Official Information
Official website: https://casadigiulietta.comune.verona.it/
Official tickets: https://verona.midaticket.it/Events/Wizard
Entrance: Teatro Nuovo, Piazzetta Navona, Verona
Exit and address of the house: Via Cappello 23, 37121 Verona VR, Italy
View on Google Maps: Casa di Giulietta on Google Maps
Opening Hours
Juliet’s House is open Tuesday to Sunday from 09:00 to 19:00 and on Mondays from 14:00 to 19:00.
The last bookable slot of the day is 18:30, and you need to be at the entrance by 18:35.
Closed on 25 December and 1 January. Hours can change for events or maintenance, so check the official website or ticket portal before you go.
Casa di Giulietta is the most visited Romeo and Juliet site in Verona, and since 1 April 2026 the way you visit it has changed. The courtyard is no longer free to walk into from Via Cappello. Every visitor now needs a ticket booked online, enters through Teatro Nuovo on Piazzetta Navona, and leaves through the old archway on Via Cappello. This guide covers Casa di Giulietta tickets, the route, what is in the rooms and what to expect from the crowds.
- Casa di Giulietta tickets and prices
- How to book
- The visit route
- The courtyard, the statue and photos
- The rooms inside the house
- Is the house real?
- Tips for your visit
- More Romeo and Juliet places in Verona
- Frequently asked questions
Casa di Giulietta tickets and prices
There are two tickets. The cheaper one covers the courtyard and the more expensive one adds the house.
| Ticket | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Courtyard only | €5 | Entry through Teatro Nuovo, the courtyard, the statue of Juliet and the view of the balcony from below |
| Courtyard and house | €12 | Everything above plus the museum rooms and the chance to step onto the balcony |
| Free entry | €0 | Children under 5, visitors with disabilities and one companion, holders of a valid VeronaCard |
If you only want the photo with the statue and a look up at the balcony, the €5 ticket is enough. If you want to stand on the balcony yourself, you need the €12 ticket, because the balcony is reached from inside the house.
The VeronaCard is worth a look if you plan to see several museums and churches in the city on the same day or two, since it covers Juliet’s House along with the Arena and many other sights. You still need to reserve a time slot.
How to book tickets for Juliet’s House Verona
Tickets are sold online only, through the official Verona museums ticket portal. You choose a date and a time slot, pay, and receive the ticket by email. Nothing is sold at the entrance, so people who turn up without a booking are sent away to buy on their phones.
Slots at weekends, on public holidays and around Valentine’s Day sell out first. In high season book a few days ahead. On a quiet weekday in winter you can often book the same morning.
Many resellers offer the same entry with an audio guide or a guided walk at a higher price. Those can be useful if you want a guide, but the entry itself is the same as the official ticket.
The visit route: in through Teatro Nuovo, out on Via Cappello
The route runs one way. Go to Teatro Nuovo on Piazzetta Navona, a small square a short walk from Piazza delle Erbe, and show your ticket at the theatre door at the time of your slot. Staff who speak several languages check tickets there.
You pass through the historic foyer of the theatre first, where a short display with images and video introduces the story of Romeo and Juliet. From there a passage leads into the courtyard. People with the house ticket go up into the museum from the courtyard, and everyone leaves through the archway onto Via Cappello.
Do not queue at the Via Cappello archway. It was the entrance for decades and many maps and older guides still send people there, but today it is the exit.
The courtyard, the statue and photos
In the courtyard you can see the bronze statue of Juliet and the famous balcony above it. The balcony was added during the restoration of the 1930s to give visitors the scene they expected from the play.
The statue is by the Veronese sculptor Nereo Costantini. People queue to take photos with it and to touch its right breast, which is said to bring luck in love. The one outside is a copy. The original was worn through by millions of hands and was moved inside the museum in 2014.
Timed slots have made the courtyard calmer than it used to be, but it is still a small space and people gather around the statue. For photos with fewer people in the frame, book the first slot of the morning or one of the last of the evening.
Writing on the walls and sticking notes or chewing gum to them is forbidden and can be fined. If you want to leave a message, write a letter to Juliet. Volunteers of the Club di Giulietta in Verona answer letters sent from all over the world.
The rooms inside the house
Inside you will find furnished rooms, period-style decorations, costumes and memorabilia from film productions, along with displays about the Romeo and Juliet myth and its cultural impact. The best-known pieces are the bed and costumes used in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film.
The highlight for most people is the chance to step out onto Juliet’s balcony on the first floor and look down on the courtyard. Expect a short wait for your turn, and keep it brief when others are waiting behind you.
The interiors evoke a domestic atmosphere of the 14th to 16th centuries, though most elements date from later refurbishments and are more theatrical than strictly historical. The house is spread over several floors linked by stairs. In summer 2026 the upper floors were closed for a month because of the heat, while the courtyard and the first floor with the balcony stayed open, so check the official site if you visit in July or August.
Is Juliet’s House real?
The link to Shakespeare is indirect. The medieval building was once owned by the Dal Cappello family, and the similar-sounding name, together with a carved hat (cappello) on the keystone of the courtyard arch, led people to identify it with the Capulets.
The building later housed an inn and workshops. The city of Verona bought it in 1905, and in the 1930s the museum director Antonio Avena restored it in a medieval style and added the balcony. The house opened to the public as a museum in 1973.
So the walls are old and the story is literature. Casa di Giulietta shows how a city can build a real place around a fictional heroine, mixing authentic architecture with romantic imagination.
Tips for your visit
A visit is short, typically 30 to 45 minutes with the house and 10 to 15 minutes for the courtyard alone. It fits easily into a walking route that includes Piazza delle Erbe, two minutes away, and Castelvecchio.
Arrive at Teatro Nuovo a few minutes before your slot with the ticket ready on your phone. The courtyard paving is uneven and access to the upper floors of the house is limited for wheelchair users. Accessible toilets are in Teatro Nuovo.
Via Cappello is one of the busiest shopping streets in Verona, and the exit leaves you right in the middle of it. Keep an eye on bags and phones in the crowd, as you would in any busy tourist street.
More Romeo and Juliet places in Verona
Juliet’s Tomb (Tomba di Giulietta) is in the former convent of San Francesco al Corso on Via del Pontiere, about 15 minutes on foot from the house. It is a separate city museum with its own ticket, and it is much quieter.
The so-called Romeo’s House stands on Via Arche Scaligere, next to the Scaliger Tombs. It is a private medieval building, so you can only see the outside and the plaque on the wall.
Frequently asked questions
Is Juliet’s house in Verona real?
The building is real and medieval, and it belonged for centuries to the Dal Cappello family, whose name sounds like Capulet. Juliet herself is a fictional character, so nobody by that name lived here. The city bought the house in 1905 and restored it in the 1930s to match the story.
Can you stand on Juliet’s balcony?
Yes, with the €12 ticket that includes the house. The balcony is reached from the first floor of the museum. The €5 courtyard ticket lets you see and photograph the balcony from below only.
Is the courtyard of Casa di Giulietta still free?
No. Since 1 April 2026 the courtyard needs a €5 ticket booked online in advance, and everyone enters through Teatro Nuovo on Piazzetta Navona.
Can I buy tickets at the door?
No. Access is by online reservation only through the Verona museums ticket portal, with a time slot. Book before you walk over, because there is no ticket desk selling entries on site.
Where can I see Romeo and Juliet sites in Verona?
Besides Juliet’s House, visit Juliet’s Tomb in the former convent of San Francesco al Corso, which has its own museum ticket, and look at the outside of the so-called Romeo’s House on Via Arche Scaligere, a private building close to the Scaliger Tombs.
Why do people rub the statue of Juliet?
Local tradition says that touching the right breast of the bronze Juliet brings luck in love. So many hands wore through the original 1970s statue that it was moved indoors in 2014, and the one in the courtyard today is a copy.
How long does a visit to Juliet’s House take?
Allow 30 to 45 minutes for the courtyard and the house together. The courtyard alone takes 10 to 15 minutes, a little longer if you wait your turn for a photo with the statue.