Verona Hotels - getting to and from and around once there

Getting to and from Verona and around once there: Below is a comprehensive guide to transport to from and around Verona covering the Buses, Taxis, Flights, Trains, Cycling, by Car and much more.

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Transport – Verona:

Before deciding to come to Verona and traveling here, here’s something to wet your appetite as to why you should visit – Verona is one of the most beautiful and fascinating cities in Italy, a city of contrasts and historical puzzles.

It is indeed a modern city of commerce, and yet the splendor of its historical monuments and romantic atmosphere are what have enchanted travelers from all over the world. They come to experience the cultural offerings, the great variety of fine art, music, and the artistic performances.

After walking the streets so rich in layered history, against a backdrop of natural and architectural beauty, they return again and again.

The Roman ruins, the many great churches, palaces, and ancient fortifications are a testament to the city’s prominence throughout long centuries of European history.

Verona’s own inhabitants, the Veronesi, are equally charmed by their city, its cuisine, the fine wines and the year-long calendar of festivals and events of every sort, all of which constitute a modern Italian culture which is vibrantly alive.

The northern Italian city, Verona is nestled against the foothills of the Dolomite alps, a scant hour away, and lies embraced within the distinctive doubled bends of the Adige River.

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In its central location on the route between Venice and Milan, this mid-sized city is also at the crossroads of the Veneto region, almost equidistant from the surrounding cities of Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Mantua, Brescia and Treviso, with Trento not far to the north, Milano to the west, and Bologna to the south.

Existing thus at the physical center of much of Euro-Italian history, Verona has evolved into a travel center between Italy and all of northern Europe as well as a destination all its own.

Getting to Verona:

By plane:
Catullo Airport(IATA: VRN) (ICAO: LIPX),. Verona’s closest airport, 12 km from the city.
Budget airlines fly to D’Annunzio Airport(IATA: VBS), of Brescia/Montichiari, some 50 km west of Verona. This is sometimes referred to as Verona Brescia airport.
Buses will take you from Brescia Airport direct to Verona.
The standard car rental chains are located within Brescia Airport, and it is an easy drive along the Autostrada A4 to Verona.

Verona-Villafranca airport (VRN; 045 809 56 66; www.aeroportoverona.it) is 12km outside town and accessible by APTV bus to/from the train station (€4.50, 15 minutes, every 20 minutes from 6am to 11pm).

Flights arrive here from all over Italy and some European cities, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris. Ryanair flies in from several cities to Brescia (030 965 65 99; www.aeroportidelgarda.it) to the west. Airport buses (www.cgabrescia.it) connect the train station with Brescia airport (€11/16 one way/return, 45 minutes).

Airlines also fly to Venice’s Marco Polo and Ryanair to Treviso’s Al Angeli

By car:

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If you have a rental car the trip to Verona isn’t difficult: take the A4 towards Padova (Padua) and follow all the way to Verona (approx 150km).

Verona is at the intersection of the Serenissima A4 (Turin–Trieste) and Brennero A22 motorways.

By train:
You can reach Verona Porta Nuova station by train from Milan (1 hour and 50 mins by regular train, 1 hour and 30 mins by InterCity).

From Venice (1 hour and 30 mins by regular train, 1 hour and 15 mins by EuroStar) with the necessary connection 30 minutes longer from Treviso, from Bologna(1 hour and 40 mins by regular train)

Or from Munich (5 hours and 30 mins by EuroCity). Be aware that local trains (Regionali) also stop at a minor station, Verona Porta Vescovo.

Verona has rail links with Milan, Mantua, Modena, Florence and Rome. There are also regular trains serving destinations in Austria, Switzerland and Germany (10 daily to/from Munich).

The trip to/from Venice is easiest by train (€6.10 to €14, 1¼ to 2¼ hours).

Bus:

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The main intercity bus station is in front of the train station, in an area known as Porta Nuova.

Although buses serve many big cities, they are generally only a useful option for those needing to reach provincial localities not served by train.

Buses within Verona and around:

The city bus system is (since a few years) managed by the same company that runs the buses to the whole province (ATV), but the two systems remain separate for the most.See the link below to see the lines system and timetablesTickets are 1.10 euro (since Sept 2010), and can be purchased in most of the tobacco shops, many bars and the company offices. Even the ticket parking machine can issue the tickets, if you park where they are installed (just press the right buttons, or you’ll have just a ticket to park a car…).

You can buy even on board, but only from an automatic machine and for 1.20€, so have at least the change.Beware that the timetable is different on Saturdays and Sundays than in workdays. different lines run on night time, since, more or less, 8 pm to midnightAll the lines are covered by the Verona Card that gives you entrance to most churches and museums.See one of the modern buses in the picture. A few of the older one are all orange.

Hop on and off bus in Verona:

Starting from the summer 2008, a well known hop on/ hop off company tourist bus started to cover Verona.The bus is the usual red double decker with open air top, and being quite big it cannot enter the narrow roads of the ancient city center, but it runs all around it, and being the center not that big, it is ok to see both the center and some of the best hillside surroundings.F

requency every hour, by now it is planned up to oct 31, 2008… But please do contact us ahead of time, because being it a new experience here i bet they may change something.

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