque. · 6 stops
About 2.4 km and 4 h with a climb: the student bank, the Mannerist garden and the terrace over the city. · 7 stops
About 1.6 km and a whole evening: pastry, a historic wine shop, ombra bacari and late-night krapfen. · 7 stops
Arena · Città Antica
The best-preserved Roman amphitheatre on earth, from the 1st century AD: 30,000 people fitted into its Valpolicella-stone cavea, and in February 2026 it hosted the Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
Tip: The opera festival ended in September; the 104th runs 11 June to 11 September 2027. Today it opens Tue-Sun 9:00-19:00, last entry 18:30, closed Mondays.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then walk.
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Show on mapPiazza Bra · Città Antica
Verona's largest square and its living room: the pink-marble Liston, the Gran Guardia, Palazzo Barbieri and the Arena in one sweep.
Tip: The Christmas market with the Nuremberg stalls is set up here: in 2025 it opened on 21 November; the 2026 dates are not out yet. Today the square is clear.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then walk.
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Show on mapPiazza delle Erbe · Città Antica
The Roman forum turned marketplace: the 14th-century Madonna Verona fountain, the capitello, St Mark's lion and the frescoed Case Mazzanti.
Tip: The stalls today sell mostly souvenirs and some food; for real produce head to the km-zero neighbourhood markets, open 8:00-13:00.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapPiazza dei Signori · Città Antica
The Scaliger power square, with Dante's statue in the middle, the Renaissance Loggia del Consiglio and the Palazzo del Capitanio.
Tip: Come at sunset: the stone turns gold and the square's cafés put the tables out. The way in from Piazza Erbe is the Arco della Costa, with its hanging whale rib.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapArche Scaligere · Città Antica
The Gothic burial ground of the Della Scala: monumental tombs with Cangrande I smiling on horseback above the door of Santa Maria Antica.
Tip: Open Saturdays and Sundays only, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00, and the season ends on 1 November 2026: there is no box office on site, buy the ticket beforehand.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva».
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Show on mapCasa di Giulietta · Città Antica
A tower-house documented since 1351 that was once an inn and that the 18th century christened the Capulets': the balcony was bolted on in 1939.
Tip: Since 1 April 2026 the only way in is Piazzetta Navona (Teatro Nuovo) and tickets are ONLINE at verona.coopculture.it: there is no box office. Theatre+courtyard €5, with the house €12. A timed booking is compulsory even with a VeronaCard.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapCasa di Romeo · Città Antica
The medieval Montague house (in fact the Nogarola), with crenellated wall and private courtyard: you cannot go inside, which is why it is nearly empty.
Tip: It is private property: look at the façade from Via Arche Scaligere and that's it. Use the trip to see the Arche right opposite.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva».
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Show on mapTorre dei Lamberti · Città Antica
Verona's tallest tower, 84 m and 368 steps since 1172: at the top hang the Rengo and the Marangona bells, with the whole red city below.
Tip: Monday to Friday 10:00-18:00 (last entry 17:40) and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 10:30-19:00 (last 18:40). The VeronaCard covers entry but NOT the lift: €1 paid at the tower.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapMuseo di Castelvecchio · Città Antica
Cangrande II's castle (1354-56) reinvented by Carlo Scarpa: 29 rooms, the original equestrian Cangrande, and a route that is itself a work of art.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:15, closed Mondays. The ticket includes the wall walk, which almost nobody bothers to climb.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Castelvecchio».
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Show on mapPonte Scaligero · Città Antica
Cangrande II's fortified bridge over the Adige, with its swallowtail merlons: blown up in 1945, rebuilt stone by stone.
Tip: Free to cross at any hour, even when the museum is shut. The good light is from the Arsenale bank, looking back at the castle.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Castelvecchio».
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Show on mapPonte Pietra · Città Antica
The 1st-century BC Roman bridge over the Adige: of its five arches only two are still Roman, one is Scaliger and two were redone in the 16th century.
Tip: The Germans mined every Adige bridge in 1945; this one was put back together between 1957 and 1959 with blocks recovered from the riverbed. The view from the bridge to the Roman Theatre is the postcard.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra».
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Show on mapTeatro Romano · Veronetta
Built under Augustus on the San Pietro hillside and buried for centuries: a merchant, Andrea Monga, dug it out in 1834.
Tip: Open all year, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:30, closed Mondays. In summer the Shakespeare festival stage goes up and the route changes.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra».
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Show on mapMuseo Archeologico al Teatro Romano · Veronetta
A 15th-century convent perched above the theatre, full of Roman mosaics, bronzes and inscriptions, with a terrace over the whole of Verona.
Tip: Entry is the same as the Roman Theatre: one ticket for both. Go up to the Grande Terrazza even in the rain, the cloister is covered.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra».
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Show on mapCastel San Pietro · Veronetta
Radetzky's Austrian barracks (1854-56) on the old Roman Monte Gallo: you cannot go in, but its terrace is THE viewpoint over Verona.
Tip: The stairway from Ponte Pietra takes about 15 minutes; the funicular does it in 90 seconds but from November it shuts at 17:00. The terrace itself is free.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra».
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Show on mapFunicolare di Castel San Pietro · Veronetta
Opened in 1941 for the Fine Arts Academy, it climbs to Castel San Pietro in 90 seconds in a glass cabin.
Tip: Summer hours 10:00-21:00 until the end of October; November to March 10:00-17:00. The VeronaCard does NOT include it: pay separately at the lower station.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra».
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Show on mapGiardino Giusti · Veronetta
A late-16th-century Italian garden with cypresses, grottoes, the stone mascaron and a maze; Goethe and Mozart both came through.
Tip: From October to March it opens 10:00-18:00 daily, last entry an hour before. You can add the Appartamento 900 in the palace, reopened not long ago.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo».
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Show on mapBasilica di San Zeno Maggiore · San Zeno
The summit of Italian Romanesque: 12th-century bronze doors, a Wheel of Fortune rose window, San Zeno's crypt and Mantegna's triptych in the apse.
