Verona in Italy – The city of romance So why do we call Verona the City of Romance?  The answer is easy.  It’s the setting of the famous love story of Shakespeare’s’ Romeo and Juliet. If ever there was a romantic place to ask your loved one to marry you, it is Verona and in particularly, at Juliet’s balcony.  (Ever seen the movie ‘Letters to Juliet’?  I think you need to watch the movie:  So romantic.) OK so while we are on the subject of romance in Verona, let’s have a closer look. The Romantic Side of Verona Shakespeare never actually visited Verona and his characters in Romeo & Juliet…