Verona: A sense of the city in three hours with fast track entrance to the Roman Arena.

I like to think that guiding is an art form! It involves beauty, natural inclination and passion. Sharing knowledge is important but it is not enough. I believe that both me as a guide and visitors as well want to experience emotions while on tour. Verona holds the key to my heart! This where I LIVE, it is the city I LOVE. My tours are for inspired and curious visitors. I love to be pushed out of my comfort zone interacting with different people and cultures every day. My guiding style is to go beyond facts to pass on the meaning of what you see, to understand more about Verona and. . . about yourself. When you will be walking with me through this evocative town, expect to learn but also to relax, to be treated as visiting friends and to be entertained. As a true Verona resident, my mission is to leave you with a feeling for the familiar in Verona as well as what is different and special. I was born in Zurich-Switzerland but Verona really captured my soul! I have been living there for the past 30 years. I am a ToursByLocals guide since 2012. I have always had an interest in Architecture and Art, eventually I decided to study foreign literature and languages During those very formative years I had the privilege of travelling, meeting wonderful people and staying in very different places: Switzerland, France, Morocco and Singapore. I like challenges and when I have a new idea, I tend to get completely involved in every aspect of it. In the beginning I have many doubts, but once the project takes form, I am very happy to have persevered. I think I have found a balance between the passion for my work and the one for my interests: cultural anthropology, Montessori method, my family history, good friends. Sooner or later I will take a sabbatical to tour the world without leaving the ground. I only give tours in Verona and its region. Being a certified local guide means that I give tours only in the place I live and know well. IMPORTANT NOTICE: In June, July and August, due to the heat I suggest you reserve your tour of Verona in the morning whenever possible. My most popular Verona tours: - Verona in 4-hours. This tour offers a relaxing way to go beyond the basics, experiencing Verona a truly elegant city in a very complete way. It includes a 3-hour walk + 1 hour by taxi - CLASSIC TOUR OF VERONA. This is my best selling 3-hour walking tour. - Best of Verona in just 2 hours. Art, History & Lifestyle. For visitors with limited time or for families with kids. - Roman Verona: not only for architecture buffs! - Day round trip from Venice to Verona with transportation. - LAKE GARDA private half day/full day tour with transportation from Verona and back. - Wine and food tours in the Amarone- Valpolicella" classica" and extended area where you discover a sparkling white wine with a future. This complete wine experience can be combined in two days. Traditional AMARONE wine encounters young "avant-garde" sparkling Durello. GUIDE CERTIFICATION # 289 (Region of Veneto) 2022 Certified Interpretive Guide by NAI - National Association for Interpretation- Fort Collins, USA 1995 Certified Tour Manager EDUCATION I graduated at the Foreign Language High School studying art, European history and literature. It is important for you to know that I am a certified guide in UNESCO Verona and its cultural heritage. This means that I am allowed to guide you inside all the monuments of Verona Certified Guides of Verona have NO RESTRICTIONS in: churches, historical buildings, all public museums and galleries and in most private collections. I don't drive but I can arrange for a car and driver should you require it.