Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
worthy vintage for your lobster
crudo
(raw) salad or Amarone risotto - some of the best
wines here are bottled specifically for the Bottega. Note they sometimes close in Novem-
ber and February.
BAR
Terrazza Bar al Ponte
( 045 927 50 32;
www.terrazzabaralponte.eu
; Via Ponte di Pietra 26; 9am-2am)
Join hip, young locals
for a
spritz
beneath the giant chandelier in this retro-cool bar. Come early enough and you
might even nab a table on the tiny terrace overlooking the river and the Ponte Pietra.
Entertainment
Teatro Filarmonico
( booking 045 800 51 51;
www.arena.it
; Via dei Mutilati 4; opera & ballet season Nov-May)
This 18th-
century theatre, just south of Piazza Brà, has a program of ballet and opera that dominates
proceedings (rub shoulders with the likes of Anne Boleyn, Macbeth and even Cinderella),
but you might just as easily come across a jazz night.
DANCE
Information
MEDICAL SERVICES
8pm-8am)
A locum doctor service; doctors usually come to
Guardia Medica
(
045 807 56 27;
you.
045 807 11 11; Piazzale Stefani 1)
The main city hospital.
Ospedale Civile Maggiore
(
TOURIST INFORMATION
Tourist Office
(
www.tourism.verona.it
)
Main tourist office
( 045 806 86 80;
www.tourism.verona.it
; Via de-
gli Alpini 9, Piazza Brà; 9am-7pm Mon-Sat, to 5pm Sun)
; Verona-Villafranca airport
( 045 861 91 63;
www.tourism.verona.it
;
Verona-Villafranca airport; 10am-4pm Mon & Tue, to 5pm Wed-Sat)
; Train station
(
045 800 08 61;
www.tourism.verona.it
;
Porta Nuova station;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat)
Getting There & Away
Verona-Villafranca airport
( 045 809 56 66;
www.aeroportoverona.it
)
has direct links with Italian and
European cities. It is located 12km outside the city and is linked to Verona by
ATV bus
(Azienda Trasporti Verona;
045 805 79 22;
www.atv.verona.it
)
. Shuttles to the airport run between
