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DESTINATIONS hours VERONA | SHORT BREAKS


Set your sights on one of Italy’s most underrated cities, says Katie McGonagle


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t’s the city of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, but it wasn’t quite love at first


sight on my initial visit to Verona. In


fact, my abiding memory was of a long queue to see Juliet’s balcony and a sense of disappointment when we finally reached the


courtyard and found it a little underwhelming. How wrong I was. A return visit – with more time


Florence and Venice have their charms, but Verona is the surprise sequel. ²


and fewer crowds – revealed a maze of medieval streets and ancient monuments, Renaissance buildings still bearing the faded frescoes of once-well-to-do families, and the easy-going vibe you’d expect of a sunny city break in northern Italy. Rome,


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