Location: Padua
Top Things to do in Padua
The 10 Best Historic Sites in Padua, Veneto
Known as Padova in Italian, Padua may be the oldest city in northern Italy, if you believe the claims of its 12th-century BC founding by Trojans. It certainly has history, including its famous university (one of Europe’s oldest, from 1222), the 13th-century Basilica di Sant'Antonio (resting place of St. Anthony), and Scrovegni Chapel, with Giotto’s famed 14th century frescos. The magnificent Prato della Valle, a 950,000-square-foot elliptical square, is thought to be Europe’s second-biggest.
Restaurants in Padua
1. Sala Carmeli
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
2. Villa Molin
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5.0 based on 37 reviews
3. Basilica e Scoletta di S.Maria del Carmine
4. Palazzo della Ragione
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4.5 based on 1,684 reviews
Reviewed By Derekuz23 - Adelaide, Australia
The ground floor of this civic building covers multiple food shops, while market stalls are set up in thd adjacent piazzas on weekdays. The upper level is a huge great hall, the interior walls of which are covered by frescoes depicting the influence of the zodiac on human life and activities, as well as mtipld coats of arms. At the western end of the hall is a huge wooden horse made in 1466 for the Capodilista family and given to the city 400 years later. A working Foucault’s pendulum is in the south east corner of the great hall. The loggia on the south side of the great hall overlooks Piazza delle Erbe.
5. Chiesa degli Eremitani
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4.5 based on 508 reviews
Reviewed By smurphy48 - Dublin, Ireland
Free of charge. Frescoes. Wonderful wooden ceiling. Viewing available before and after the Arena. A must for Art lovers.
6. Villa Giusti
7. University of Padova
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4.5 based on 715 reviews
Reviewed By wiltshiretraveller1 - Bristol, United Kingdom
Fascinating place... beautiful and historic. It was wonderful in particular to see the lecture theatre used to help advance early medical science
8. Padua Botanical Garden
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4.5 based on 2,314 reviews
Founded in 1545, the University of Padua Botanical Garden is the oldest in the world to have maintained its original location and architectural layout. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Green heart of Padua city centre, it is host to more than 6,000 specimens and 3,500 species on a total area of 3.5 hectares. In the old Garden, characterised by a charming circular structure enclosed within walls, there are medicinal, insectivores, poisonous, succulents, aquatic, and ornamental plants, as well as historical plants such as “Goethe’s Palm” (1585). In 2014 the Garden was expanded with the construction of the Biodiversity Garden, consisting of five low-impact large greenhouses where visitors can enjoy a fascinating journey through the planet’s natural biomes – from tropical to sub-humid areas, from temperate zones to deserts – while exploring the thousand-year relationship between plants and humankind.
Reviewed By colette0411 - Padua, Italy
A beautiful respite in the center if the town near St Anthony and Prato. The medicinal plants are amazing as are the water repellant plants. A great day visit for all ages.
9. Scoletta del Santo
10. Piazza dei Signori
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4.5 based on 855 reviews
Reviewed By villasantanaria - Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
A large square with the 365 day a year clock with date month time in the 4 corners of the clock. Plenty of chairs and tables in the square with several cafes, ice cream , restaurants on both sides of the piazza. Well worth the visit.
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