Padova, what to visit?

Igor · July 9, 2023

Padova

  • Basilica Sant Antonio
  • Orto botanico (free for students)
  • Prato della Valle
  • Museo della Natura e dell’Uomo
  • Battistero (Unesco heritage)
  • Scrovegni Chapel (has to be booked, with the ticket you can enter also in the Eremitani museum and Zuckerman palace)
  • Giardini dell’Arena
  • Piazza dei Signori
  • Torre dell’Orologio
  • Palazzo della Ragione
  • Palazzo Bo and Anatomic Museum
  • Ponte delle Torricelle (a view on Padova Canals)
  • Naviglio (from april to september)
  • Mercato coperto (oldest in Europe)

Food, Aperitivo and Souvenirs

  • “Bar dei Osei” or “Dalla Zita” for a sandwich, “Sugo” for traditional pasta. “A Banda del Buso”, “Locanda Peccatorum” for dinner. Checkout this funny introduction video
  • if you want to buy some italian food souvenirs, i liked “Old Grocery Caberlotto Padua”
  • if you want to be fancy there is Caffè Pedrocchi, they have an histori building and they offer a mint-flavored coffee
  • if you want to get some “aperitivo” and relax, “Naviglio Padova” is the place for your “Spritz”
  • a glass of wine in “Corte Sconta”, a spritz in “La Yarda”, or beer in “Da Carre Pub”
  • “cicchetti” small finger food in “Brutal” or “All’ombra della piazza” (ombra means a small glass of wine) and “bacaro padovano” (also for tipical dishes)
  • if you are a university student, and get 30 cum laude in an exam, “Dal Pedrocchi” gives you a free coffe
  • “mensa murialdo” for good and cheap food

“Berlino” in monday evening for Karaoke or Quiz

in “piazza delle erbe” there is the market every morning

Tip: mainly during summer, music in “parco d’Europa” and check out the parks festivals in Arcella Bella

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