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A monk scribbled a riddle that became one of the earliest traces of the Italian language. A tyrant built a fortress facing his own citizens, not his enemies. This self-guided app based walking tour of Verona takes you through such stories across 2,000 years of real history.
The tour has been fully rewritten and expanded based on real traveler feedback in 2026. You will walk past a Roman amphitheatre older than the Colosseum, stand beneath a whale rib that has hung from an archway for centuries, and visit the house marketed as Romeo's that actually belonged to one of Italy's first female scholars. The tour connects the Scaligeri dynasty, Dante, Napoleon, and the postwar rebuilding of the city.
Start anytime, pause whenever you like. No large group, no schedule, no rushing between stops. Over 20,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours and the tour comes with a full refund guarantee.
If you want to go beyond Romeo & Juliet and discover what happened in this city, book this tour.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
The tour ends at the Ponte Pietra
Itinerary
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1Ponte Pietra
Walk across Roman stones pulled from a river by citizens who refused to let a wartime demolition erase their bridge.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Romeo's House (Casa di Romeo) (Pass by)
Learn why the real story of this house, a brilliant woman silenced for speaking too well, outshines the fiction.
Admission ticket free -
2
Decode a funerary complex where modern forensics revealed poison in a medieval ruler's mummified remains.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Casa di Giulietta (Pass by)
Pass by one of the most famous locations associated with Shakespeare's tragedy: Juliet's house. Uncover how a twentieth century heritage promoter built the balcony from a medieval coffin lid and launched a global myth.
Admission ticket free -
Arena di Verona (Pass by)
Stand before an amphitheatre older than the Colosseum whose outer wall was dismantled not by an earthquake, but by a king
Admission ticket free -
Museo di Castelvecchio (Pass by)
look upon a fortress built to face inward, where a ruler's escape bridge could not save him from his own brother
Admission ticket free -
3Piazza Bra
Hear about the famous monuments in this square
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Piazza delle Erbe
Cross a marketplace that has operated continuously since it was a Roman forum over two millennia ago.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Arco dei Gavi
See a Roman arch reassembled from numbered stones after Napoleon's engineers tore it down to widen a road
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Porta Borsari - World Heritage Site
Trace the exact line of a Roman highway still embedded in Verona's modern street grid after two thousand years
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7
Pass beneath a whale rib that has hung from an archway for centuries, and hear the legend behind it
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Piazza dei Signori
Stand where Dante found refuge after exile.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The total tour duration includes the time spent at the stop, listening to audios and time required to walk through all the stops.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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