Juliet's House, Verona, Italy - Visiting a very busy tourist attraction inspired by Shakespeare

While in Verona, Italy in October, we made a trip to see Juliets House and balcony. We had to really, we could not go all the way to Verona and not see it - right !?

Its location is right in the centre of Verona, along quite a small busy street, and then through an arch into a courtyard. The setting is maybe not quite as magical as I might have imagined, but man was it busy !

We had passed it the day before and the queues were quite long and stretched along the street, so we decided to go first thing the next morning, and still had to wait about an hour to get in. Old Billy Shakespeare is certainly very popular to this day.

Rather intriguing was the statue of poor Juliet down in the courtyard. Everyone was lining up to take their photo with her, with the custom being to rub her breasts for luck - poor girl !!!

There was another copy of the statue inside the house itself - which was cordoned off so that it could not be harassed !

The museum/house had some nice displays, and you could get out and stand on the balcony to take a picture. The stairs and passageways were quite small so they would only let in so many people at a time and hence that was why you had to queue for so long, however, atleast it meant that once you were inside, there was not a sea of people there - there was a few but it was not overly crowded (in my opinion).

I guess its the romance of it all which was attracting a lot of couples, but also the fact that everyone has heard of Romeo and Juliet, so why wouldnt you go there if you were in town !

I think its free to get into the courtyard and see the statue and balcony, but you have to pay to go inside and stand at the balcony. We did that by buying the Verona card which gives you a discount on the entry price of a number of the main attractions - which wa a good way of doing it.

I find the picture above quite funny - the costumes are set out so that you can pose behind them and take a picture with your head poking up as if wearing the costume, except if you are my wife - as can be seen she is too short !

The house had quite a few floors, and as you went up through them you started getting views across other courtyards and things higher up in the buildings around it which I found quite interesting.

And at the top I particularly like the views across the orange tiled roofs of the city - it was quite nice indeed !

Well it was fun to go, and my wife and daughter quite enjoyed it - and if you are a Shakespeare fan then how could you ever miss it ?! Anyway, worth the visit - so all good !