Filming locations in Verona

Visiting Verona: a set-jetting guide. Some cities are romantic by reputation, and Verona has the longest reputation of all. As the home of Romeo and Juliet, the rose-bricked Veneto city has drawn lovers for centuries, and the screen keeps coming back. Letters to Juliet sets its modern love story right here, among the courtyards and frescoed squares, and the two places it leans on sit only a short stroll apart.

The film begins at Casa di Giulietta, Juliet's house, where its letter-writing romance is set in motion. The courtyard with its famous balcony is the heart of it, and the walls below have become a thicket of love notes left by visitors from everywhere. The courtyard is free to step into; a ticket takes you up onto the balcony itself and through the house museum. Expect crowds, and a wall of paper hearts, because the tradition the film celebrates is alive and well.

From there it is a short walk to Piazza delle Erbe, the film's picture of romantic Verona. Laid out on the old Roman forum and ringed with frescoed facades, it is a lively market square that comes with cafe terraces and centuries of life behind it. It is free and open all day, and the Lamberti tower rising beside it can be climbed for a view back over the rooftops you have just been wandering.

Verona rewards set-jetting precisely because everything is so close. Juliet's balcony and the market square are minutes apart on foot, with the Roman arena and a tangle of handsome lanes filling the space between, so a single unhurried day takes in the lot. This is a city made for walking, with no need to plan much beyond which gelato to chase next.

Lean into the romance the films found here. Linger over a coffee on the Piazza delle Erbe, climb the tower for the long view, and save the courtyard for early or late, when the crowds thin and the love letters feel less like a queue and more like the gesture the story is built on.