With Zeus Prestige, luxury car rental in Verona comes to Verona Airport (VRN), to your hotel, or to any address in town. Rent or hire a convertible, a sports car, a supercar or a luxury SUV and drive the Veneto yourself. Car hire in Verona puts Lake Garda half an hour to the west, the wine hills of Valpolicella on the doorstep and the Dolomites two hours north.
Verona's Roman amphitheatre, the Arena, was built in the 1st century AD and still fills for opera every summer, as it has since 1913. The Scaliger lords left the brick fortress of Castelvecchio and its battlemented bridge over the river Adige in the 1350s. Piazza delle Erbe has been the market square since it was the Roman forum. Shakespeare set Romeo and Juliet here, and a balcony on Via Cappello receives the crowds on his behalf. UNESCO added the historic centre to its World Heritage list in 2000.
Evenings begin with a glass of Valpolicella in an osteria and may end with risotto cooked in Amarone. At Christmas the city claims pandoro as its own. The river loops round the old town in a tight bend, the hills begin on the far bank, and from the terraces above the Ponte Pietra the roofs glow terracotta at dusk. Beyond those hills lie the lake and the mountain.
The roof belongs down on the lake road. Half an hour west of Verona the shore begins at Lazise, a walled harbour town, and the road follows the water north through Bardolino and Garda, round the cypress point of San Vigilio, to Torri del Benaco and Malcesine, where a Scaliger castle stands on a rock over the harbour. Olive groves climb the slope on your right and the lake narrows between mountains ahead, a view that catches your breath each time it reappears. The air smells of olive wood and warm water. From Malcesine a cable car climbs Monte Baldo. Lunch is lake fish on a terrace. The car ambles home along the same shore with the afternoon sun across the water and the roof still open.
Bring a sports car or a supercar for the mountain behind the lake, between late spring and autumn. From Caprino Veronese the provincial road climbs through Spiazzi, where the sanctuary of the Madonna della Corona is built into a sheer cliff, and on up to the high pastures at Novezza. Monte Baldo is a long ridge between Lake Garda and the Adige valley, known for centuries as the garden of Europe for its wild flowers. The hairpins come in tight sets, the air thins and cools, and your heart rate rises with every one. There are few cars and wide views on both sides. Come back down the same way and let the brakes and the balance of the car set the pace.
The wine country calls for an unhurried day in a grand touring car or a luxury SUV. Valpolicella begins just northwest of the city, three valleys of vineyards, cherry trees and stone villas around Negrar, Fumane and San Giorgio, where a Romanesque church looks out toward the lake. This is where Amarone is made, from grapes dried for months after the harvest. Half an hour east of Verona, Soave sits inside a ring of medieval walls beneath its castle, surrounded by the vines of the white wine that carries its name. The cellars sell by the case, and the passenger does the tasting. Between the two the cabin is quiet, the seats are easy, and the car has ample room for whatever you bring home.
Yes. Zeus Prestige delivers luxury hire cars to Verona Airport (VRN), as well as to hotels in the city and around Lake Garda. Send us your flight number and we will meet it.
Yes. Verona Villafranca Airport (IATA: VRN, ICAO: LIPX) handles private flights as well as scheduled ones. Your self-drive hire car will be at the airport when you land.
Choose a convertible for Lake Garda, a sports car or supercar for Monte Baldo and the roads toward the Dolomites, and a luxury SUV or grand tourer for the wine country and longer journeys across northern Italy.
The southern shore at Lazise and Peschiera is about 25 to 30 kilometres from Verona, around half an hour. Malcesine, toward the northern end of the eastern shore, is about 65 kilometres and an hour and a quarter.
The airport is at Villafranca, some 10 to 12 kilometres from the centre, to the southwest. Allow 15 to 20 minutes by car.
Yes. Lake Garda is half an hour away, Venice about an hour and a quarter and Bologna an hour and a half. Milan is about an hour and three quarters west, and the Dolomites begin around two hours to the north.
Choose from our SUVs, cabriolets, supercars and sports cars, tell us where in Verona to deliver, and the keys will be ready for your luxury car hire.