Transportation
Getting there
By Car
Verona is easily accessible by the Serenissima highway (A4, Milan-Venice,
exit for the historical center: Verona Sud), or by the Brenner-Modena
highway (A22, exit Verona Nord).
By Plain
The airport "Catullo" di Verona
Villafranca is located about 10 km from the town of Verona.
Flight information: Tel. 045-8095666 from 6 am to 11 pm.
There is a bus/shuttle service to and from the airport about every
20 minutes, from 6:10 am to 11:30 pm. Information: 045-8004129 ticket
L. 7000.
The air terminal is in front of the Porta Nuova railway station.
By Train
The main train station is Verona Porta Nuova, at the crossroads of
the lines Milan-Verona and Rome-Brenner. There are direct and intercity
trains from all the main stations of northern Italy, more or less
every hour.
Train information: Tel 147-888088, from 7 am to 9 pm
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Getting Around
By Car
The downtown is closed to traffic from 7:30 am to 10 am and from 1:30
pm to 4:30 pm, except for authorized vehicles and cars going directly
to hotels.
In many downtown areas, parking is permitted for one hour only, with
a disk (indicating time of arrival) left in the car window.
Cars can be parked for free at the following parking areas:
Stadium, via Citta di Nimes (Porta Nuova station), Porta Vescovo,
and Gasometro (Lungadige Galtarossa).
Paid covered parking:
Arena Parking, via Bentegodi, tel. 045-8009333;
Cittadella Garage, Piazza Cittadella 4, tel. 595593;
Italia Garage, Corso Porta Nuova 91, tel. 8006312.
By Bus
Urban buses are orange in color. Tickets are bought before getting
on, at tobacco shops and newsstands. A ticket costs L. 1500 and is
valid for one hour of unlimited travel. A tourist ticket for one day
costs L. 4000 and is valid throughout the city.
Information: Municipal Transport Authority: tel. 045-8871111.
Blue buses leave Verona for Lake Garda and the nearby mountains. The
bus station is in the piazza in front of the train station.
Information: Provincial Transport Authority: tel. 045-8004129.
By Taxi
The radio-taxi service operates 24 hours a day, tel. 045-532666.
Taxis from the Railway station (tel. 045-8004528) and Piazza Bra (tel.
045-8030565) offer continuous service, day and night.
Other taxi stands are located in Piazza Erbe (tel. 045-8030561), Piazzetta
San Giorgio (tel. 045-8349510), piazza San Zeno (tel. 045-8349500),
Borgo Trento Hospital (tel. 045-8349511), and Borgo Roma Hospital
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