8 Verona landmark visitor guides with verified 2026 tickets, opening hours, booking rules and worth-it advice — the Arena, Juliet's House, Castelvecchio, Torre dei Lamberti and more.
Verona compresses two thousand years of landmarks into a walkable bend of the Adige River: a Roman amphitheatre that still stages opera every summer, a Roman bridge you can cross at 3 a.m. for free, a medieval fortress-museum built by the Della Scala family, and the balcony courtyard that a Shakespeare play made world-famous. This hub collects our 8 visitor guides to Verona's landmarks, each verified against official sources for 2026: current ticket prices in euros, real opening hours (including the Monday closures and Sunday church schedules that catch people out), how long each visit actually takes, and a straight answer on whether it's worth your time.
The pattern worth knowing before you book anything: Verona's sights split cleanly into free and ticketed. Piazza delle Erbe and Ponte Pietra cost nothing and never close, while the ticketed half runs from €4 for Basilica San Zeno up to €14 for the Giardino Giusti Renaissance garden — with the Verona Card covering most of the municipal sights but only earning a reduced rate at the privately run garden. Booking rules vary just as much: Juliet's House now requires online reservation for every single visitor, including free-admission holders, while the Arena, Castelvecchio and Torre dei Lamberti still take walk-ups most of the year.
Each card below links to a dedicated guide with the verified numbers, transport directions, and the mistakes that leave people stuck outside a gate — buying an Opera Festival seat when you wanted the €10 daytime Arena visit, or arriving at San Zeno on a Sunday morning when the basilica only opens to visitors in the afternoon. At the bottom of the page you'll find our broader Verona trip-planning guides for itineraries, day trips and free sights.
The Roman amphitheatre's daytime sightseeing ticket runs around €10 (Tuesday–Sunday 9:00–19:00, closed Mondays) — a completely different ticket from an evening seat at the Opera Festival, which runs June 12 to September 12, 2026, and the two get mixed up constantly.
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Casa di Giulietta costs €5 for courtyard-only entry or €12 for the combined courtyard-and-house ticket — and online booking is now mandatory for every visitor in 2026, including anyone entitled to free admission.
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The Della Scala family's red-brick fortress holds one of northern Italy's strongest regional art collections across 29 rooms — €9 adult admission (under-18s free), Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–18:00 with last entry at 17:15.
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At €6 full price (€4.50 reduced), the bell tower on Piazza delle Erbe is one of the cheapest 360° viewpoints in Verona — climb the stairs or take the glass elevator, every day except 25 December.
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Verona's old-town market square is free and never closes — what costs money is the daily produce and souvenir market (roughly 8:00–19:00) and the guided walking tours that pass through it, typically €15–30 per person.
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Verona's oldest Roman bridge crosses the Adige at the edge of the historic centre with no ticket, no gate and no turnstile — free to cross 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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One of northern Italy's most complete Romanesque interiors, anchored by a 73-panel bronze door and a Mantegna altarpiece — €4 single entry or €8 on the Chiese Vive four-church pass, with afternoon-only opening on Sundays.
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The Renaissance garden in Veronetta charges €14 full price (€10 reduced — the Verona Card only earns the discount, not free entry), open daily except 25 December, until 20:00 in summer.
Visitor guide →The visitor guides above cover the landmarks one by one; for sequencing them into a trip, our companion city guides do the planning work. Start with the one day in Verona itinerary for a walkable route linking the Arena, Piazza delle Erbe and the river, then check the free things to do in Verona round-up — as the cards above show, two of the city's best sights cost nothing at all. For Lake Garda, Valpolicella wine country and beyond, see day trips from Verona; for corners the guidebooks skip, try the hidden gems in Verona guide; families can lean on Verona with kids for stroller-friendly routes and attraction picks; and if you're staying past sunset, things to do in Verona at night covers the passeggiata, wine bars and summer opera evenings.
