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💡 The Short Version: Take the Frecciarossa from Venezia Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova: 1 hour 12 minutes from €29.00, or the fast regional, 1 hour 30 minutes from €10.55. The Arena is 1.9 km, 25 minutes’ walk, from the station. The Arena by day is €12 and closed on Mondays; on show days it closes early. Juliet’s House is €5 for the courtyard and €12 with the house, and must be booked online, even for free entry. The VeronaCard is €33 for 24 hours and €38 for 48. The 2027 opera season runs from June to 11 September, with stone-step seats from €22, and ends after the last train to Venice. Or book a tour: Verona, Sirmione & Lake Garda with Boat Cruisead is from €112.50 for 10 hours, leaving from Mestre; Verona: Tour with Arena, Cable Car & Optional Juliet Ticketsad is €69 for 2½ to 3 hours and starts in Verona (GetYourGuide).
Getting there
Fares are Trenitalia’s “from” fares for a second-class single; the Trenitalia app shows the exact fare for your date. Trenitalia changes its timetable in December. Fast trains need a seat reservation, which the fare includes; regional trains do not.
| Route | Times | Journey | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova, Frecciarossa | 07:18 and 08:18 | 1 hour 12 minutes | From €29.00 |
| Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova, fast regional | 07:10 and 08:10 | 1 hour 30 minutes | From €10.55 |
| Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova, regional | 07:04 and 08:04 | 2 hours 24 minutes | From €10.55 |
| Verona Porta Nuova to Santa Lucia, Frecciarossa | 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 20:30 and 22:03 | 1 hour 14 minutes to 1 hour 17 minutes | From €29.00 |
| Verona Porta Nuova to Santa Lucia, fast regional | 17:22, 18:22 and 22:22 | 1 hour 30 minutes | From €10.55 |
On a weekday in October the last Frecciarossa back arrives in Santa Lucia at 23:19 and the last fast regional at 23:52. Porta Nuova is 1.9 km from the Arena in Piazza Bra, about 25 minutes on foot.
Tours
A tour fixes the timetable and, for the Garda day, adds a boat. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices for one adult.
Verona, Sirmione and Lake Garda
From €112.50 · 230 reviews · 10 hours
From Venice: Verona, Sirmione & Lake Garda with Boat Cruisead meets near Mestre station and includes a licensed guide, headsets, an air-conditioned coach, a walking tour of Verona and a private boat cruise round the Sirmione peninsula. Entry tickets (the Arena, Juliet’s House and the Grotte di Catullo), lunch and hotel pick-up are not included. It allows about 2½ hours in Verona and 1 hour in Sirmione. From Venice: Verona tour and Lake Garda Cruisead is the same day from €112.50 (39 reviews) with an English audio guide. The Lake Garda section of the day trips page has the train-and-ferry version.
Verona on foot, from the station
€69 · 1,023 reviews · 2½ to 3 hours
Verona: Tour with Arena, Cable Car & Optional Juliet Ticketsad is run by Walks In Europe, starts in Piazza Bra and is for readers who arrive by train. It walks to the Arena, Juliet’s House and Piazza delle Erbe and takes the cable car up to Colle San Pietro. Skip-the-line Arena tickets (not on Mondays) and Juliet’s House entry are options on the booking.
What to see
Verona’s historic centre has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2000, for its Roman town in a loop of the Adige, with the Arena, the Roman theatre and Piazza delle Erbe (whc.unesco.org). The order for a day: Arena at opening, Juliet’s House at your slot, then the squares.
Piazza delle Erbe and its fountain. Photo: Serpimaz ph, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Arena by day
€12 · closed Mondays · allow 1 hour
The Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra is open Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 19:00 and closed on Mondays. On show days it closes early, with last entry 30 minutes before, and the Comune lists the closing times month by month. A ticket is €12, €9 for groups of 15 or more and over-65s, and €3 for ages 18 to 25 from EU countries and countries with reciprocal agreements. On the first Sunday of each month from November to March entry is €1. The Arche Scaligere are free with a same-day civic museum ticket (museomaffeiano.comune.verona.it).
The Arena’s outer wall in Piazza Bra. Photo: NorbertNagel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Civic-museum tickets are sold online on a new platform from 1 October 2026, and the Comune’s pages say to buy there. Sites with “Arena”, “Verona card” or “Verona access” in the domain that sell the same tickets are not the Arena or the Comune.
