Ten-minute pickup to Sommacampagna beats waiting for a city cab
Radiotaxi Catullo is a taxi dispatch focused on Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport and nearby towns like Sommacampagna, not all of central Verona. You call when you land at T1, give your exact exit or door, and they send the next available car in the airport area on demand. One Google reviewer reported a car arriving in about 10 minutes for a run from the airport to Sommacampagna, which is a good benchmark for short hops.
This service is most useful if you’re headed to villages or small hotels around VRN rather than Piazza Bra or Verona Porta Nuova. Local reviews point out that their drivers work the airport and nearby municipalities, so you’re not paying for a taxi to drive out from central Verona before the meter even starts. That helps on short trips under 10 km, where dead‑heading from the city can easily add another €10–€15 to the final fare.
There’s no fixed timetable; cars go out only when dispatched by phone, so think of it as an on-demand shuttle for the VRN area. Call as soon as you have bags in T1 or T2, not while you’re still on the jet bridge, and expect typical waits of 5–15 minutes in the daytime. At very late hours after 23:00, reviewers say it can be harder to get through to the operator, so build in extra time if your flight lands close to midnight.
What regulars do: people staying in Sommacampagna, Dossobuono, or Villafranca often ring a Catullo‑area radio taxi instead of a central Verona company to keep the minimum and approach fare down. They’ll tell the dispatcher “Aeroporto Catullo, arrivi T1” or name a nearby hotel like those along Via Verona SP26 so the driver can pull into the right lane on the first pass. For most short rides around the field, expect to cross the terminal forecourt and be in the car within 10–12 minutes of calling.
Watch out for reports of high minimum charges on very short hops of 2–3 km around the airport, where the base fare can feel steep compared with the distance. If your hotel is less than a 5‑minute drive from VRN, ask the dispatcher for an approximate cost before confirming. One last tip: store the Radiotaxi Catullo number in your phone before you travel so you’re not fighting patchy roaming data in the arrivals hall when you need a pickup.