People fond of antiques or paintings should visit corso Sant’Anastasia and the area next to it where there are a number of antique shops Antichità Due Torri, Antichità Sottoriva, and art galleries (Boxart, Arts Noveaux). On the third Saturday of every month, there is also an antique market in piazza San Zeno with furniture, jewellery, stamps and even old cars and motorcycles.
If you want to learn cooking the Italian way, there is a market in piazza Erbe where you can buy food products. Around the city centre there are many wine shops, such as the Istituto Enologico Italiano (via Sottoriva, 7), that have a rich selection of international and Italian wines and is located in a lovely old basement with arches.
Shops in Verona are usually open from on Monday afternoons and Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 7.30pm, and they tend to keep close during the lunch hours. Sunday is not a good day to plan for shopping, since most shops are closed then. Markets are open from the early morning until lunch.
