There’s a Festive Fee at Juliet’s Balcony as the Verona Attraction Is Overrun by Crowds

There’s a festive fee at Juliet’s balcony as the Verona attraction is overrun by crowds

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news roundup this week: Italy gets angry at “fake” carbonara, the winner of the Wildlife Comedy Awards is revealed, plus the phony tourist attractions built to please visitors. Star-crossed or catfished? “Juliet’s House” in Verona, Italy, is one of the city’s most popular attractions, despite the fact Romeo and Juliet never existed except in the head of William Shakespeare. The 14th-century building (…

New fee introduced charging tourists more than £10 to visit the famous Juliet balcony

Tourists will now have to pay £10.50 to enter the Verona courtyard linked to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet