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Padua (Padova)
The statues of Prato della Valle
Information
Country	Italy
Watercourse	Bacchiglione
Area	93 km²
Population	212 174 hab. (2013)
Density	2 281,44 inhab./km²
Postal code	35121–35143
Telephone prefix	39 049
Spindle	UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00
Location
45 ° 24 ′ 29 ″ N 11 ° 52 ′ 23 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site
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Padua is an Italian city, of Veneto.

Understand

Padua is located east of the Po Valley, approximately 10 km north of the Euganean Hills and about 20 km west of the lagoon of Venice. The municipal territory is spread over completely flat spaces and crisscrossed by various waterways which have given shape and protection to the city over the centuries. It is crossed by the Brenta and Bacchiglione rivers.

• 45.41732211.8797541 Tourist Office Piazzale Stazione, 14,   39 049 201 0080 (last update March 2018)

To go

By plane

The main international airport is Venice. From the airport there are direct buses to Mestre station where you can catch the train to Padua, or buses that leave every half hour to reach Padua bus station.

Not far away is Treviso Airport with several low cost flights. The buses SITA make the connection between the airport and the bus station of Padua at a cost of 4 €. Padua is also equipped with a civilian airport, where only small tourist planes can land.

By train

All trains coming from Milan or Bologna and going to Venice stop in Padua. The station is approximately 15 min walk from the historic center. As in many cities, the parking area is not well marked.

• 45.417511.8802781 Padua station  (last update Feb. 2018)

By car

Highway serves the city from the north, whether from Turin and of Milan or since Venice and Trieste.

Highway from Bologna.

			Treviso (57km)
	Verona (96km)	NOT	Venice (41km)
		O    Padua    E
		S
	Mantua(130km)	Ferrara (76km)

Circulate

Much of the center is a pedestrian zone or a limited traffic area, so the best solution is to get around on foot or by bicycle (available from the station square), as the main tourist attractions are in the historic center . Bus service City Sightseeing is also available for tourists.

To see

• 45.40136411.881 Basilica of Saint Anthony Piazza del Santo, 11,   39 049 822 5652 – The church is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua or Lisbon, a Portuguese Franciscan monk from the 13th^e century. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.39638911.8797222 Basilica of Sainte-Justine Via Giuseppe Ferrari, 2A – It was founded in VI^e century on the tomb of Saint Justina of Padua by the praetorian prefect Venanzio Opolione. She was in the XV^e century an important monastic center which was suppressed in 1810 by Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1919, the monastery reopened. The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament allows you to see a painting by Sebastiano Ricci, Intercession of Pope Gregory the Great (for the plague) (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40638911.8716673 Dome of Padua  – The first was built following the Edict of Constantine of 313, and destroyed by the earthquake of January 3, 1117. It was rebuilt in Romanesque style with a baptistery, consecrated by Patriarch Guido of Grado in 1291, then rebuilt in the request of Fina de 'Buzzaccarini, wife of Francis the Elder, with her frescoes in 1375. In 1551, the project, probably by Michelangelo, for the new cathedral was approved, and construction continued until 1754, leaving the facade unfinished. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40722211.8752784 Palazzo della Ragione  – The Palace of Reason was built in 1218, then raised in 1306 by Giovanni degli Eremitani who gave it its characteristic roof in the form of a hull roof. (last update Feb. 2019)
• 45.401111.88035 Saint George's Oratory  – The Oratory of Saint George (Oratorio di San Giorgio) is a chapel located in Piazza del Santo in Padua, in the immediate vicinity of the Basilica of Saint Anthony. Built in the 14th^e century, it is famous for its frescoes painted by Altichiero da Zevio between 1379 and 1384. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.39833311.8758396 Prato della Valle  – The Prato della Valle (Prà deła Vałe in Venetian) is an elliptical square of 8.86 hectares. It is the largest square in Italy and one of the largest in all of Europe. The current configuration of the place dates from the end of the 18th century.^e century and is characterized by a central elliptical island called Memmia Island of about 20,000 m², itself surrounded by a canal on the banks of which are several statues. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.4068411.877547 Bo Palace  – The Bo Palace (or Palazzo Bo in Italian or even Il Bo) has housed the seat of the University of Padua since 1493. It houses a permanent anatomical theater long considered the first of its kind, the Anatomical Theater of Padua. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40197211.8684158 Padua Astronomical Observatory  – The Padua Astronomical Observatory is an Italian astronomical observatory located in the city of Padua and attached to the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). This establishment includes around thirty scientists, 30 people from the administrative and technical sectors as well as around twenty post-doctoral fellows and students. The main activity relates to the different fields of astrophysics. The observatory, also known as Specola, is housed in the medieval castle from the 13th century.^e century located in the city center. (last update Feb. 2018)