Tip: Not free: €4 per church or €8 for the Chiese Vive combined ticket to all four, audioguide included, valid 90 days. From 1 November weekdays shift to 10:00-17:00.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Rigaste San Zeno».
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Show on mapDuomo di Santa Maria Matricolare · Città Antica
A whole complex rather than one church: a Romanesque cathedral with Titian's Assumption, the San Giovanni in Fonte baptistery and the early-Christian remains of Santa Elena.
Tip: Sundays and feast days afternoons only, 13:30-17:30: mornings are for worship. From 1 November, Monday to Friday 10:00-17:00. Entry for prayer is always free.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapBasilica di Santa Anastasia · Città Antica
Verona's largest Gothic church, with Pisanello's St George up high and two stone hunchbacks holding the holy-water stoups.
Tip: Pisanello's fresco sits above the Pellegrini chapel, in the gloom: there is a coin-operated light, worth it. Same €4/€8 Chiese Vive ticket.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva».
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Show on mapChiesa di San Fermo Maggiore · Città Antica
Two churches stacked on the Adige bank: above, the Franciscan Gothic basilica with its upturned-boat ceiling; below, the 11th-century Romanesque one.
Tip: Not wheelchair accessible because of the steep stairs. From 1 November it opens 10:00-17:00 Monday to Friday. Chiese Vive ticket €4.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi».
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Show on mapChiesa di Santa Maria in Organo · Veronetta
The choir and sacristy with Fra Giovanni da Verona's marquetry: landscapes, instruments and animals made only from woods of different colours.
Tip: Visiting hours: Friday 10:30-17:30, Saturday 10:00-15:45 and Sunday 11:00-17:30. Otherwise you can only enter for mass. Run by Verona Minor Hierusalem.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo».
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Show on mapChiesa di San Lorenzo · Città Antica
Hidden behind a gate on Corso Cavour: 12th-century Romanesque, with two cylindrical towers and Verona's only matroneum gallery.
Tip: It is no longer part of the Chiese Vive circuit, which today covers only San Zeno, the Duomo, Sant'Anastasia and San Fermo: hours depend on the parish, check before going.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour».
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Show on mapChiesa di San Giorgio in Braida · San Giorgio
The church with Sanmicheli's dome on the left bank, with Veronese's Martyrdom of St George over the high altar.
Tip: It sits off the tourist circuit and entry is free, but hours follow worship: try mid-morning or mid-afternoon. About 10 minutes on foot from Ponte Pietra.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra».
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Show on mapGalleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti · Città Antica
Verona's 19th and 20th-century picture gallery, inside the medieval Palazzo della Ragione, reached up the Gothic Scala della Ragione.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, closed Mondays. On the first Sunday of each month from November to March the civic museums cost €1: the next one is 1 November.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapMuseo Lapidario Maffeiano · Città Antica
One of the oldest public museums in Europe, opened in 1745 by Scipione Maffei: hundreds of Greek, Etruscan and Roman inscriptions under a portico.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:30. They do not sell tickets at the door: buy online at verona.coopculture.it or at the Arena or Castelvecchio desks.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then walk.
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Show on mapMuseo degli Affreschi G.B. Cavalcaselle · Cittadella
A Franciscan convent holding Verona's biggest collection of detached frescoes and, in the crypt, the empty sarcophagus everyone calls Juliet's tomb.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:30, closed Mondays. The sarcophagus really is medieval, but has always been empty: the 19th century built the myth.
🚇 ATV bus 70, 71 or 94 to «Via Pallone».
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Show on mapAMO Arena Museo Opera · Città Antica
The Fondazione Arena's museum inside Palazzo Forti: costumes, set designs and objects from a century of opera, plus big temporary shows.
Tip: Not included in the VeronaCard: pay separately. Check which show is on before you go, because the price changes with the exhibition.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva».
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Show on mapPalazzo Maffei Casa Museo · Città Antica
The Baroque palace closing Piazza delle Erbe, open as a house museum with the Carlon collection: De Chirico, Magritte, Balla and a dizzying spiral staircase.
Tip: Open Mondays and Thursday to Sunday 10:00-18:00: closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the usual mistake. The VeronaCard gives a discount, not free entry.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapMuseo di Storia Naturale · Veronetta
Almost three million specimens in Sanmicheli's Renaissance Palazzo Pompei, including the Bolca fossils, the world's best-preserved Eocene fish.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00, last entry 17:30. The Veronese Prehistory room has been under works since June 2026: the rest of the museum is normal.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi».
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Show on mapMuseo Africano · Veronetta
Founded by the Comboni missionaries, it gathers art, instruments and everyday objects from sub-Saharan Africa with a critical reading of colonialism.
Tip: Short weekday hours: Monday to Friday 9:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:00, Saturdays mornings only. The VeronaCard gets you a reduced ticket, not free entry.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santa Maria in Organo», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapMuseo Miniscalchi Erizzo · Città Antica
A late-Gothic noble house between Piazza Erbe and the Duomo: Renaissance bronzes, armour, 16th-century drawings and ivories across fifteen rooms.
Tip: Friday to Monday 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00, last entry 45 minutes before; closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Reduced with the VeronaCard.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapMuseo Archeologico Nazionale · Veronetta
The state museum in the former San Tomaso convent: mosaics, statuary and the Roman finds of the Verona countryside, separate from the civic museum.
Tip: Open Friday to Sunday only, 10:00-18:00: closed Monday to Thursday. It is state-run, so the VeronaCard gives a reduction, not free entry.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo».
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Show on mapPorta Borsari · Città Antica
The monumental gate of Roman Verona, 1st century AD, with its two tiers of windows and the inscription dating Gallienus' walls.
Tip: It stands in the middle of the pedestrian street, so you can see it any time. At night it is lit and the street empties: best moment for the shot.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour».
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Show on mapPorta Leoni · Città Antica
Half a Roman gate embedded in a house wall on Via Leoni, with the excavation pit beside it showing the 1st-century street level.
Tip: Look first at the open dig on the Via Leoni side: it sits well below today's level and you can see the original Roman paving.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi».
