Verona, the little Florence

By: Davide
Verona, also known as the “little Florence", is a wonderful city in thenorth east part of Italy. Verona is the 4th most visited city in Italy,after Rome, Florence, and Venice.Verona is designed by the UNESCO as World Heritage as “an outstandingexample of a town that has developed progressively and uninterruptedlyover two thousand years".? Thus, Verona is definitely worthy of bookinga hotel and spending here at least a weekend.There are many different “cities" in Verona. You can experience theRoman Verona, with its marvellous world-famous Arena and the Romantheater. Both of them still used for opera and music concerts nowdays. There is the medieval Verona, with its beautiful buildings built by itspowerful lords such as the old castle “Castel Vecchio" with itsfortified bridge on the river.The Shakespeare Verona, famous in the world thanks to the love storybetween Romeo and Juliet told by Shakespeare. You can visit theJuliet’s house and see the famous balcony. Moreover, severalShakespeare’s theatre stage plays are played in the wonderful romantheater location during the summer.The Austrian Verona, with its huge fortified walls and many fortresses,is magnificent example of the fortified cities built during the 19thcenturies wars.You can experience and enjoy all these “Veronas" from the hills nearbythe city center, a wonderful view during the day and the night.

Anyway,the Verona compact city center allows you to easily enjoy the whole oldtown simply booking any hotel nearby. Everything is at walk distance.Verona is famous in the world for the Opera and its exhibitions such asthe wine exhibition “Vinitaly" and the International Horse Fair andExhibition. During the summer the best orchestras and singers, in thewonderful and evocative Roman Arena, play the most famous Italianoperas such as the Aida, Nabucco, Tosca, Carmen, Rigoletto, gatheringspectators from all around the world. All year long, there are severalinternational exhibitions held in Verona. The “Vinitaly" is the bestand most known Italian wine exhibition, and the Horse Fair “FieraCavalli" is one of the biggest and world famous exhibition ofequestrian activities and equipment. Due to the large number ofvisitors, there are several .Night life is exciting in Verona as well. The Lake of Garda nearbyVerona, is one of the hottest nightlife area in Italy during thesummer. Several clubs, restaurants, and wonderful walkways where tohave fun with your friends or your family. Moreover, Gardaland, one ofthe most popular theme park in Europe, is here for the happiness ofkids and rollercoaster fans. There are plenty of hotels in the Lake ofGarda area which can fit all your needs regarding costs and activietis.As you can see, Verona offers a lot, many different things in manydifferent areas. Do you want enjoy the Opera? Visit an exhibition?Spend you time having fun on the lake side? A very good website whereto find the which best fits your needs ishttp://www.hotel-verona.org/en/. in example. Here you can find thedifferent hotels in the different Verona hot areas.

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