Casa di Giulietta

How to visit since the rules changed

The thing to know first: as of April 2026, Juliet’s courtyard is no longer free. The narrow yard off Via Cappello — with Nereo Costantini’s 1972 bronze statue, the balcony overhead and the graffiti-and-love-note wall — now sits behind a €5 ticket, and access runs only through the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona, not the old archway. Booking a timed slot online at museiverona.com is mandatory for everyone, including under-5s and VeronaCard holders, so sort it before you turn up rather than at the gate, because there isn’t one.

Decide which ticket you actually want. The €5 option covers the Teatro Nuovo and courtyard — enough if you just want to rub the statue’s right breast for luck (the long-standing tradition that’s worn the bronze shiny), get the balcony photo from below, and move on. The €12 ticket adds the house museum and lets you go up and stand on the balcony itself. The balcony, for the record, isn’t medieval at all: the architect Antonio Avena had it built in the 1930s from fragments of an old marble sarcophagus, decades after the city started linking this house to Shakespeare.

Is it worth it, and what to skip

Allow 30 to 45 minutes. The courtyard is small and the house is a handful of frescoed rooms, so this is a quick stop, not a half-day. Pay the €5 and stay in the courtyard unless you specifically want to stand on the balcony for your own photo — the rooms inside add atmosphere but little substance, since the Romeo and Juliet connection to this actual address is essentially invented. Skip the full ticket if you’re short on time or travelling with restless kids.

What it does well is the ritual. Verona has leaned into the Juliet myth for a century, and there’s a daft charm to the statue, the wall and the letters left for “Juliet” (a volunteer group really does reply to some of them). Do it on the way to or from Piazza delle Erbe and the Arena, both a few minutes’ walk, rather than building a morning around it — Casa di Giulietta is a five-euro detour, not a headline sight.