Juliet's House & Balcony Fast-Track Tickets with Audio Guide Verona

Juliet's House: A Medieval Tower House

Casa di Giulietta stands on Via Cappello, a few steps from Piazza delle Erbe, and is a tall brick house of the 13th century that belonged for generations to the Dal Cappello family. Their emblem, a hat, is still carved on the keystone of the arch inside the courtyard, and the similarity between Cappello and Capuleti is what tied this building to the legend of Juliet's family, the Verona clan locked in a feud with the Montecchi.

The city of Verona bought the house in 1905, and in the 1930s it was restored in a romantic medieval style: Gothic windows were opened in the façade and the famous balcony was added, assembled from old carved stone. Knowing that history does not spoil the magic; it explains how a real medieval house became the stage of a story told all over the world. Juliet's House tickets with fast-track entry save precious time in high season.

The Courtyard, the Statue and Juliet's Balcony

Through a short arched passage covered with messages you reach the courtyard, the heart of the visit. Here stands the bronze statue of Juliet, placed in 1972; the original is now kept inside the house to protect it, and a faithful copy stands in its place. Visitors have long left love notes on the walls and padlocks on the gate, and tradition says that touching the statue brings luck in love.

Above the courtyard hangs the stone balcony, and with this ticket you climb inside the house and step out onto it yourself, looking down on the crowd below. It is the most photographed spot in Verona, so come early or late in the day for a clearer shot. Juliet's balcony Verona photos are best taken from the far corner of the courtyard, before you go up.

Inside the House: Frescoes, Rooms and Costumes

Inside, several floors of rooms connected by stone and wooden stairs show what a wealthy Verona house could look like in the late Middle Ages. Look for the painted beamed ceilings, the large stone fireplace and fragments of frescoes, as well as 16th- and 17th-century ceramics and furniture. Period costumes and a carved Renaissance-style bed recall the scenes of the famous love story.

The original bronze statue of Juliet is displayed in one of the rooms, and in another you can write a message to Juliet, continuing a tradition of letters that arrive in Verona every year from around the world. The audio guide app, in English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, German and Italian, tells the legends and the true history room by room. Allow about an hour for the house and courtyard together.

Planning Your Visit and What Is Nearby

Juliet's House opening hours usually run from morning to early evening every day, with a later start on Mondays, and last entry is shortly before closing. The courtyard is busiest from late morning to mid-afternoon, so the 9:30 slot or the late afternoon slots are the most pleasant. Is Juliet's House worth visiting? With a timed fast-track ticket, the balcony and the quiet rooms upstairs make it a highlight of a day in Verona.

Piazza delle Erbe, with its market stalls and painted palaces, is two minutes away, and the Gothic Scaliger Tombs and Casa di Romeo are about five minutes on foot. The Arena on Piazza Bra is a 10-minute walk. Another option on this page combines Juliet's courtyard with the nearby Teatro Nuovo, a neoclassical theatre opened in 1846, but without the balcony.