VERONA

Verona is not only the stage set of an immortal romance, Romeo and Juliet, it is also a magnificent historic town with delightful narrow streets and beautiful palaces. The city has a remarkable number of important Roman remains, the most impressive being the Roman arena, where you can enjoy the opera summer festival. Its piazzas, museums and churches offer a wide variety of works of art. Verona’s location on the foothills of the alps, its closeness to the lake Garda, and the beautiful river Adige flowing through the old town, makes it a compulsory travel destination in every visit to Veneto. When in Verona, we will visit the beautiful San Zeno church, to discover all differences between the Northern Italian romanesque style to the Apulian romanesque style of the cathedrals in Bari, Trani and Bitonto.

Verona fine cuisine relies on excellent local ingredients, all recognised and protected, such as the Monte Veronese PDO cheese, Verona PGI Radicchio, Verona Nano vialone PGI rice, Garda PDO Olive oil, Valpolicella PDO wine. A Verona is home of one of the most important wine exhibitions of the world Vinitaly as well as one of the most important opera festivals