How to Get Around The Valpolicella Wine Region

There is no railway in the valleys. The usable stations are Verona Porta Nuova and Domegliara-Sant'Ambrogio on the Brenner line, at the western edge.

Buses run from Verona into the main valley villages, but they are infrequent and will not get you between cellars.

A car is effectively necessary. Verona is 15 to 30 minutes from any of the Classico valleys, and Lake Garda about the same to the west. The valley roads are narrow, winding and slow -- distances on the map understate the time considerably.

Because tastings and driving do not mix, hiring a driver for a day of cellar visits is common and worth the cost. Cycling is excellent but genuinely hilly.

How easily, and at what cost, can you combine the region’s main destinations?

Cost compares the options for each route rather than quoting a fare: inexpensive means the price is not a factor in planning, moderate cost means a real line in the budget, and the expensive option is one worth weighing against the alternative. Fares change from year to year; the ranking between them does not.