Staying Verona
The province of Verona has history, art and nature, witnessed by the presence by the presence of medieval castles, Romanesque churches, villas, elegant gardens, evocative towns and natural areas of uncalculated environmental value.Verona is also the most important province in Veneto, producing wine, olive oil, fruit, vegetables.Handcrafting shops work with wood, stone, wrought iron and straw to create period-style furniture.
Sport lovers have a myriad of opportunities for practising all types of summer and winter sports.Verona has also a consolidated tradition for hospitality, offering visitors many possibilities for lodgings. From prehistory to the Middle Ages, from the Commune to the Signoria, from Venetian domination to Napoleon, up to today: Verona and her province carry the signs of an illustrious past.A great heritage is visible as we travel this territory from Lake Garda to the eastern area of the province, going over the Lessinia Mountains and dropping down south through Verona to the boundaries of Verona’s plains.
Centuries of histories blend in Verona’s squares and streets. As we walk them we encounter Roman monuments, medieval palaces and churches with high bell towers that seem to touch the sky.An immense historic, artistic and architectural heritage that we discover by strolling through the alleyways of the historic center, sprinkled with elegant coffee shops, inns and ancient handcrafting boutiques that still retain the flavour of thing past.It’s possible to visit Verone by horse-drawn carriage, in order to discover the historical city centre; furthermore, there are at disposal the Verona Sightseeing, the comfortable double-decker tourist bus, and the Romeo, a traditional tourist bus which bring people around all the town.
In the matter of the gastronomic and wine aspects. Verona has traditional tastes and flavours that are a temptation for the most demanding of palates. Olive oil, honey, delicious mountain cheeses, fruit and vegetables crops and Vialone Nano rice are a few of her many products and dominate the dining tables of Verona’s inhabitants. Excellent wine, with all of ten DOC classics, can be tasted in the many cellars where the art of winemaking is handed down generation after generation. Verona offers also sport, nature and movement in all seasons. Baldo and the Lessinia Mountains are irresistible for trekking and skiing by all those who love the highlands.Water-lovers, on the other hand, find their paradise in the shores, wind and strong emotions of Lake Garda. Those who search for peace and relaxation can take long hikes, ride horseback or on bicycles or practise relaxing games of golf surrounded by verdant Nature. |
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