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Show on mapArco dei Gavi · Città Antica
A 1st-century Roman funerary arch signed by the architect Lucius Vitruvius Cerdo: Napoleon pulled it down in 1805 and it was reassembled piece by piece in 1932.
Tip: It stands next to Castelvecchio, not on its original spot: look at it from the river side, where a stretch of the Via Postumia survives with its cart ruts.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Castelvecchio».
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Show on mapPortoni della Bra · Città Antica
The 14th-century double arch with clock tower separating Corso Porta Nuova from Piazza Brà: the door everyone comes into Verona through.
Tip: To the left, up against the arch, is the Museo Lapidario Maffeiano; cross it and the Arena and the Liston appear at once. Keep right for the head-on photo.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then walk.
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Show on mapPalazzo della Gran Guardia · Città Antica
The 17th-century guardhouse on Piazza Brà, only finished in 1853 by the Austrians and today the city's main exhibition hall.
Tip: It has no permanent collection: it opens only for temporary exhibitions, and in winter often hosts the international nativity-scene show. Check the poster before crossing the square.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then walk.
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Show on mapArco della Costa · Città Antica
The arch linking Piazza Erbe with Piazza dei Signori, with a whale rib hanging for centuries and a legend about when it will drop.
Tip: Legend says the rib will fall when someone who has never lied walks under it: it has been up there for centuries. It was probably an apothecary's sign.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapArsenale Franz Joseph I · Città Antica
Nine Austrian pavilions from 1854-61 facing Castelvecchio, with a huge park in front: contemporary Verona's great unfinished project.
Tip: The park is open and is the best spot on the left bank to sit and look at the Ponte Scaligero. The pavilions themselves are still largely closed.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Castelvecchio».
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Show on mapCimitero Monumentale · Porto San Pancrazio
A neoclassical open-air museum by the Adige, with porticoes, chapels and funerary sculpture of Verona's great 19th-century families.
Tip: The week of 1 and 2 November is the busiest of the year for All Saints and All Souls: if you want silence, come on another weekday.
🚇 ATV bus 70, 71 or 94 to «Cimitero Monumentale».
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Show on mapStadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · Borgo Milano
The 1963 stadium rebuilt for Italia 90, with its cable-stayed roof: 39,211 seats and home of Hellas Verona.
Tip: It is still called Marcantonio Bentegodi, with no sponsor in the name. Hellas went down in May 2026 and play Serie BKT 2026/27: tickets are far easier to get.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Stadio Bentegodi».
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Show on mapVeronafiere · Borgo Roma
Verona's exhibition grounds, twelve halls: home of Vinitaly in spring and of Fieracavalli, Italy's oldest horse fair, in autumn.
Tip: The 128th Fieracavalli runs 5-8 November 2026: on those days Verona's hotels fill up and prices jump, book ahead or shift your dates.
🚇 ATV bus 22, 25 or 61 to «Fiera».
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Show on mapVerona Porta Nuova · Borgo Milano
Northern Italy's railway crossroads: the Milan-Venice line and the Brenner line meet here, a 15-minute walk from the Arena.
Tip: Watch out for the general strike called for 30 October 2026: trains stop from 21:00 on the 29th until 20:59 on the 30th. Check before you book.
🚇 Regional trains to Verona Porta Nuova; ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Stazione Porta Nuova».
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Show on mapAeroporto Valerio Catullo · Villafranca di Verona
Verona's airport, at Villafranca, some 12 km from the centre: the gateway to Lake Garda and to the whole wine country.
Tip: Bus 199 links the airport and Porta Nuova in about 20 minutes, but the VeronaCard covers neither the Aerobus nor ATV's extra-urban buses: pay separately.
🚇 ATV bus 199 (Aerobus) from «Stazione Porta Nuova» to «Aeroporto», about 20 min.
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Show on mapTeatro Filarmonico · Città Antica
The Fondazione Arena's indoor opera house, from 1732, rebuilt after the 1945 bombing: this is where they sing when the Arena is shut, and it was a secondary venue of the 2026 Olympic closing ceremony.
Tip: While the Arena waits for its June 2027 festival, the opera and symphonic season runs here: check the calendar at arena.it before you travel.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then walk.
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Show on mapTeatro Nuovo · Città Antica
An 1846 playhouse on Piazzetta Navona, with a century of stage history: since 2026 it is also the only way into Juliet's House.
Tip: On performance days access to the Juliet route can be limited in some slots: available times show up when you book online.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo».
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Show on mapChiesa di Santa Maria Antica · Città Antica
The small 12th-century Romanesque church that was the Della Scala's private chapel: hence the Arche Scaligere crowding over its door.
Tip: You get in free even when the Arche are closed: inside, banded brick and tufa and total silence steps from the Piazza Erbe crowds.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva».
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Show on mapPiazza Isolo · Veronetta
The heart of Veronetta, the Adige's student-and-working-class bank: market square, student bars and no tour groups.
Tip: On Saturday mornings the km-zero farmers' market is set up here, 8:00 to 13:00: this is the one Veronese actually use, not the Piazza Erbe one.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo».
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Show on mapCasa Perbellini 12 Apostoli · Città Antica
Giancarlo Perbellini cooking in full view inside Verona's oldest dining room: three MICHELIN stars and the hardest table in the Veneto.
Tip: Tuesday dinner only; Wednesday to Saturday lunch 12:30-14:00 and dinner 19:30-21:00; closed Sunday and Monday. Book weeks ahead, not days.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapIl Desco · Città Antica
A 15th-century palazzo with coffered ceilings where the Rinaldini family take Veneto cooking to fine dining: one MICHELIN star, confirmed.
Tip: It hides in an alley behind San Sebastiano: look for Via Dietro San Sebastiano 5, there is no big sign. Booking essential.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapIris Ristorante a Palazzo Soave · Città Antica
Giacomo Sacchetto's young cooking inside Palazzo Soave on Via Leoni: the newest MICHELIN star in central Verona.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday, lunch 12:30-14:00 and dinner 19:30-21:45; closed Sunday and Monday. The Velvet Bar in the same palazzo takes walk-ins for a drink.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapTrattoria Al Bersagliere · Città Antica
A textbook Veronese trattoria behind the Arena: pastissada de caval, bigoli with sardines and lesso con la pearà done the home way.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 9:30-15:00 and 19:15-22:00; closed Sunday and Monday. Lesso con la pearà is a winter dish: by late October it is usually on, but ask.
