Hi there,
For our second week in Italy, we finally decided on Verona. I visited with my dad in December 2014 and had good memories of the city.
Tourists who go to Verona do it basically because of the Romeo and Juliet story. This story is fictitious, so those who are from Verona do not recommend it as something of cultural interest. That being said, Juliet’s house, Romeo’s house, the museum of love and Juliet’s tomb can all be avoided.
We stopped by because it was on our way and because Diego was visiting Verona for the first time.
Juliet’s house, which is what everyone visits the most and is full of people, is simply a wall with a balcony. Before there was a wall full of papers; After the covid they removed everything and left the wall clean, which seems fine to me since before it was dirty. Now if you write or paste something, they will fine you up to 3,000 euros.
Verona can also be seen in its entirety in two days. This time with Diego I visited the Monumental Cemetery and the Sanctuary of Lourdes that I did not get to see in 2014. I also went through the Sofia fort that is currently closed and abandoned.
On the way to the sanctuary, we met a 70-year-old lady who was carrying two super-heavy bags. When I offered her help, the lady was surprised because for many years no one offered her help, and she lamented the education of today’s youth. The lady told us that she was a teacher for 40 years, that she continued to live on a piece of land that her father had bought for her and that a Frenchman had had himself buried in the sanctuary during the Second World War. The lady repeated herself a bit, but she was a sweetheart. The most admirable thing is that she had climbed the mountain with the two bags.
I visited Castel San Pietro again, which is what they recommend the most, especially to see the sunset.
Verona is a city with a lot of life and fortunately we found it with few tourists. You really enjoy walking around the city and in August it was not as extremely hot as in Venice, for example.
This summer in the city there were several hailstorms and there was even one when we were back from spending the day in Trento. When we left the train station, we found all the fallen trees; In total, 600 trees fell in Verona that day.
Another good thing is that we ate well in all the places, some more expensive than others, but good.
Also, we found an ALDI supermarket that was super cheap, even cheaper than the LIDL we shopped at in Valencia.
I love Verona as a city because it’s nice to walk around. It has life and the same locals do a lot of activity outside. We found all the restaurants and pedestrian streets always full. There were also always people doing sports.
This added to Veronalodge’s wonderful accommodation, made the week perfect.
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