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Dark Historical Verona Walking Tour

By Girolami Maria Pia
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$92 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Experience this walking tour and learn about the darkest parts of Verona history. You will live some of the most cruel fights held in the Arena, you'll pass the old Jewish Ghetto and you'll hear about the cruel destiny of some of the people who lived there. Then, in Piazza Erbe, we'll undergo the sorrow and pain of the people exposed to the public shame, we'll pass the place where Mastiff I was murdered, reach the arch where the torture instruments were exposed, and then we'll see the Scala family Tombs, the courtyard where dozens of beheaded skeletons were found, and, of course, we'll end with the heart-breaking storey of Romeo & Juliet. Be prepared to gasp and cry, to held your breath and feel touched and moved while living the ill-fated, hopeless human tragedies which occurred in the very places we'll be passing by.

Activity location

  • Arena di Verona
    • Piazza Bra 1
    • 37121, Verona, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Piazza Brà
    • Piazza Brà
    • Verona, Veneto, Italy

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1.45pm
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m1h 15m
  • English

1.45pm walking tour (Meeting in Bra Square at the Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II)

Starting time: 1:45 pm
Price details
AU$91.77 x 1 AdultAU$91.77

Total
Price is AU$91.77
5:30pm
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m1h 15m
  • English

5:30pm walking tour (Meeting in Bra Square at the Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II)

Starting time: 5:30 pm
Price details
AU$91.77 x 1 AdultAU$91.77

Total
Price is AU$91.77
7:00pm
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m1h 15m
  • English

7:00pm walking tour starting form Bra Square (Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II)

Starting time: 7:00 pm
Price details
AU$91.77 x 1 AdultAU$91.77

Total
Price is AU$91.77

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Arena di Verona
  • 15m
We will not enter the Arena, but you'll learn about the history of the building and some of the many stories that took place there ... you'll be magnetized by it ! What happened in the Arena on the Ides of March of year 54 AD? Why were 176 people - including children - burnt alive on February, 13th, 1278?
Sinagoga di Verona
  • 15m
What happened to the Jewish family who lived next to the Synagogue during WWII? See Verona from a different perspective and discover some of the darkest times that occurred in there.
Piazza delle Erbe
  • 10m
You'll live the Medieval life and learn about its cruelties while watching the pillory or the tower where exposition cage hanged ...
Piazza dei Signori
  • 10m
Passing by the corner where Mastiff I of the Scala Family, the ruler of Verona, was murdered in 1277, we'll reach Signori Square, and learn about the sad destiny of orphans, about Dante and his flight from Florence, and then the hard life under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire ...
Arche Scaligere
  • 10m
Looking at the Scala Family Tombs, we'll come to know about some of the plots that brought to their end: the hate among brothers, the murders, the attacks ...
Casa di Giulietta
  • 10m
You'll cry your eyes out at the sad storey of the two doomed lovers ...

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESArena di Verona
    • Piazza Bra 1
    • 37121, Verona, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPiazza Brà
    • Piazza Brà
    • Verona, Veneto, Italy

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