From the car park in Viale Mincio, take the wide, evenly-surfaced sidewalk running alongside the City Walls until you reach the walkway leading to Piazza Virgiliana:  here you will find a statue, built in 1927 to honour the poet Publius Virgilius Maro, flanked by two marble groups representing Heroic Poetry and Pastoral Drama.
Proceed along the same sidewalk to the Square until you reach a crossing, right next to a public lavatory with full disabled user access. Keep on the left until you reach Via Cairoli. Continue along the sidewalk up to the entrance to Piazza Sordello, and then, as you walk across its pebbled surface, past the arcades of the Ducal Palace, you will see a grand Gothic portal - the entrance to Piazza Lega Lombarda - which Mantuans also call Piazza Pallone. This features a large garden bounded entirely by the walls of the surrounding historic buildings. Its pathways are paved with fine gravel, and there are plenty of benches to allow visitors a brief rest. The garden is also equipped with disabled toilet facilities.
The sidewalk running alongside the Bishop’s Palace (which overlooks Piazza Sordello) will take you to Piazza Mantegna.
Taking a right turn, an access ramp leads you first to Via Giuseppe Verdi, and then to Piazza Canossa, which has a stone-paved surface. Once you have crossed this square, take the narrow sidewalk on your right (which is only about 100 cm wide at its intersection with Via Domenico Fernelli). Once at the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria (see Route No. 3), cross the road and proceed along the left-hand side, until you get to Piazza d’Arco. Proceed along the same sidewalk, and on reaching Teatrino d’Arco, use the zebra crossing to get to the entrance of the D'Arco Palace, whose stunning façade dominates the main square, and contains a Botanic Garden.
The Tour can be continued from Piazza Mantegna. With their backs toward the façade of Basilica di Sant’Andrea (see also Route No. 3), visitors can continue by using the access ramp to the arcades, located on the right side of Piazza Marconi.
As you walk along Corso Umberto I, keep right, pass the entrance to the Teatro Sociale, then use the crossing at Via Arrivabene. Keeping to the right hand side, proceed along Corso Vittorio Emanuele. Once you reach the end of this fairly long road, cross it at Via Mutilati e Caduti del Lavoro, then use the crossing at the MAMU Congress Centre. From here, follow the walkway leading straight to Nuvolari public gardens.
After a short rest to enjoy the gardens, recommence the route using the protected pedestrian walkway at the edge of the road (average width approx 110 cm).  At the traffic lights on your right, cross Viale Piave so as to access the cycle/pedestrian path (which has some parking spaces reserved for disabled visitors).  On reaching Viale Carso, keep to your left on the ramped pavement (which is approximately 230 cm wide with a 100 cm high handrail).  From here, you can enjoy the magnificent view of the Viale Piave public gardens, which house a monument honouring the Resistance Movement at its centre.