🚇 ATV bus 70, 71 or 94 to «Via Pallone», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria Mondo d'Oro · Città Antica
A small osteria on the street of the same name, with a short produce-led menu and the value for money the red guide rewarded.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. Wednesday is dinner only; the rest of the week lunch 12:30-14:30 and dinner 19:00-22:30. Small room, book ahead.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapBottega Vini · Città Antica
The old Antica Bottega del Vino, from 1890: a cellar of thousands of labels below street level, long benches upstairs and the city's most serious Amarone list.
Tip: You can just stand at the bar, order an ombra and a plate of soppressa without booking a table. The year's novello is uncorked from 30 October.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapAl Pompiere · Città Antica
Deli and trattoria since 1966, walls papered with black-and-white photographs and a cheese-and-salumi trolley that is half the menu.
Tip: Order the salumi tasting and the pastissada de caval; if you are vegetarian say so when booking, because meat and cured pork are the point.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapLocanda 4 Cuochi · Città Antica
Open kitchen, short menu, produce first, two steps from the Arena: the bistro that converted Verona to contemporary cooking.
Tip: Closed Mondays; Tuesday dinner only. The rest of the week lunch 12:30-14:30 and dinner 19:30-22:30. The weekday lunch menu is the best value.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapRistorante Greppia · Città Antica
An institution of bollito misto with pearà: the boiled-meat trolley comes to the table and they carve tongue, cotechino and hen in front of you.
Tip: Pearà is a sauce of breadcrumbs, marrow and a lot of pepper: a winter-only dish and the house flag here. It sits in a traffic-free alley with outside tables.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOste Scuro · Cittadella
Adriatic fish and shellfish in a Verona that normally looks inland: the menu changes daily with whatever comes up from the Chioggia market.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday lunch 12:30-14:00 and dinner 19:30-22:30; Monday and Sunday dinner only. Few tables in an alley: always book.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Castelvecchio», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria Sottoriva · Città Antica
Under Verona's last medieval porticoes, right by the Adige: boards of salumi, baccalà and Veneto wine by the glass.
Tip: Via Sottoriva is the only stretch of medieval porticoes that survived the 19th-century demolitions: sit outside even when it is cold, there are heaters.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», a few steps away.
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Show on mapOstregheteria Sottoriva 23 · Città Antica
A Venetian-style bacaro under the same portico: cicchetti, oysters, a spritz and tables in the street until the small hours.
Tip: The easiest place in the centre to eat late: kitchen runs 10:00 to 01:00 with no afternoon break, and the Veronese spritz is made with Select or Aperol.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», a few steps away.
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Show on mapOsteria al Duca · Città Antica
On the ground floor of Romeo's House: a fixed two-course menu, paper tablecloths and the cheapest pastissada de caval in the centre.
Tip: They do not take phone bookings for small groups: queue at the door at 19:30 and you get in fast. Cash works better than card.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria del Bugiardo · Città Antica
The Buglioni winery's wine bar on Corso Porta Borsari: Valpolicella wines at producer prices and cicchetti to eat standing.
Tip: It is the in-town window onto a Valpolicella winery, which lies outside the city: taste Ripasso against Amarone here before heading to the hills.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria Monte Baldo · Città Antica
A counter osteria with a case full of cicchetti, vegetables in oil and cheeses: you eat standing with an ombra in hand.
Tip: The 'ombra' is the 100 ml glass of wine Veronese drink before eating: here it costs little over a euro and you order it at the counter.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapTrattoria I Masenini · Città Antica
Grilled meat and revisited Veronese cooking on Via Roma, between the Arena and Castelvecchio: long wine list and formal service.
Tip: Order the risotto all'Amarone: made with the Valpolicella wine itself, it needs about twenty minutes, so ask as soon as you sit down.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria Carroarmato · Città Antica
An old-school osteria in an alley by Sant'Anastasia: shared wooden tables, bulk wine and the day's dishes on a blackboard.
Tip: It opens early for the aperitivo, around 18:00, which is when Veronese have their ombra. Arrive at 21:00 and it is already full of people standing.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria le Vecete · Città Antica
One of the historic osterie on Via Pellicciai: a cicchetti counter, tight tables and Veronese dishes with no concessions to tourists.
Tip: At aperitivo time you eat standing at the counter; to sit you must book. Try the crostini of baccalà mantecato.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria Casa Vino · Cittadella
Produce-driven Veronese cooking in an alley behind Via Roma, with a Veneto wine list and dishes that turn with the season.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 12:00-15:00 and 19:00-22:30; closed Mondays. In autumn radicchio and the first seasonal risotti appear.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then six minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria Giulietta e Romeo · Città Antica
Despite the name, a serious Veronese osteria on Corso Sant'Anastasia: gnocchi, bigoli and bollito depending on the day.
Tip: Gnocchi are Verona's emblem dish thanks to Carnival's Venerdì Gnocolar: here they make them all year, with horse ragù or with sbrisolona.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapTrattoria Tre Marchetti · Città Antica
Since 1291 in the alley hugging the Arena: the trattoria where the singers eat after the show, signed photographs on the walls.
Tip: In opera season it serves very late; out of season, like now, it keeps normal hours and tables are easier to get.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», a few steps away.
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Show on mapRistorante Torcolo · Città Antica
Steps from Piazza Brà, a broad regional menu with pastissada, bigoli con l'anara and risotto all'Amarone, served without a break.
Tip: Open seven days 12:00-14:30 and 19:00-22:30, rare in the centre: it is the Sunday and Monday lifeline.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapAl Calmiere · San Zeno
Facing the San Zeno basilica, tables out on the square: the neighbourhood's home of pastissada de caval and bollito with pearà.
