Beach dining and secluded private villa (Image: Sashi Rajamahendran)
That s amore
Famous as the setting for Shakespeare s 16th-century play Romeo and Juliet, love is always in the air in the captivating city of Verona.
This was proven when locals Michele D Alpaos and Paola Agnelli made the front pages when they fell for each other across their balconies in lockdown last September.
And if music be the food of love, the magnificent must-see Roman amphitheatre Arena di Verona plays host to the world-renowned summer Opera Festival.
After a moonlit stroll across the Adige River, over the Ponte Pietra, festooned with love locks, cosy up in the riverside Terrazza Bar al Ponte over a bottle of Valpolicella, produced from the region s fine vineyards.