Torre dei Lamberti
Última actualización el 9 de noviembre de 2026Horarios verificados noviembre de 2026
La Torre dei Lamberti es la torre histórica más alta de Verona, y se eleva 84 metros sobre la piazza delle Erbe y la piazza dei Signori. La construcción empezó en 1172, y ampliaciones posteriores dieron lugar a sus bandas alternas de ladrillo y piedra clara.
La torre formaba parte del conjunto cívico de Verona. Sus campanas daban a la ciudad un ritmo audible: la Rengo convocaba los consejos y tocaba a rebato, mientras que la Marangona marcaba las horas de trabajo y avisaba de los incendios.
El reto para quien visita
The entrance is not where the tower is. You pay and go up from the Cortile Mercato Vecchio, at Via della Costa 2 — not from Piazza delle Erbe, where the tower is the most conspicuous thing in sight. That wasted circuit round the block is the commonest mistake here, and it is entirely avoidable.
Then the stairs-or-lift question, which is also a price question. It is 289 steps up the inside of the shaft, or a glass lift. Both reach the same terrace. With a VeronaCard the stairs are free and the lift costs €1.00 — so the card does not simply let you in, it lets you in on foot.
Unusually for a Verona monument, it is open every day of the year bar Christmas Day. Three of its close neighbours shut on Mondays, which is the trap in reverse: people skip the tower on a Monday assuming it is shut too.
Consejos y estrategia de visita
Cuándo ir
Late afternoon is the best light from the top -- low sun across the roofscape, with the Alps sometimes visible to the north on a clear day.
Early morning is quietest; the lift queues build through the middle of the day, particularly at weekends.
Spring and autumn are the comfortable seasons. The viewing platform is fully exposed and Verona is very hot in July and August.
Winter gives the sharpest air and the clearest long views, and there is almost no queue.
Note that the bells still ring, which at close range is memorable and extremely loud.
Verificado en Torre dei Lamberti (AGEC), noviembre de 2026.
Cómo aprovecharlo al máximo
Do not look for the way in from Piazza delle Erbe. The entrance is in the Cortile Mercato Vecchio, the courtyard behind the tower, and circling the block looking for a door on the square is the standard mistake.
Decide about the lift before you pay: it is charged separately, it stops short of the viewing level, and a veronaCard gets you in free without it. The last flight is stairs either way. Check the hour before you climb — the bells still ring, and at that range it is not a figure of speech.
Cuánto cuesta
What is free
The Cortile Mercato Vecchio, the courtyard the tower rises from, is open and free — you can walk in, look up the full height of the shaft and see the join between the twelfth-century work and the fifteenth-century campaign without paying anything. The tower is also the most visible thing in Piazza delle Erbe, which costs nothing either.
The boundary is the ticket desk inside that courtyard. Past it are the lift, the stairs and the viewing level.
Verificado en Comune di Verona, octubre de 2026.
Cómo llegar y entrar
Entrada: €6 · €4.50 reduced (groups of 15, over-60s, ages 8–14, students 14–30 with a card); €1.00 for school groups and for VeronaCard holders using the lift; free for under-8s, disabled visitors with a companion, resident over-65s, and VeronaCard holders taking the stairs
Precios verificados en noviembre de 2026
Qué es gratis
El Cortile Mercato Vecchio, el patio del que arranca la torre, está abierto y es gratuito: se puede entrar, mirar hacia arriba toda la altura del fuste y ver la junta entre la obra del siglo XII y la campaña del XV sin pagar nada. La torre es además lo más visible de la piazza delle Erbe, que tampoco cuesta nada.
El límite es la taquilla dentro de ese patio. Al otro lado quedan el ascensor, las escaleras y el nivel del mirador.
Cómo entrar
La entrada está en el Cortile Mercato Vecchio, el patio de detrás de la torre, y no desde la piazza delle Erbe, que es desde donde más se ve — esta es la vuelta inútil a la manzana más frecuente aquí. El precio y la hora de último acceso los fija el operador oficial y la entrada suele ir combinada con la galería de arte cívica alojada en el mismo conjunto medieval; la VeronaCard la cubre.
La subida
Un ascensor cubre casi toda la altura pero se queda antes del nivel del mirador y deja un último tramo de escaleras. La escalera superior es estrecha, el nivel del pretil es pequeño y hay poco sitio para cruzarse, así que a veces se regula el paso cuando hay gente. Quien tenga movilidad reducida debería confirmar el recorrido exacto antes de reservar en vez de fiarse de que «hay ascensor».
El momento
Lo mejor: la primera hora, o la última. La luz del mediodía aplana los tejados y la plataforma está más llena justo cuando lo están las plazas de abajo.
Conviene saber: las campanas están justo encima del nivel del mirador y suenan a bocajarro. La cima está expuesta en los dos sentidos — sin sombra en verano y con todo el viento en invierno.
Verificado en Torre dei Lamberti (AGEC), noviembre de 2026.
Accesibilidad del lugar
The tower is not wheelchair accessible, and the lift does not change that. The operator states that the steps rule it out, and Verona’s destination portal answers its own accessibility question the same way — not accessible in a wheelchair, because of the number of steps. The glass lift covers most of the climb, the alternative being 289 steps up the inside of the shaft, but it stops short of the viewing level and leaves a final flight of stairs. The lift shortens the climb; it does not remove it.
What is reachable is the courtyard, and that is not nothing. The Cortile Mercato Vecchio the tower rises from is free and level, and the join between the twelfth-century brick and the later pale stone reads from down there without going up at all. The tower is also the most visible thing in Piazza delle Erbe, which the city describes as completely accessible.
Free entry for a disabled visitor and their companion is published by the operator, and it applies if you want the lift as far as it goes. Booking is advised for everyone, by email to torredeilamberti@agec.it or by phone on 045 9273027 during opening hours.
Note the pricing quirk, which runs the opposite way to what you would expect: a VeronaCard is free on the stairs and €1.00 with the lift.
Still not published, and not guessed: whether the route from the courtyard to the lift door is step-free, and how many steps the final flight holds.
Datos rápidos
- Tipo: Lugar histórico, Torre
- Acceso de visitantes: Abierto a los visitantes
- Entrada: €6
- Construido: Begun 1172; raised 1448-1464
- Construido por: The Lamberti family
- Estilo arquitectónico: Románico y gótico
- Altura: 84 m
- Verona’s tallest tower: At 84 metres it is the highest in the city. Lightning struck it in 1403, and the damage led to the heightening carried out between 1448 and 1464.
- Two bells, two jobs: The Rengo called citizens to arms and summoned the council; the Marangona rang for fire and marked the working hours of the city’s craftsmen.
Dónde está
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Visita responsable
La escalera estrecha y el nivel del mirador dejan poco sitio para cruzarse. Detenerse lejos de los puntos más concurridos deja espacio en el pretil, y el personal puede regular el paso cuando la afluencia o el tiempo hacen menos cómodo el nivel superior.