Tip: Monday to Saturday 12:30-14:30 and 19:30-22:00; Sunday lunch only. Pair it with the basilica, which closes at 17:00 from 1 November.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Rigaste San Zeno», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapTrattoria Ai Piloti · San Zeno
Fish and fry-ups on San Zeno square, well off the circuit: the seafood counterpoint to a city of horse meat and polenta.
Tip: On the first Sunday of the month the square fills with the San Zeno antiques market, 9:00 to 18:00: book if you come that day.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Rigaste San Zeno», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapRistorante Maffei · Città Antica
Inside the Baroque Palazzo Maffei, with an inner courtyard and a cellar built into the remains of a Roman temple: classic cooking looking onto Piazza Erbe.
Tip: Kitchen runs 12:00 to 22:30. Ask to go down to the cellar: it is dug into the foundations of the Roman capitoline temple and can be seen if you ask.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapRistorante Sant'Eufemia · Città Antica
Next to the church of the same name, on a tourist-free street: seasonal Veronese cooking with a local wine list.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 12:30-14:30 and 19:00-22:30; Sunday lunch only 12:30-15:00 and Monday closed.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapHosteria La Vecchia Fontanina · Città Antica
A hidden piazzetta with wisteria and outdoor tables, between the Duomo and Piazza Erbe: homely Veronese cooking and a very late close.
Tip: Open seven days 12:00-14:30 and 19:00-24:00, but closed on public holidays. Piazzetta Chiavica has a 16th-century fountain: hence the name.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapIl Vicoletto · Città Antica
A tiny trattoria on Via Santa Maria in Chiavica, in a street barely wide enough for two: short Italian menu and honest prices.
Tip: Open daily 12:00-14:00 and 19:30-22:30: the lunch service is very short, get there before 13:15 or you will not get in.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapAntica Trattoria Pero d'Oro · Veronetta
On the Veronetta side of the river, a family trattoria with a garden: old-school dishes, big portions and a neighbourhood crowd.
Tip: Cross Ponte Pietra and keep east: you end up ten minutes from Giardino Giusti and five from Santa Maria in Organo.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapOsteria ai Preti · Veronetta
A student osteria in the heart of Veronetta, with the university round the corner: cheap wine, daily dishes and outdoor tables until late.
Tip: Veronetta lives off the university: in October and November it is buzzing, in August a desert. Prices are half what you pay on Piazza Erbe.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapPizzeria Guglielmo & Enrico Vuolo · Borgo Nuovo
Neapolitans in Verona kneading with sea water: the city's most awarded pizza, holding Gambero Rosso's Tre Spicchi.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 8:00-14:30 and 18:30-23:00; Sunday dinner only; Monday closed. It is outside the old town, allow for the trip.
🚇 ATV bus 32 or 33 to «Corso Milano / Ponte Ferrovia», then walk.
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Show on mapPizzeria Du de Cope · Città Antica
The Perbellini group's pizzeria in Galleria Pellicciai: long-fermentation dough, an open oven and queues at the door.
Tip: No bookings for the early sittings: arrive at 19:15 or wait half an hour. The gallery is roofed, which helps in the rain.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapSaporè Pizza Stand Up · Città Antica
The street format of Renato Bosco, the Verona pizzaiolo awarded by Gambero Rosso: slices to eat standing up.
Tip: This is the grab-and-go spot, not Bosco's big restaurant, which is outside Verona's city limits. Eat fast between two sights.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapTapasotto · Città Antica
A tapas and wine bar under Galleria Pellicciai, with a bubbles list and small plates to share: Verona's long aperitivo.
Tip: Aperitivo hour in Verona runs 18:00 to 20:00: by 20:30 many places switch to dinner service and change the menu.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapSignorvino Corso Porta Nuova · Cittadella
A wine shop with a kitchen facing the Portoni della Bra: a thousand Italian labels on the shelves, with tables to eat and taste.
Tip: You can buy the bottle off the shelf and drink it at the table for a corkage fee: a lot cheaper than the wine list.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», a few steps away.
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Show on mapHosteria 17 · Cittadella
Produce-led local cooking on Stradone Porta Palio, off the circuit: short menu, few tables and almost weekend-only opening.
Tip: Friday dinner only 19:00-22:00; Saturday lunch and dinner; Sunday lunch only. Monday to Thursday it does not open: check before going.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Via Scalzi», then six minutes on foot.
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Show on mapPiscaria del Bugiardo · Città Antica
The Bugiardo's seafood sister, in the old fish market by Sant'Anastasia: raw plates, fried fish and white Valpolicella wine.
Tip: It is small and fills early: for a 20:00 table, book. It shares a cellar with the Bugiardo, so the wine list is the same.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapRistorante Nastro Azzurro · Città Antica
Pizza and Italian cooking on Vicolo Listone, right off Piazza Brà: kitchen open from noon to eleven, with tables outside.
Tip: Open daily 12:00-23:00 with no break: it solves a late lunch or an early dinner when the rest of the centre is shut.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», a few steps away.
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Show on mapBra22 · Città Antica
A contemporary bistro with a terrace straight onto Piazza Brà: the best outdoor table for watching the Arena while you eat.
Tip: Ask for a front-row Liston table when booking: the terrace has heaters and blankets, so it works in winter too.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», a few steps away.
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Show on mapLa Salumoteca Agriosteria · San Zeno
An agriosteria on Piazza Corrubbio, at the entrance to San Zeno: Veneto farm salumi, mountain cheeses and wine from the barrel.
Tip: Closed Mondays and afternoons only on weekdays: Tuesday and Wednesday from 17:00, weekends also at lunchtime.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Rigaste San Zeno», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapAltro Impero · Città Antica
Creative cooking between Piazza Erbe and Piazza dei Signori, with a signature menu and an evening service in a small stone room.
Tip: It is a small place on a very busy Piazza Erbe corner: book and ask for an inside table if you want to hear your companion.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapHosteria Il Punto Rosa · Città Antica
On Via Fratta, a step from Porta Borsari: regional cooking non-stop from 11:00 to 00:30, with tables in the pedestrian street.
Tip: One of the few in the centre with a non-stop kitchen seven days a week: handy when your train lands late and everything else is shut.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapBacaro del Mona · Città Antica
A counter bacaro on Via Pellicciai, with cicchetti, Veneto wines by the glass and Veronese doing their ombra before dinner.