The Arena at night
Opera from June to 11 September 2027 · stone-step seats from €22
The Arena Opera Festival’s 2027 season runs from June to 11 September, mostly Thursday to Sunday, and starts at 21:30 in early June, 21:15 in late June and July, and 21:00 in August and September, with 20:15 for the Kaufmann gala. The productions are Aida (in two stagings), Carmen, La Traviata, Nabucco and the ballet Romeo and Juliet, with gala evenings by Roberto Bolle and Friends on 8 and 21 July and Jonas Kaufmann on 8 August (arena.it).
| Seat | From | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Stone steps | €47, €32, €22 | Numbered seats with no chair, in the 4th, 5th and 6th sectors |
| Unupholstered | €60, €85, €105 | Numbered seats in the Rossini, Puccini and Verdi sectors |
| Upholstered | €125 to €165 | Stalls and tribune, standard sectors |
| Premium | €173 to €305 | Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum Premium rows |
| Family | €68 | Family tribune |
| Under 30 | €30 | Second stalls |
Cushions are sold inside, and the entrance gate depends on the sector (arena.it rates and sectors). Buy only from arena.it or the sellers it names. Performances start after the last trains back to Venice in the October timetable, which leave at 22:03 and 22:22, so book a night in Verona.
The stone tiers and seating inside the Arena. Photo: José Luiz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Juliet’s House
Courtyard €5 · with the house €12 · online booking compulsory
The balcony is in the courtyard, reached from the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona, not from Via Cappello. The courtyard ticket is €5 and the house €12. Online booking is compulsory, even for free entry. The house is open on Mondays 14:00 to 19:00 and Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 19:00 (casadigiulietta.comune.verona.it). Sites with “casa di Giulietta” and “tickets” in the domain are resellers, not the Comune.
The balcony in the courtyard of Juliet’s House. Photo: Dguendel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
The VeronaCard
24 hours €33 · 48 hours €38 · includes the city buses
From 1 September 2026 the VeronaCard is €33 for 24 hours and €38 for 48 hours, with the ATV city buses included. It gives free entry to the Arena, Juliet’s House, Castelvecchio, the Roman Theatre museum, the Lamberti Tower (the lift is €1 extra), the cathedral, Sant’Anastasia, San Zeno, San Fermo and others. It is not valid on the Aerobus or extraurban buses (visitverona.it). The Arena and Juliet’s House together are €24, so the card pays off only if you add several of the other sites. Buy it from visitverona.it; sites selling a “Verona card” under another domain are look-alikes.
Before you go
- Mondays. The Arena is closed; Juliet’s House opens at 14:00.
- Show days. The Arena closes early on opera days.
- Juliet’s House. Book the slot online first.
- The last train. The Frecciarossa at 22:03 arrives at 23:19; opera evenings finish later.
- Trains. Take the Frecciarossa for a full day, the fast regional to save on the fare.
Verona is one of the day trips from Venice. The 07:18 Frecciarossa also stops at Padua, and the Dolomites are the other long day. Venice public transport covers the way to Santa Lucia. What to book before you go to Venice has the city tickets, Venice in one or two days shows where a day away fits, and where to stay in Venice compares the areas.
Common questions
How do I get from Venice to Verona?
By train from Venezia Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova. The Frecciarossa takes 1 hour 12 minutes from €29.00, a fast regional 1 hour 30 minutes and an ordinary regional 2 hours 24 minutes, both from €10.55. The station is 1.9 km, about 25 minutes' walk, from the Arena.
Is the Verona Arena open on Mondays?
No. The Arena is open Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00 to 19:00, and closed on Mondays. On show days it closes early, with last entry 30 minutes before. A ticket is €12, €9 reduced, and €3 for ages 18 to 25 from EU countries and countries with reciprocal agreements.
When is the Verona Arena opera season in 2027 and what do seats cost?
The 2027 season runs from June to 11 September, mostly Thursday to Sunday, with performances starting at 21:00 to 21:30. Numbered seats on the stone steps, without a chair, are €47, €32 and €22; unupholstered numbered seats are €60, €85 and €105; upholstered stalls and tribune seats are €125 to €305.
Do I need to book Juliet's House in Verona?
Yes. Online booking is compulsory, even for free entry, including for VeronaCard holders. The courtyard with the balcony is €5 and the house €12. The entrance is from the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona, not from Via Cappello.
Can I get back to Venice after the opera in Verona?
Not by the October timetable's last trains, which leave Verona at 22:03 by Frecciarossa and 22:22 by fast regional. Performances start at 21:00 to 21:30, so plan a night in Verona.
