Is the Verona Card worth it? How to decide + sample savings

Is the Verona Card worth getting? All you need to know about the Verona Card: what it includes, how it works, how to decide if it is worth getting.

If you are planning a trip to Verona, you may be wondering if it is worth getting the Verona Card or it is better to pay for attractions individually.

I had this exact conundrum recently, as I planned our day in Verona with the kids and the best way I found to figure out whether the Verona Card was worth it, was to make scenarios of things to see and compare prices.

It was a tedious process so, if you are in the same position as me, I thought I’d share it, so you don’t have to go through it too!

By the end of this article, you will know how the Verona card works and will be able to decide whether the Verona card is worth it for your specific travel party, interests, and travel style.

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What is the Verona Card?

The Verona Card is a city pass that allows the owner to access many of Verona’s main sites and urban transport vehicles for free.

The card comes in two versions, 24h and 48h validity.

The Verona card with 24h validity costs 20 Euro

The Verona card with 48h validity costs 25 Euro

You can buy the cars at the city tourist office or get hold of it online before your trip on sites such as GetYourGuide >>> check the price and availability of the Verona Card here.

With a cost such as 25 Euro for two days, the Verona Card seems a great bargain. However, to make sure you don’t waste money, let’s have a look at a few scenarios.

How much can you save with the Verona Card?

Like all city cards, the savings you can get via the Verona Card depend on your plans.

In Verona, the Verona Card savings kick in once you plan on visiting more than 3 sites and you intend to use public transport.

In that case, you are likely to break even vs individual tickets by site number three, and the additional sites are, effectively, free to visit.

Verona Card saving example:

Attraction	Cost without Verona Card*	Cost with Verona Card
Arena di Verona	10 Euro	Free
Casa di Giulietta (Juliet’s House)	6 Euro	Free
Chiesa di San Zeno (church)	3 Euro	Free
Museo di Storia Naturale (Natural History Museum)	4.50 Euro	Free
Museo Archeologico (Archaeological Museum)	4.50 Euro	Free
Torre dei Lamberti (tower)	6 Euro	Free
Arche Scaligere	1 Euro	Free
Verona Tourist Train	5 Euro	4 Euro
Cost of 1 bus journey (inner city)	1.10 Euro	Free (unlimited use)

Imagining that in a day I plan on catching a bus from the station, seeing the Arena, Juliet’s house and the Archaeological Museum, the card gives me a saving of about 3 Euro.

Any additional site after that will add up to much bigger advantages.

As you can see, if you have a packed itinerary for a couple of days in Verona, the Verona Cars is really worth getting as it brings in great savings.

If you only have one day in Verona and plan of exploring piazzas, free areas and lower-cost attractions, then the card is probably not for you.

Need to know: Children enter most of Verona attractions for free or at a largely reduced price. The card offers no advantages to them and I would only consider it for the adults in the group.

Also need to know: the Verona Card includes free transport on urban buses but not on the Airport Shuttle.

In our case: We are 2 adults + 2 kids. We have one full day in Verona and we will likely want to see the Arena, Juliet’s house, San Zeno and take the tourist train + arrive into the city center by bus. With the card, we pay 24 Euro per adult. Without the card: 25.10. If we drop even one of the attractions, the card is not worth it.

What does the Verona Card include

The Verona Card allows free access to several Verona attractions and also offers Verona Cardholders reductions to access several partner museums.

Verona card offers free access to:

• Arena di Verona
• Basilica di S. Anastasia (church)
• Basilica di S. Zeno (church)
• Casa di Giulietta – Juliet’s House
• Centro Internazionale di Fotografia – International Photography Center
• Chiesa di S. Fermo (church)
• Complesso della Cattedrale – Verona’s Cathedral complex
• Galleria d’Arte Moderna Achille Forti Palazzo della Ragione – Modern Art Gallery
• Museo di Castelvecchio – Castelvecchio Museum
• Museo di Storia Naturale – Natural History Museum
• Museo Lapidario Maffeiano – Maffean Epigraphic Museum
• Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano – Roman Theater Archaeological Museum
• Museo degli Affreschi “G. B. Cavalcaselle alla tomba di Giulietta”
• Torre dei Lamberti
• Arche Scaligere   

Good to know! The Verona Card has a validity of 24 or 48 Hours from its first use. This means that, if you have 24h in Verona spread over two days, you could see three sites one afternoon and two the morning after, all within the validuty of your 24h card.

In this scenario, the Verona Card worth comes into its own

Verona card reduced ticket advantages:

The following museums offer discounts to Verona Card Holders.

Museo Miniscalchi Erizzo:  without card 5.00 Euro; with VeronaCard 3.00 Euro 

Museo Africano: withour card 5.00 Euro; with VeronaCard 3.00 euro

Giardino Giusti: withour card 10. 00 Euro; with VeronaCard 7.00 euro 

You’ll find the Verona Card worth getting also for discounts on:

Arena di Verona Opera Festival tickets
Verona Tourist Train to and from Piazza Bra
Parking at Arena Parking: 10% discount
CitySightseeing Verona: hop on hop off bus tour
Simonetta Bike Tours:
Adige Rafting

Verona Card need to know

• The Verona Card allows one access to each attraction

• On Mondays, Verona museums are closed

• The VeronaCard waives responsibility in case of sudden changes in opening hours or accessibility of sites. Please check the small print before purchasing.

• The Verona Card does not include tickets for the Aerobus airport service or services to Lake Garda. It applies to urban lines only

• Children and visitors over 60 years of age have special discounts: mostly likely, the card is not a good investment for them.

Good to know: the four historical churches of Verona offer the option to buy a combined ticket to see all four churches for 6 Euro. This is a big saving compared with a single entrance ticket, priced at 3 Euro. If you want to focus your visit to Verona’s churches only, this bundle ticket is more convenient than the Verona Card. Find info >>> here <<<

So, is the Verona Card worth it?

As you can see, if and how worth getting the Verona Card depends on your interests and party.

I believe the Verona card is worth it if:

• You have 48h in Verona and plan on visiting several attractions
• You have 24h in Verona and plan on seeing more than 3 attractions

I believe the VeronaCard is not worth it if:

• You can avail of reduced tickets such as children’s and over 60s’ rates
• You are in Verona on a Monday
• You are only likely to visit one or two attractions and spend the rest of the days exploring the city on foot or on a tour

Where to get the Verona Card

If your answer to the question ‘is the Verona card worth it’ is a yes, you may now be wondering where to get it.

You can get hold of the Verona Card:

Online, on GetYourGuide – official partner of Verona City Tourism Board

At the IAT info point in Via degli Alpini 9, in Piazza Bra, or in city center Tabacchi shops.

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