Visiting Sant'Anastasia

About Sant'Anastasia

Verona's largest church is a Dominican Gothic basilica with a soaring brick interior, painted vaults and two holy-water stoups held up by carved hunchbacks (gobbi). Above the arch of the Pellegrini Chapel, Pisanello's fresco of Saint George and the Princess, painted in the 1430s, is a masterpiece of late Gothic painting.

Tip: Use your phone's zoom for Pisanello's fresco, which is high above the chapel arch.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 30–45 minutes.
• Cost: Low cost.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Città Antica (Piazza delle Erbe), medieval squares, frescoed houses and wine bars inside the river bend.

Best time to visit Sant'Anastasia

Sant'Anastasia is indoors, which makes it a good plan for the wettest months:

• April: 18°C (64°F) highs, about 9 rainy days, busy crowds.
• May: 23°C (73°F) highs, about 9 rainy days, busy crowds.
• June: 27°C (81°F) highs, about 8 rainy days, busy crowds.

When to visit Verona has the full month-by-month picture.

Fit it into your trip

Sant'Anastasia is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen Arena di Verona and Opera at the Arena.

• No. 13 of the 17 sights in our Verona things-to-do list.
• Day 2 of the 2-day plan.
• One of the picks in verona on a rainy day.

Near Sant'Anastasia

Also in Città Antica (Piazza delle Erbe), so you can walk between them:

• Verona Cathedral — 45 minutes, low cost
• Porta Borsari — 15 minutes, free
• Juliet's House — 30–45 minutes, low cost

If you like Sant'Anastasia

• Arena di Verona — Piazza Bra and the Arena, 1 hour
• Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero — Castelvecchio, 1.5–2 hours
• Roman Theatre and Archaeological Museum — Veronetta, 1–1.5 hours
• Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore — San Zeno, 45 minutes

Staying near Sant'Anastasia

Stay in Città Antica (Piazza delle Erbe) ($$$$) to walk here: medieval squares, frescoed houses and wine bars inside the river bend. All areas to stay in Verona.

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