Juliet's House (Casa di Giulietta) Verona

Woke up at 645 and went down to an amazing breakfast (cappuchino!!) and they had toasted rolls, jam, yogurt, milks and cereal, coffee and tea, plus they opened the room early for us so we didn't have to rush<33 I love elpina adelweiss lol We got our 7:50 train and hopped off at 9, dropping our bags off and heading to pizza bra where we saw the l …

This morning we had a four hour drive from Florence to Verona where we had an afternoon stop. Up till now I haven't mentioned our bus driver - his name was Biagio and he and Vincenzo had done many tours together in the past so they had a very relaxed attitude with each other with lots of back chat. Today was Biagio's 50th birthday so the entire bus …

10).  We caught the 10am train to Venice.  It's so cool pulling into there!  You go across a big bridge to get across the water to the city.  We walked pretty far through the winding streets (over 2 km) to find Hostel Academy.  Again, I just followed Jordan like a puppy.  The hostel didn't even have a sign …

We were not able to do much prior research about Verona, all we knew was The Arena and Julliets House, so after reaching at station we kept our luggage at the locker room, got some tourist pamphlets and figured the bus to our destination but we got it wrong. On the way we met a Sardar ji ( No matter where you go, you can find Indians in every …

The transit from Venice to Verona went smoothly, however, it took us hours to find the camp site. The buses only show half of their stops on the signs and we ended up going the wrong way twice (although the second time was on the correct number bus). The camp site was beautiful, the pitches were outlined by vines bearing fresh grapes and the site …

Milan - Verona So farewell Milan, with your flash as fashion shops and massive churches, we're off to Verona, home of Romeo and Juliette. And what a charming place it is. Narrow cobbled streets, houses with high balconies, opening on to a wide public square in the shadow of a Roman arena. Built in 30 AD, the theatre is in remarkable condition for a …

I can tell you one thing... Verona is the place to shop (if you have a lot of money). There was quite a lot of envy going on. I found what I think was the only pair of flat shoes in the whole city and considered trying them on until I saw the price was €1,250. I began the morning quite slowly knowing that Italians weren't known for being up …

We took a side excursion to Verona. What an incredible city. We went into the inner city, inside the city walls. Once inside we were met with a very large arena. It looked something like the colosseum from the outside. However this arena is famous for operas. This is the arena in which the famous three tenors held one of their last performances. …

Well I was very excited to head out today, as I have seen the movie Letters to Juliet and I absolutely loved it, so wanted to go to Verona to see the Juliet Balcony at her house in Verona and to visit her tomb.

Verona is yet another beautiful Italian city, steeped in so much history, so ancient and old. The more I learn about these places …

We landed in Verona without a hitch. We had a short layover in Houston then a stop in Frankfurt after a 10 hour flight and then a short to Verona. The airport was very small, which was nice because it was really easy to navigate.

After checking in to our hotel we hit the streets and explored as much as we could until 1 am. The city was …

... Capellos families from the area.  Since, the city has fully empraced the Romeo and Juliet story.  They have Juliet's house (balcony and all) as well as Juliet's Tomb.  All fictional, but all swarming with romantic tourists writing their ...

... a thriving business out of the city now famous for it's connection with the ill fated Romeo and Juliet. They even have a Juliet's house (complete with balcony and love letters from wannabes) and her 'tomb'. At her house, there is a statue of her, of ...

... confetti on my head. It was fab!! There was so much confetti on the ground, it looked as if it had snowed. We went to Juliet's house and saw her famous balcony. Everyone was taking a picture with her and touching her right breast, so I did too! They had ...

... was also closed by this point. Still pretty though. We started heading back home and ended up grabbing dinner at a pretty cafe near Juliet's house on our walk back - I think it was called the black eagle, I ordered a bifsteak with veggies and Sara got ...

... with a nice view over the 2000 year old arena. we walked down the main street past all the nice shops to casa di giulietta (juliet's house). decided not to go inside but we saw the balcony, wrote on the love wall and groped her statue for good luck. we ...

... story for later that night, tbc next entry. Verona was a thouroughly pleasant place, witht the graffiti around Casa de Guillietta (Juliet's House) something to behold. We missed out on a photo of the statue of Juliet though, John wanted one without ...

DAY 17 - Verona & Venice, Italy BUONGIORNO!! We docked in Venice this morning and drove to Verona to see Juliet's house and the balcony that Romeo wooed her from (as in THE Romeo and Juliet). There is also a gold statue of Juliet just below her ...

... and adolescent suicide.  Not that I have an opinion on this subject.  Moving on. So I would definitely recommend a visit to Juliet's house, just be prepared to get shoved around by the crowds.  The rest of Verona you can mostly see in a ...

... degree of taste albeit by totally ignoring Romeo's existence and focusing purely on Juliet. This being most notable by a visit to Juliet's house and in particular the balcony, probably built in the 60's by a sweaty guy called ...

... our tickets, just walked past which was great as they have asked us every other trip! Got into Verona and walked around town for a bit. Saw Juliet's house and Juliet's tomb which was full of tourists. We spent the late afternoon watching a champions ...