Love, Lies and Legends Self Guided Tour of Verona

4.2 (6 reviews) Verona, Italy
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Duration2h - 3h
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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

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

  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
  • Audio and written guide included
  • Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
  • Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
  • 1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
  • Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” with tour access instructions.
  • Any physical devices or headphones
  • Human tour guide at location
  • Transport

What to expect

  1. Ponte Pietra
    10m
    Walk across Roman stones pulled from a river by citizens who refused to let a wartime demolition erase their bridge.
  2. 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.
  3. Santa Maria Antica
    10m
    Decode a funerary complex where modern forensics revealed poison in a medieval ruler's mummified remains.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Piazza Bra
    10m
    Hear about the famous monuments in this square
  8. Piazza delle Erbe
    15m
    Cross a marketplace that has operated continuously since it was a Roman forum over two millennia ago.
  9. Arco dei Gavi
    5m
    See a Roman arch reassembled from numbered stones after Napoleon's engineers tore it down to widen a road
  10. Porta Borsari - World Heritage Site
    5m
    Trace the exact line of a Roman highway still embedded in Verona's modern street grid after two thousand years
  11. Arco della Costa
    10m
    Pass beneath a whale rib that has hung from an archway for centuries, and hear the legend behind it
  12. Piazza dei Signori
    10m
    Stand where Dante found refuge after exile.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

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.

End point

The tour ends at the Ponte Pietra

Additional information

  • 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.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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