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  Saint-Antoine basilica

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  Cathedral

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  Palazzo della ragione

Do

• 45.41061111.8843891 University Museum of the History of Physics (Museo di storia della fisica dell'Università di Padova)  (last update March 2018)
• 45.4052611.880342 MUSM (Museo di storia della medicina) Via S. Francesco, 94 (last update March 2018)
• 45.411611.87813 Palazzo Zuckermann  (last update March 2018)
• 45.41084211.8799184 Musei Civici Eremitani Piazza Eremitani, 8,   39 049 820 4551 (last update March 2018)
• 45.407394711.87401845 Museum of the Third Army (Museo della Terza Armata) Via Altinate, 59,   39 049 820 3430 (last update March 2018)
• 45.3977211.834166 Esapolis  (last update March 2018)

Eat

• 45.40612611.8750611 La Vecchia Enoteca Via S. Martino e Solferino, 32, 35122 Padova,   39 049 875 2856 (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.42165611.8094522 The Calender Via Liguria, 1, 35030 Sarmeola di Rubano,   39 049 630303 (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40964511.8691923 Trattoria San Pietro Via S. Pietro, 95, 35139 Padova,   39 049 876 0330 (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40232711.8756074 Al Vecchio Falconiere Via Umberto I, 31, 35122 Padova,   39 049 656544 (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40337111.8798345 Pago Pago Via Galileo Galilei, 59, 35121 Padova,   39 049 665558 (last update Feb. 2018)

Have a drink / Go out

• 45.40896511.8798261 Coffee Box Via Altinate, 37,   39 392 741 6034 (last update March 2018)
• 45.407408411.87531922 Bar dei Osei Piazza dei Frutti, 1,   39 049 875 9606 (last update March 2018)
• 45.41458111.88326733 The Intermezzo Via Niccolò Tommaseo, 66 (last update March 2018)
• 45.407394711.87401844 Antenna Via San Francesco, 28,   39 049 655134 (last update March 2018)
• 45.39799311.86573635 Bar Città Giardino da Ignazio Via Francesco Nullo, 6,   39 049 661583 (last update March 2018)

Housing

Cheap

• 45.40000811.8782761 Hotel Mignon Via Beato Luca Belludi, 22, 35123 Padova,   39 049 661722 –  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.40059611.8789122 Hotel Belludi 37 Via L. Beato Belludi, 37, 35123 Padova,   39 049 665633 –  (last update Feb. 2018)

Average price

• 45.40217211.8816743 Hotel Casa del Pellegrino Via M. Cesarotti, 21, 35123 Padova PD, Italy,   39 049 823 9711 –  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.356825211.7822114 Hotel Aqua Viale Mazzini, 11, 35031 Abano Terme PD,   39 049 860 0288 –  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.405456611.86036135 B&B Hotel Padova Via del Pescarotto, 39, 35131 Padova PD,,   39 049 780 0233 –  (last update Feb. 2018)

Luxury

• 45.433937611.86302816 Crowne plaza Via Po, 197, 35135 Padova PD, Italy,   39 049 865 6511 –  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.35209511.7856557 Hotel Terme All'Alba Via Valerio Flacco, 32, 35031 Abano Terme,   39 049 866 9244 –  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 45.41681311.8792748 Hotel Grand'Italia "Residenza d'Epoca" Corso del Popolo, 81, 35131 Padova PD, Italy,   39 049 876 1111 –  (last update Feb. 2018)

Communicate

• 45.411112311.87805782 Poste Italiane Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 25,   39 049 877 2209 (last update March 2018)

Manage the day-to-day

Security

• 45.40322211.8766393 State police Piazzetta G. Palatucci, 5,   39 049 833111 (last update March 2018)

Around

• 45.33311.7831 Montegrotto Terme (at the south-west exit of Padua) (last update Feb. 2018)