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Leisure: the Roman Theatre in summer, supervised playgrounds, Lessinia

The Roman Theatre, from the 1st century BC, has hosted the Estate Teatrale Veronese every summer since 1948. Municipal playgrounds are fenced and supervised, and three have an indoor play centre. In the province lies the Lessinia Regional Nature Park.

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Open-air theatre

The Roman Theatre, built in the 1st century BC at the foot of the San Pietro hill on the left bank of the Adige (Regaste Redentore 2), is part of the Archaeological Museum route and in summer is the stage of the Estate Teatrale Veronese, held without interruption since 1948.

Playgrounds

Municipal playgrounds are open every day, holidays included, with seasonal hours (in summer they close in the middle of the day); children under 11 must be accompanied. They are fenced and supervised, with benches, drinking fountains and shade.

  • Campo giochi dell'Arsenale (piazza Arsenale): play centre with specialised staff, sandpit, refreshment point.
  • Campo giochi Valdonega (via Nievo): play centre, skating rink, sandpit.
  • Giardini Raggio di Sole (circonvallazione Raggio di Sole): paved paths, the 1836 powder magazine, a pond, play centre and sandpit.
  • Others: the «Ex Nani» gardens on via XX Settembre, Campo giochi Corte del Duca with a small football pitch, the via Zenari playground.

Lessinia

The Lessinia Regional Nature Park is based in Bosco Chiesanuova. Its website documents the landscape and mountain dairy huts (malghe), flora, fauna, monumental trees and Natura 2000 sites, and publishes a tourist map, the CamminaParco routes and the rules for visitors, including those on mushroom picking and drone use.

Sources

Updated: 2026-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-14

Parco Naturale Regionale della Lessinia – sito dell'Ente Parco· Ente Parco Naturale Regionale della Lessinia

Updated: 2026-10-14

Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13

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