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Juliet's House (Casa di Giulietta): Tickets, Hours and the Balcony
Casa di Giulietta
Since 1 April 2026 a visit to Juliet's House in Verona is ticketed and booked online only: 5 EUR for the courtyard with the balcony and Juliet's statue, or 12 EUR for the courtyard and the house museum, entering from the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a). Tickets are sold only at verona.coopculture.it, there is no ticket desk on site, and even free visitors, Verona Card holders included, must book a time slot.
The house is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00 and on Mondays from 14:00 to 19:00, closed on 25 December and 1 January, with the last slot sold for 18:30. This page explains the tickets and the new entrance, the hours, what the balcony and the house actually are (a medieval tower house whose balcony was assembled in the 20th century), what you see inside, and how the Verona Card works here.
Juliet's House tickets: 5 EUR courtyard, 12 EUR with the house
From 1 April 2026 there are two tickets. Teatro Nuovo and Courtyard costs 5 EUR and takes you through the theatre into the courtyard with the balcony and the bronze statue. Teatro Nuovo, Courtyard and House of Juliet costs 12 EUR and adds the house museum (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
Tickets are sold only online at verona.coopculture.it; there is no ticket office at the house. Online booking is mandatory for everyone, including those entitled to free entry. Entry is free for children under 5, for people with a disability card and their companion, for tour guides leading a group, and for Verona Card holders (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
The 1 EUR entry offered on the first Sunday of the month from November to March at Verona's other civic museums is suspended at Juliet's House (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a, 2026c). The same official page still answers its own FAQ with the line that the courtyard is free and only the house is paid; that answer predates the April 2026 change, and the tariff list on the same page charges 5 EUR for the courtyard.
Juliet's House opening hours and last entry
The hours in force since 1 April 2026 are Monday from 14:00 to 19:00 and Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00. The house and courtyard are closed on 25 December and 1 January (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
The evening is tightly timed. The last time slot is sold for 18:30. You must enter from Piazzetta Navona by 18:35, enter the house by 18:40 and leave it by 18:55, and the house and courtyard close at 19:00 (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a). A late slot therefore gives you about 20 minutes in all.
On days when the Teatro Nuovo has a performance, the route can be restricted in some time slots, and the slots shown online reflect this. The Monday afternoon opening is unusual in Verona, where the Arena and Castelvecchio close on Mondays (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026d, 2026e), so a Monday can be planned around Juliet's House and the churches.
The new entrance from the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona
Since 1 April 2026 the courtyard and the house are entered only from the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a). The house's street address is still Via Cappello 23, and that is where most maps send you, but the old arch from Via Cappello is no longer the way in.
Until that date the courtyard was free, which is what the older FAQ answer on the official page still says. Now every visitor, paying or not, holds a ticket for a time slot, and the number of slots is fixed by the booking system.
Plan the visit like a timed museum entry. Book the slot on verona.coopculture.it before you travel, arrive a few minutes early at Piazzetta Navona, and keep the booking on your phone. If you hold a Verona Card bought from a reseller, you can book the free slot before exchanging the voucher for the physical card (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026b); the card's rules are on our Verona Card page.
Is Juliet's balcony real? The house and its history
The house is a medieval tower house documented from 1351. It was originally an inn and was identified as the house of the Capuleti in the 18th century, after which it became a stop on a romantic pilgrimage. The story of Romeo and Juliet comes from the novella written by Luigi da Porto in 1531, which William Shakespeare made into his play in 1596 (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
The Comune di Verona bought the house in 1905. It was restored between about 1939 and 1940 under Antonio Avena, who added the balcony. The balcony was assembled from 14th-century marble fragments that, until 1920, lay in the Castelvecchio museum as stone for reuse. The courtyard facade in exposed brick, the Gothic doorway, the trefoil windows and the external balustrade linking the parts of the house belong to the same early 20th-century restoration (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
The families behind the legend did exist: Verona had a Montecchi family and a Capuleti family, more exactly Cappelletti, and Dante names both in Canto VI of Purgatorio. The bronze statue of Juliet in the courtyard is by Nereo Costantini, from 1972 (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
What you see inside Juliet's House
The 12 EUR ticket opens the house museum. Its rooms are decorated with medieval motifs and hold Veronese frescoes, 19th-century paintings of scenes from the legend, prints and sculptures on the fortunes of Romeo and Juliet in art. Among them are Cosroe Dusi's painting Giulietta e Romeo of 1838 and the bed used in Franco Zeffirelli's film of 1968, with costumes from the same film (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
There is a desk where visitors can write love letters to Juliet, period furniture, and windows with a view over the roofs of Verona. The balcony is part of the house: the 5 EUR courtyard ticket shows it from below, and the 12 EUR ticket takes you inside to the floor with the balcony.
The Sala Capuleti inside the house can be booked for civil weddings; a booking covers the room at the chosen time only, and the route to it can change at short notice when other events are on (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a). Juliet's Tomb and the Frescoes Museum, a separate civic museum included in the Verona Card, can be combined with the house on the same card (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026b).
Verona Card, accessibility and dogs
Verona Card holders enter free but must still book a time slot online, selecting the free Verona Card option. The card costs 33 EUR for 24 hours and 38 EUR for 48 hours from 1 September 2026 and also covers the Arena and Castelvecchio (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026b), which have their own pages: the Arena and Castelvecchio. If Juliet's House is the only paid sight on your list, the 12 EUR ticket is cheaper than the card.
The house can be visited by people with disabilities who have enough independent mobility and are accompanied, and only on the floor with the balcony (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
Small dogs are admitted inside a carrier. Guide dogs, assistance dogs and alert dogs are always allowed. Dogs are not admitted during guided tours, events and set-ups, and the full conditions are in the civic museums' pet policy. The civic museums answer on +39 045 8034303 and at [email protected] (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
Frequently asked questions
5 questionsHow much does it cost to visit Juliet's House in Verona?
Since 1 April 2026, 5 EUR for the Teatro Nuovo and the courtyard with the balcony and statue, or 12 EUR for the courtyard and the house museum. Children under 5, disability card holders with a companion, guides with a group and Verona Card holders enter free, but everyone must book online (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
Is Juliet's courtyard still free?
No. Since 1 April 2026 the courtyard is entered only from the Teatro Nuovo in Piazzetta Navona with a 5 EUR ticket booked online. The official page's FAQ still says the courtyard is free, but its tariff list for the same date charges 5 EUR, which is the current rule (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
Do you need to book Juliet's House in advance?
Yes. Tickets are sold only online at verona.coopculture.it, there is no ticket office on site, and booking a time slot is mandatory even for free visitors and Verona Card holders. On days with a performance at the Teatro Nuovo some slots are restricted (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
What are Juliet's House opening hours?
Monday 14:00 to 19:00 and Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 to 19:00, closed on 25 December and 1 January. The last slot is sold for 18:30, entry from Piazzetta Navona closes at 18:35, and you must leave the house by 18:55 (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
Is Juliet's balcony original?
It is old stone in a new place. The house is a medieval tower house documented from 1351, but the balcony was added during Antonio Avena's restoration of about 1939 to 1940, assembled from 14th-century marble fragments that had been stored at Castelvecchio until 1920 (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026a).
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