Tip: Order at the counter and drink standing, as tradition demands: the word 'ombra' comes from the bell tower's shade where wine was once sold.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapEnoteca Segreta · Città Antica
A tiny wine bar hidden in a central alley: Veneto wines by the glass, cheese boards and conversation with the owner.
Tip: Ask them to open a Valpolicella Ripasso and an Amarone side by side: the difference between the two methods is clearer tasted than read.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapArchivio · Città Antica
A reference cocktail bar on Via Rosa, with signature mixing and a small counter where you talk to the bartender.
Tip: It opens at night and is small: from 22:00 there is a queue at the door. Ask for a spritz with Select, the original Veneto amaro.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapDuchi Café · Città Antica
A café and cocktail bar on Via Leoni, open from morning to night: breakfast, a quick lunch and aperitivo in one place.
Tip: It is steps from Porta Leoni: see the Roman dig across the street before you sit down.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCaffè Borsari · Città Antica
A tiny bar papered with teapots, tins and porcelain on Corso Porta Borsari: the most Veronese espresso you will drink.
Tip: Monday to Saturday 7:30-19:00, Sundays 8:00-19:00. It fits four people: order the caffè alla nocciola and drink it standing, there are no tables.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCaffè Filippini · Città Antica
Opened in 1901 on Piazza delle Erbe, marble and mirrors intact: home of the Filippini cocktail, invented right here.
Tip: A table on the Piazza Erbe terrace costs double the counter: if you only want coffee, take it inside, standing.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCasa Mazzanti Caffè · Città Antica
Beneath the Renaissance frescoes of the Case Mazzanti: where Verona has its aperitivo looking at the city's oldest square.
Tip: The 16th-century façade frescoes read better from the pavement opposite: cross over before you sit. Aperitivo starts at 18:00.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCaffè Barbarani · Città Antica
A historic Piazza delle Erbe café named after a Veronese dialect poet: breakfast, pastries and tables in the capitello's shade.
Tip: Italian breakfast is cappuccino and a brioche standing at the counter before 11:00: after midday, ordering cappuccino marks you as a tourist.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapPasticceria Flego Via Roma · Città Antica
One of Verona's benchmark pastry shops: puff pastry, brioches filled to order and, come November, its own pandoro.
Tip: Pandoro is Veronese: Domenico Melegatti patented the recipe on 14 October 1894 and the eight-pointed star was drawn by the painter Dall'Oca Bianca.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapPasticceria De Rossi · Città Antica
A pastry shop and bakery at the top of Corso Porta Borsari, open early: brioches, focaccia and nadalin in season.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 7:30-20:00 and Sunday 9:00-19:30; closed Mondays. Ask for nadalin, the star-shaped Veronese cake older than pandoro.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapDe Rossi il Fornaio · Città Antica
The De Rossi family bakery: sourdough bread, focaccia by weight and Veronese cakes made fresh every morning in view.
Tip: Buy a slab of focaccia and eat it on the Lungadige steps: the cheapest lunch with the best view in Verona.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapPasticceria Perlini 1912 · Città Antica
More than a century of Verona pastry: a classic case of mignon, torta russa and the big festive leavened cakes.
Tip: Try the torta russa, Verona's puff-pastry cake filled with almond and amaretti: sold by the slice and heavier than it looks.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapPasticceria Tomasi · Borgo Milano
A neighbourhood pastry shop on Corso Milano, off the circuit: the one Veronese pick for the Sunday tray.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 7:30-13:00 and 15:30-19:00, Sunday mornings only, Monday closed: the midday break is sacred outside the centre.
🚇 ATV bus 32 or 33 to «Corso Milano / Circonvallazione», a few steps away.
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Show on mapMichele Turco 1909 · Città Antica
A Verona pastry house founded in 1909 and still in family hands: big leavened cakes, pralines and the smartest window in the centre.
Tip: Artisan pandoro starts appearing in November and sells out before Christmas: if you travel at year end, order it as soon as you arrive.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapGalleria Iginio Massari · Città Antica
The Verona outpost of Italy's most famous pastry chef: a case of flawless mignon, laminated croissants and chocolate.
Tip: Monday to Thursday 8:00-19:30, Friday and Saturday until 20:00, Sunday from 8:30. Signature prices: one mignon costs what three do in the suburbs.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapConfetteria Filarmonica · Città Antica
A historic sweet shop next to the Teatro Filarmonico: fruit drops, sugared almonds and tin boxes to take away.
Tip: Open 9:00-12:30 and 15:30-19:30: it shuts at midday like the old shops. Sugared almonds are the Italian wedding classic.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapBottega del Krapfen · Veronetta
A hatch that only opens at night, selling krapfen fried and filled to order: the Veronese late-night ritual.
Tip: Sunday to Thursday 22:00-02:00 and Friday and Saturday until 04:00: never open by day. The compulsory last stop of any Veronetta night.
🚇 ATV bus 70 or 73 to «Interrato Acqua Morta / Ponte Navi», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCaffè Coloniale · Città Antica
On little Piazza Viviani, a long-counter café with outside tables that runs from morning to aperitivo without slowing down.
Tip: Piazza Viviani is a step from Piazza Erbe but without the crowd: the best plan B when the big square's terraces are overwhelmed.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCappa Café · Città Antica
On Piazzetta Brà Molinari, right on the Adige: a café by day and one of the centre's night meeting points.
Tip: Sit on the parapet side: from there you see the lit Ponte Pietra without leaving your table.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCaffè & Parole · Città Antica
Facing the Duomo, tables out on Piazza Duomo: a quiet breakfast, books and one of the least busy squares in the centre.
Tip: The cathedral opens at 10:00 on weekdays from 1 November: have breakfast here and go in as soon as it opens, no queue.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», a few steps away.
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Show on mapBar Funicolare · Veronetta
The bar on the Castel San Pietro terrace, right at the funicular's upper station: coffee, spritz and all of Verona spread out below.
Tip: Open daily 10:00-21:00, but the funicular starts closing at 17:00 from 1 November: if you go up late, walk back down the stairway.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra», then take the funicular up.
