| Page Views: 18,565 Last Visit to Verona: August, 2003 | Verona - The City of Balconies by sandysmith - last update: May 20, 2006 |
| Perched on the serpentine river Adige and backdropped by green hills with laden orchards, Verona is a wonderful blend of ancient history, inspirational music, sacred art and world-renowned gastronomy exemplified by classical wines. Verona is also known as " little Rome" and the "pink city" - due to the local marble 'Rosa Verona', which seems to feature everywhere. |
|  | To me however Verona was the city of Balconies - and not just for the touristic balcony in Juliet's House.
There were so many balconies, everywhere you looked.
Update May 2006 - many of the main sigthts are under wrap and scaffolding for restoration work - including the Lamberti Tower and palace area, the Scaglier Tombs and several churches. Additionally large adverts are now on the arena and castello too which I think detracts from their appearnace. I was glad to have visited here before but felt a little disappointed for hubby to see it like this although he insisted he still enjoyed the city. |
| | Had a lovely meeting here with Chiara (Pollon)
who drove so many km to meet me.
I'm very honoured and glad she did so :-))
May 2006 enjoyed a delicious dinner and evening tour in the company of Effeti (Francesco and his wife Laura) Excellent food and company - many many thanks! |
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| Pros: | "vibrant friendly compact city" | | In A Nutshell: | "more than Romeo and Juliette" |
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dejavu2gb Sun Feb 4, 2007 18:47 UTC
Amazing page you have there Sandra!!! I am visiting Verona in June, so will have to check back for more info as you have lots of it! Thanks! | effeti Thu May 18, 2006 08:15 UTC
Wow, Sandy! A travelouge all for us! :-) | alucas Sun Mar 12, 2006 18:30 UTC
Very comprehensive page, Sandy. How did you manage to accomplish so much in such a short time ? BTW the mime artist was still there last year, as was the pumpkin ravioli ! | budapest8 Tue Feb 14, 2006 07:03 UTC
Gr8 pics and tips! Romeo Romeo where art thou? I`m on me PC luv doing me VT updates. Didn`t ya get me text message´this mornin? No dearest I was too busy takin piccies for my updates! TIM |
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