Location: Padua
Top Things to do in Padua
Things to do in Padua, Veneto: The Best Gardens
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. 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.
2. Giardino di Cristallo - Uno scrigno botanico nel Parco d'Europa
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
3. Parco d'Europa
4. Il Giardino dei Giusti del Mondo
5. Parco Iris
6. Roseto di Santa Giustina
7. Giardino Treves De' Bonfili
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3.5 based on 13 reviews
8. Giardino delle Porte Contarine
9. Giardini della Rotonda
10. Giardino del Palazzo Giacomini Romiati
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
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