Dark Historical Verona Walking Tour
Verona is best known as the setting for Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, but it also has a complex history on par with any Italian city. This tour offers a unique way to learn about the darker sides of Verona’s past while taking a guided walk through its historic center. The goal is to make visitors step back in time and learn about the notorious murders, torture stories, family tombs, and beheaded skeletons of one of the world’s most romantic towns.
Highlights
- ✓Visit some of the city’s darker historical sites including the Scala family tombs and a courtyard-cemetery
- ✓Explore with a guide: get a sense of local history and legend missing from other walking tours
- ✓Walk through romantic Verona at night, and don’t get lost following your guide
- ✓Choose between several departure times to fit into your vacation schedule
What you'll see & do
- ✓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?
- ✓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.
- ✓You'll live the Medieval life and learn about its cruelties while watching the pillory or the tower where exposition cage hanged ...
- ✓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 ...
- ✓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 ...
- ✓You'll cry your eyes out at the sad story of the two doomed lovers ...
What's included
- ✓Local guide
What's not included
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Dark Historical Verona Walking Tour
Verona is best known as the setting for Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, but it also has a complex history on par with any Italian city. This tour offers a unique way to learn about the darker sides of Verona’s past while taking a guided walk through its historic center. The goal is to make visitors step back in time and learn about the notorious murders, torture stories, family tombs, and beheaded skeletons of one of the world’s most romantic towns.
Highlights
- ✓Visit some of the city’s darker historical sites including the Scala family tombs and a courtyard-cemetery
- ✓Explore with a guide: get a sense of local history and legend missing from other walking tours
- ✓Walk through romantic Verona at night, and don’t get lost following your guide
- ✓Choose between several departure times to fit into your vacation schedule
What you'll see & do
- ✓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?
- ✓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.
- ✓You'll live the Medieval life and learn about its cruelties while watching the pillory or the tower where exposition cage hanged ...
- ✓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 ...
- ✓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 ...
- ✓You'll cry your eyes out at the sad story of the two doomed lovers ...
What's included
- ✓Local guide
What's not included
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.