Verona, Italy — Activities
Verona Culture
Music, Dance and Theater: Verona’s Arena, piazza Bra (tel: (045) 800 5151; website: www.arena.it) is the city’s main venue for classical music and opera in the summer season. Big theater productions are also staged here. Teatro Filarmonico, via dei Mutilati 4 (tel: (045) 805 1891; website: www.accademiafilarmonica.org) is the main venue during the rest of the year. Verona’s Summer Theater Season (Estate Teatrale Veronese) centers on the city’s old Roman theater, the Teatro Romano, Regaste Redentore 2 (tel: (045) 806 6485 (tickets) or 807 7500 (information); website: www.estateteatraleveronese.it), where there are theater and ballet performances most evenings. The theater performances revolve around Shakespeare, and often there are international theater companies performing. Some of the shows during the festival are held at the Corte Mercato Vecchio (tel: (045) 800 0360), the courtyard in the Palazzo Vecchio, piazza Erbe. The Teatro Filippini, via Dietro Campanile Filippini 11 (tel: (045) 592 709) is an excellent and very successful theater for children.
Film: Sala Filarmonico, via Roma 2 (tel: (045) 596 826) is one of the oldest cinemas in Verona (although with state-of-the-art technical equipment), has a very large auditorium and is used for screenings during the Verona Film Festival. Rivoli, piazza Bra (tel: (045) 590 855) is a popular cinema with a central location. Fiume, via Porta San Zeno (tel: (045) 800 2050) screens both new and old, mainstream and art films. In the summer, it operates an open-air cinema at Porta San Zeno. There is an eight-screen Warner Village multiplex called La Grande Mela, via Trentino 1, in Lugagnano di Sona (tel: (045) 609 1111) south west of the city.
Verona Tours
Walking Tours
Juliet & Co (tel: (045) 810 3173; website: www.julietandco.com) organize daily guided walking tours of the city in English from April to November. The walks last for 1 hour 15 minutes.
Bus Tours
The local bus company, Azienda Mobilita e Trasporti di Verona (AMT) (tel: (045) 840 1160; website: www.amt.it), has a 30-seat air-conditioned tourist bus called Romeo. It is equipped with headphones and takes tourists on a 1.5-hour tour through the historical center of Verona between.
Associazione Culturale Guide Center Verona (tel: (045) 801 8175; website: www.guideverona.com) offers a variety of tours, from walking tours of the city to tours in the region surrounding the city, whether in the Lessinia mountains or in the Valpolicella wine district.
Bike Tours
The cycling club Amici della Bicicletta di Verona (tel: (045) 800 4443; website: www.amicidellabicicletta.it) organizes a variety of cycling trips and excursions in the region.
