If you're flying to Verona's
Valerio Catullo
airport at
Villafranca, 10km away, you can
get into the city by a regular APT
bus (every 20min 7am-midnight;
L7000/3.62) from the airport to
the train station and Piazza
Cittadella, near the city centre.
Otherwise, unless you're staying
in the youth hostel, you're only
likely to need a
bus if you
don't fancy the fifteen-minute
walk from the
train and
bus
stations to the centre. To
walk to the centre from here, turn
right outside the train station
(keeping to the right-hand side of
the road - there are some busy
junctions) then left at the main
junction with the broad Corso
Porta Nuova, which leads straight
to Piazza Bra, site of the Arena
and the hub of Verona. Bus tickets
must be bought before boarding the
bus, either from the machines
alongside bay A or from the
tabacchi
inside the train station ticket
hall. They cost L1500/0.77 and are
valid for any number of journeys
within an hour.
The main tourist office
is on the central Piazza Bra,
within the old town walls beside
the Palazzo Municipale (Mon-Sat
9am-6pm; tel 045.806.8680, www.verona-apt.net
). There is an additional office
at the train station (daily
9am-6pm; tel 045.800.0861) and a room-finding
service , Cooperativa
Albergatori Veronesi (CAV), at Via
Patuzzi 5 (Mon-Fri 9am-6.30pm; tel
045.800.9844); Via Patuzzi runs
parallel to Via Leoncino off
Piazza Gallieno in the southeast
corner of Piazza Bra. You can rent
bikes in summer from stalls in
Piazza Bra. For Internet
access, head for the small shop on
platform 1 at the train station
(Mon-Sat 7.30am-7.30pm) or to Diesis
, on via Sottoriva 15 (Mon-Thurs
11am-11pm, Fri & Sat
11am-midnight, Sun 3pm-8pm;
L15.000/7.75 per hour).
