The city of Verona has many interesting sites that a tourist cannot simply miss out on. The best way to ensure that you visit all these interesting places is to take a guided tour arranged by Veronality. They offer guided tours of the city, depending upon what interests you the most. Take a bike tour and enjoy the riverside, beautiful trails, and natural beauty of the city. The walking tour is nothing short of fun as well. Oenophiles should definitely take up the wine tasting tour of the city. Their expert guides will make sure that your experience is full of intrigue and amusement.
El anfiteatro más grande de Italia después del Coliseo Romano. En verano hay ópera al aire libre.
Gardaland is the best and largest theme park in Italy. There are many rides which have contributed to its success including: a journey amongst the pharaohs in "Valley of Kings" and a trip round a pirate village in "The Buccaneers" You can also visit the "Village of the Elves" and venture through the uncultivated jungle. However, the best rides are aimed at the bravest visitors: start with a terrifying free-fall from a height of 40 meters in "Space Vertigo", then wander through a Russian mountain range in "Blue Tornado" and finally explore some more traditional mountains in 'Magic Mountain'. There are hundreds of other attractions as well as live shows. The park which has been carefully put together, right down to the finishing touches, is also houses a number of restaurants and gift shops. Note that hours vary according to the season.
The Giardino Giusti contains all the features of a typical Renaissance garden: a geometrical layout of flowerbeds and hedgerows, fountains, grottos, gazebos, mythological statues, avenues of cypresses, and a maze. Mozart, Goethe, kings, and emperors have all visited this garden, which, for four centuries, has been one of the most beautiful and well-visited in the whole of the Veneto. Designed by Agostino Giusti, the garden consists of three sections- a lawn, a wooded hill with a ravine and cliff, and landscaped terraces with a belvedere.
Castelvecchio was founded in the mid-14th century at the behest of Cangrande II della Scala as a princely residence with a fortress. It was called the Castle of San Martino in Aquaro because it incorporated a small church dedicated to the saint. Over the centuries, it continued to have military functions - with the domination of Venice. It was the seat of an academy with Napoleon, and two new wings were added to the building. Then, with the Austrians, it played a strategic role in the fortification of Verona. In the 1920s, Verona municipality moved medieval and modern art sections from the Civic Museum to Castelvecchio. The present layout of the building and its exhibitions are the result of a major rehabilitation and construction between 1956 and 1973 by the architect Carlo Scarpa.
The civic natural history museum is in the 16th century Palazzo Pompei, a masterpiece by Sanmicheli. The building was given to the town in 1854 by Count Alessandro Pompei for it to become an exhibition site for scientific and ethnographic collections, and for renaissance artifacts and art collections. While there was a time when the natural collections were few in comparison to the rest, the collection grew quickly with the passage of time. There were problems of space and it was only in 1936 that the art collections were moved to other buildings. Palazzo Pompei became an exhibition space exclusively for natural science. At present, there are 19 rooms in which you can see more than 2,000,000 examples of the world's animals, plants, geology, paleontology and prehistory. The fossilized fish from Bolca are a major attraction. They are contained in a weir which is 45,000,000 years old.
Nestled right in the heart of the city, Teatro Bibiena is a historic theater that dates back to December 1769. Constructed by Antonio Galli Bibiena, the structure was designed in the early Rococo and late Baroque architectural styles. Used as a theater even today, it also functions as a museum and the interior is characterized by monochrome frescoes that are credited to Bibiena.
Villa Serego, as the name suggests was the mansion of the Sarego family. This villa dates back to the early 16th Century and features the design by the renowned Italian architect, Andrea Palladeo. The present appearance of this villa comes from the renovations made in 19th Century. This villa was designed to be surrounded by beautiful courtyards and has two statues of Greek god Apollo and goddess Diana on arch-shaped hedge in the front of the villa. This magnificent structure has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage site and is a popular tourist destination.
Set on the banks of Lake Garda, Palazzo dei Capitani is a Venetian Gothic-style building that was built around the 13th and 14th centuries. This national monument is nestled in the quaint little town of Malcesine in the Veneto region. This palace building was previously owned by the Miniscalchi family. Spread across several floors, it has multiple state rooms and rooms that were used by chaplains and servants. Over the centuries, this building has been through many restorations and renovations.
Villa Pisani (Bagnolo) was designed by Andrea Palladio for the Pisani family in Lonigo. The villa is surrounded by agricultural estate and rural settings. It is a beautiful white structure and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The design of the villa was published in Palldio's book Four Books Of Architecture.
The Museo Africano was founded by the Combonian missionaries in 1938 to give value to the materials which had been collected during their missions. The materials show the culture and daily life of the African populations. In 1996 the display area was radically changed. From a classical ethnographic museum, which stood out for its interesting but rather sterile displays, it was made into a center for communication and intercultural dialogue. Thanks to radical restructuring and the use of modern multimedia techniques, the museum now offers a positive and unusual picture of the African continent.