'I travelled to romantic Verona in Italy for a solo weekend. Here's why I recommend it'

A solo stay in Verona delivers sensory seduction in this World Heritage-listed city, writes Eve Meehan

Panorama of Verona in the morning haze - Italy

Verona is built on a river, the ebullient waters shifting from cornflower blue to elderflower white as they swirl around the rocks that pepper the shallows. The river curves sharply; indecisive, or curious, it weaves through the centre of the small city, so that the two sides of land seem to hold each other in an unending embrace. Verona was the stage for Shakespeare’s tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. So you decide: Does the river break the city’s heart, or does it hold it together?

The famous balcony of Juliet Capulet's home in Verona