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Show on mapElk Bakery · Città Antica
A Nordic-style bakery and café in the centre: sourdough, cinnamon buns and brunch from 7:00 to nearly midnight.
Tip: One of the very few places in the centre open between 15:00 and 18:00, when everything shuts: save it for the afternoon gap.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Via IV Novembre / Cadorna», a few steps away.
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Show on mapMyra Coffee Bar · San Zeno
Specialty coffee on Via Porta San Zeno, with its own roast and filter brews: Verona's third wave, far from the tourists.
Tip: Ordering a flat white in Italy is still odd: not here, and they will explain the bean's origin too. Pair it with the San Zeno basilica.
🚇 ATV bus 32 or 33 to «Porta San Zeno», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on map12 Oz Coffee Joint · Cittadella
Specialty coffee on Corso Porta Nuova, between the station and the Arena: single-origin espresso, cold brew and American baking.
Tip: It sits on the walking route between Porta Nuova and Piazza Brà, a straight 15-minute walk up the corso: no need for the bus.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», a few steps away.
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Show on mapKaveghi · Cittadella
A specialty coffee bar on Via Marconi, between the station and Castelvecchio: seasonal roasts, filter brews and a lot of laptops.
Tip: Monday to Friday 7:00-19:00 and Saturdays only until 13:00; closed Sundays and holidays. This is an office-and-campus café, not a weekend one.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Via Scalzi», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapAmmazza Caffè · Cittadella
A small counter café with its own roast in the centre: filter coffee, daily baking and a short breakfast menu.
Tip: Open 8:30-17:30 weekdays except Tuesday, and from 9:00 at weekends: it closes early, this is not an aperitivo spot.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Pradaval», a few steps away.
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Show on mapLa Magnolia · San Zeno
A small pastry shop in Vicolo Fossetto, baking daily, with a counter for mid-morning coffee.
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday 7:30-15:00, closed Mondays: arrive in the afternoon and it is already shut. Nothing is kept over.
🚇 ATV bus 32 or 33 to «Piazza Pozza», a few steps away.
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Show on mapGelateria Savoia · Città Antica
A classic covered-tub Verona gelateria, with seasonal flavours and pandoro cream when the holidays come.
Tip: Italian rule: if the gelato is piled in bright mountains, walk on. Covered steel tubs are the good sign.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», a few steps away.
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Show on mapCremeria Delle Marie · Città Antica
A benchmark gelateria on Corso Castelvecchio, steps from the museum and the Ponte Scaligero: fine creams and seasonal fruit sorbets.
Tip: In autumn chestnut, fig and pumpkin show up: the sorbets change every few weeks with what the market has.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Castelvecchio», a few steps away.
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Show on mapGelateria Ponte Pietra · Città Antica
At the foot of the Roman bridge, tables facing the water: the gelato you eat watching the Adige go by.
Tip: Open 12:00-23:00 seven days: the natural stop coming down from Castel San Pietro, just as the bridge lights up.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra», a few steps away.
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Show on mapIl Mustacchio · San Zeno
An artisan neighbourhood gelateria making its own and rotating flavours: open afternoons only, closing at midnight.
Tip: No mornings here: it starts at 14:00. This is the after-dinner gelato, when the central pasticcerie have already closed.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Piazza Corrubio», a few steps away.
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Show on mapCaffè San Zeno · San Zeno
On Piazza Corrubbio, the gateway to the San Zeno district: a neighbourhood bar with sunny tables and neighbourhood prices.
Tip: San Zeno is the home of Venerdì Gnocolar, the Carnival Friday when the city eats gnocchi and crowns its Papà del Gnoco.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Rigaste San Zeno», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapGelateria Ballini · Veronetta
A long-standing neighbourhood gelateria in Veronetta: own production, a short counter and a lot of regulars.
Tip: Monday to Friday from 13:00 and weekends from 15:00, until 21:30: in deep winter the hours shorten, so ask.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Piazza Isolo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapEnoteca Dal Zovo · Città Antica
A cave of bottles, grappas and demijohns in an alley by Porta Borsari: the most Veronese wine shop there is, open since 1958.
Tip: Monday to Saturday 7:30-13:00 and 15:00-20:00, closed Sundays: it keeps the midday break. Bring your own bottle for bulk wine.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapSignorvino Piazza Erbe · Città Antica
A thousand Italian labels on open shelves a step from Piazza delle Erbe: the easiest way to take an Amarone home.
Tip: Look on the label for Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG: DOCG is the top Italian category and guarantees the dried-grape method.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapEnoteca Baraldi Ponte Pietra · Città Antica
A neighbourhood wine shop on Via Ponte Pietra with a Veneto selection: Valpolicella, Soave, Custoza and Lugana explained bottle by bottle.
Tip: Ask for a Custoza or a Lugana: the whites of the Garda moraine, cheap, barely exported and perfect with river fish.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra», a few steps away.
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Show on mapVivavino Wine Shop · Città Antica
A natural-wine and small-grower shop on Via Oberdan: the young counterpoint to Amarone orthodoxy.
Tip: Monday afternoons only, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-13:30 and 14:00-19:30. From 30 October they carry the year's novello, to be drunk young and fast.
🚇 ATV bus 21, 22 or 23 to «Via Diaz / Porta Borsari», a few steps away.
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Show on mapAntica Salumeria Albertini · Città Antica
A historic deli on Corso Sant'Anastasia: Veronese soppressa, Lessinia cheeses and the most photogenic counter in the centre.
Tip: Ask for a vacuum pack: soppressa and Monte Veronese DOP survive the journey and can be declared inside the EU.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapScapin 1935 · San Giorgio
A Verona deli-rotisserie since 1935: ready-to-go pastissada, lasagne, baccalà and seasonal radicchio.
Tip: Radicchio di Verona is a registered IGP and its season starts right now, in autumn: have it grilled or in risotto.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Santo Stefano / Ponte Pietra», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCarni Equine Venturini · Borgo Milano
A horse butcher on Corso Milano: in Verona horse is tradition, not eccentricity, and here is the raw material of pastissada.
