Padua is the city of St. Anthony, the second oldest university in the country, and also the most charming center in the late Gothic style in Northern Italy. Located just 37 km from Venice, this dynamic student city with its arched streets and medieval squares is worth a minimum of one day trip from its famous neighbor - the "canal city". What for? To enjoy the creations of Giotto or to bargain in the noisy markets.
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How to get there.
Regular bus services SITA buses from Venice (3, 5 EUR, 45-60 minutes), which depart from Piazzale Boschetti, 500 m south of the railway. station. You can get there by train within 30-40 minutes and 4-10 EUR. Railway. The station is 500 m north of Cappella degli Scrovegni, from where only 1 km from the center. If you walk lazily for 1, 5 km, take the bus.
From Padua you can get to Montegrotto Terme and even to Genoa (it is most convenient by train). The A4 motorway (Turin - Milan - Venice - Trieste) passes north of the city, while the A13, connecting Padua with the city of Bologna, runs in the south. Both routes are connected by a ring road
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Climate
The climate of Padua is continental, with cool winters and hot, humid summers. Fogs are frequent in autumn and winter, but in summer there is hail. The average winter temperatures are 0 ... 7 ° C, in summer - +16 ... + 27 ° C.
Transport
Despite the fact that the historical center of the city is quite large (and almost all pedestrian), it is best to study it on your own two, or armed with a bicycle . In addition, one tram line passes through the center of Padua, which is very popular with tourists, as it passes by all the important sights . Route: f . d . station at Piazzale Stazione - Trieste - Eremitani - Ponti Romani - Tito Livio - Santo - Prato della Valle - Cavalletto DX - Diaz - Santa Croce - Cavallotti - Bassanello - Sacchetti / Assunta - Cuoc o - Guizza - Capolinea Sud . The line goes from north to south, the entire route can be traveled in 22 minutes, departures every 8 minutes on weekdays, every 15-20 minutes on weekends .
Also in the center and the surrounding area (for example, to Abano Terme and Montegrotto Terme) the APS Mobilità buses run. The fare: a ticket for 75 minutes 1 EUR, a travel ticket for 12 trips of 75 minutes 10 EUR, a family ticket 2 EUR (2 adults + 2 children), a day pass 2, 7 EUR, a travel for a week 9 EUR.
Markets of Padua
There are two big markets in Padua. The oldest and largest is located immediately on two squares - Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza della Frutta, which lie to the north and south of the beautiful building with arches - Palazzo della Ragione. Here you can find trays with fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese, wine, pasta and products of local farmers, as well as clothes and all sorts of trinkets. The market works from morning till evening every weekend.
On Saturdays, another market opens for Prato della Valle, where they mostly offer clothes, household goods, plants and antiques
Cuisine and restaurants
Padua, like any bustling and cheerful student city of Italy, is famous for its tradition of aperitif. Namely, the adoption on the chest of the popular local cocktail "spritz" (spritz), which is bottled every evening from 7 to 8 in the squares of Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza della Frutta and Piazza dei Signori.
Another favorite place for rest, picnics and meetings - this is a luscious green grass at Prato della Valle, where young people eat their lunch, get acquainted, work and simply monitor the progress of life in Padua.
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Fun, sightseeing and sightseeing Padua
The city center is surrounded by the magnificent, powerful walls of the 16th century that Padua received from Bartolomeo d 'Alviano instead of the war-torn Cambrai League . Sometimes you can even find fragments of walls and towers of the 13th century . Inside - the area of the Grass and Fruit Square, where and arranged the same noisy, fragrant and no doubt worthy of visiting markets . The areas are divided by Palazzo della Ragione palace, where the city court once met . Inside - an impressive hall with frescoes of the 15th century on astrological themes . It adjoins the palace of the 16th century Palazzo del Municipio, which was heavily rebuilt in 1904 .
Nearby is the cathedral with a baptistery of the 12th century, where you can see the frescoes of Menabuoi (1375-1376). Also worth a stroll to the Prato della Valle square is the project of Andrea Memmo in 1775. Around - the channel with a ring of statues of local celebrities. Here is the basilica of the Abbey of Santa Giustina, whose altar and choirs were adorned with the participation of the great Paolo Veronese
The most important religious monuments of the city include the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in the Plaza del Santo with the equestrian statue of the Venetian condottiere Gattamelata made of Donatello's copper (1453). Next door is the amazing San Giorgio Chapel (1377), with its ancient frescoes and the Scuola del Santo oratorio (1460) with frescoes by Titian and his students.
In addition, many of the greatest works of Italian painters can be found in the chapel of Ovetari, (1303, Giotto's frescoes), Oratorio del Carmine (Titian)
PaduaCard's guest card
PadovaCard for 48 and 72 hours (16 and 21 euros) is a great way to see the main sights of the city and save money. The map entitles you to visit many of the museums and monuments of the city and its surroundings, including discounts for travel by water boat "batello" along the Riviera del Brenta coast and the Asiago Card subscription for discounts in the Asiago thermal resorts. PadovaCard can be purchased at the tourist office at Padua station, in the Pedrocchi gallery, in the cathedral at Piazza Duomo, as well as in some hotels and museums of the city.
Events
Every year in Padua there passes a large musical Sherwood Festival, which lasts for a whole month - from about mid-June to mid-July. The festival takes place in a park near the main football stadium of Padua (20 minutes from the center), collecting a lot of groups not only from all over Italy, but from all over the world.
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