Tip: Open 8:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:30, Wednesdays mornings only. Pastissada de caval is horse meat stewed for days in wine: if it is not for you, say so when ordering at a trattoria.
🚇 ATV bus 32 or 33 to «Corso Milano / Circonvallazione», a few steps away.
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Show on mapColtelleria Fazzini · Città Antica
A working cutler's in the centre: Italian blades, tailor's shears and old-school sharpening, in a shop that outlived the chains.
Tip: Monday afternoons only; Tuesday to Saturday 9:00-12:30 and 15:00-19:30. If you buy knives, they travel in checked luggage, never carry-on.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapLibreria Gulliver · Città Antica
A travel and map bookshop on Via Stella: guidebooks, hiking maps of Garda and the Lessinia, and travel writing.
Tip: Open 9:30-12:30 and 15:30-19:30, Mondays afternoons only. If you plan to head for the hills, buy the map here: data coverage in the Lessinia is poor.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Viviani», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapBazzani Libreria Antiquaria · Città Antica
Antique books, prints and Veneto maps on Via Alberto Mario: where you buy an 18th-century view of Verona.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-18:00, closed Sundays and Mondays. Loose city-view prints start at reasonable prices: ask for the folder.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapLibreria Antiquaria Perini · Cittadella
An antiquarian bookshop in the Cittadella, south of Piazza Brà: rare editions, bindings and Veronese documents.
Tip: Antiquarian hours are short and variable: call or drop by mid-morning, when they are reliably open.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Via Valverde / Pradaval», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapMondadori Corso Sant'Anastasia · Città Antica
A big bookshop on Corso Sant'Anastasia with a travel section and, above all, hours that run to midnight.
Tip: Monday to Saturday 9:00-24:00 and Sundays and holidays from 10:00: the shelter when it rains at night and everything else is shut.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCoin Excelsior · Città Antica
The old town's department store, spread over several floors of a palazzo: fashion, perfumery and a terrace over the rooftops.
Tip: Go to the top floor: the building's terrace looks over the old-town roofs and almost nobody shopping knows it is there.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Viviani», then two minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCalzedonia Via Mazzini · Città Antica
The brand was born in Verona in 1986 and from here grew the group behind Intimissimi and Falconeri too: buying it in its home city has something to it.
Tip: Monday to Saturday 10:00-19:30 and Sundays from 10:30. Via Mazzini is pedestrian and links Piazza Brà with Piazza delle Erbe: the shopping spine.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapCOS Via Mazzini · Città Antica
One of the international stores on pedestrian Via Mazzini, the shopping axis linking Verona's two great squares.
Tip: Most of the centre closes between 13:00 and 15:30, but Via Mazzini stays open through and trades on Sundays: do your shopping on that street.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapLouis Vuitton Via Mazzini · Città Antica
The luxury stretch of Via Mazzini, with the great maisons installed in the ground floors of Renaissance palazzi.
Tip: Monday to Saturday 10:00-19:30, Sundays from 10:30. Even if you buy nothing the walk is worth it: the palazzo façades above the windows are 16th century.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapLazzari Piazza delle Erbe · Città Antica
An Italian multibrand right on Piazza delle Erbe, with a designer selection and a window straight onto the square.
Tip: Piazza Erbe shops occupy the ground floors of medieval houses: look at the vaulted ceilings inside, they are usually original.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapTapparini Gioielli · Città Antica
A jeweller on Corso Porta Borsari, Verona's street of fine trades: Italian pieces and repairs done in the workshop behind.
Tip: Corso Porta Borsari is Verona's original Roman street, the old Via Postumia: today it packs jewellers, wine shops and pastry shops into a hundred paces.
🚇 ATV bus 31, 32 or 33 to «Corso Cavour», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapThe Merchant of Venice · Città Antica
A Venetian perfumery on Corso Sant'Anastasia: fragrances inspired by the Serenissima's spice routes, in Murano glass bottles.
Tip: Ask for samples: they let you test on paper with no obligation, and the small bottles fit carry-on if they are 100 ml or less.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapLonardelli Antiquariato · Città Antica
A furniture and period-object antiques dealer on Via Achille Forti, behind Piazza Erbe: mirrors, lamps and Veneto porcelain.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-12:30 and 16:00-19:00. For small pieces at fair prices, go to the San Zeno antiques market instead.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapMercante d'Oriente · Città Antica
Carpets, textiles and Asian art on Corso Sant'Anastasia: one of the oldest shops of its kind in northern Italy.
Tip: Go in even if you will not buy: they let you look and explain each piece's origin. Ask to see the back room with the old carpets.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Via Sottoriva», then three minutes on foot.
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Show on mapEterna Vintage · Veronetta
A curated vintage clothing shop in Veronetta, across the river: Italian labels from the seventies and eighties, leather and knitwear.
Tip: Monday afternoons only, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-13:00 and 15:30-19:30. Prices are not flea-market: this is curation, not clearance.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Via XX Settembre II», a few steps away.
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Show on mapLa Bottega di Grazia · San Zeno
Vintage and second-hand in the San Zeno district, far from the chains: archive pieces picked one by one.
Tip: Monday afternoons only; Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-13:00 and 15:30-19:00. It is two steps from the San Zeno basilica: do both at once.
🚇 ATV bus 31 or 91 to «Rigaste San Zeno», then five minutes on foot.
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Show on mapHellas Store · Città Antica
Hellas Verona's official store in the centre: yellow-and-blue shirts, scarves and the history of the city's oldest club.
Tip: Monday to Thursday 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-19:00; Friday to Sunday straight through. Bentegodi match tickets are sold here too.
🚇 ATV bus 11, 12 or 13 to «Piazza Bra Arena», then four minutes on foot.
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Show on mapDischi Volanti · Città Antica
A vinyl record shop in the old town, strong on Italian rock, jazz and second-hand records that exist on no platform.
Tip: Ask for the seventies Italian prog section: the stock nobody hunts for abroad and that here still sells at normal prices.
🚇 ATV bus 71 to «Piazza Duomo», then five minutes on foot.
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