Special tours

The special routes run through unfamiliar streets, discovering areas of Padua almost inaccessible and sometimes unknown even to Paduan themselves . They are recommended to those who already know and want to know it even better.

Civic Museums

 

The collections of the city: the archeological ones, including the Egyptian, Etruscan, pre-Roman and Roman sections; the painting gallery, with paintings and masterpieces from the XIV to the XIX century, from Giotto to Tiepolo, including Tintoretto and Canova; the Emo Capodilista collection; the Bottacin collection, the Zuckermann Palace with the collection of applied decorative arts, and St. Anthony’s Museum.

An itinerary to discover the most important legacies, donations and acquisitions of the city.

 

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Hidden Padua

 

The  Venetian fortified walls and what is left of the previous walls surrounding the city.

The Jewish ghetto, the synagogues and the cemeteries.

This itinerary  develops around those monuments that are relevant for the history and the expansion of the city.

For this itinerary, you can arrange your visits to Padua’s hidden treasures directly with the chosen guide.

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Museums in the Euganean Hills

An itinerary to discover the small museums located in the Paduan province. There are the Geological and Paleontological Museum  (near the quarry Cava Bomba) in Cinto Euganeo, the flora and fauna Museum (Villa Beatrice) on Mount Gemola, the historical museum of the Bacchiglione river in Cervarese Santa Croce in the San Martino della Vanezza Castle,  as well as the Air and Flight Museum in the castle of San Pelagio in Due Carrare and then the Museum of the river navigation in Battaglia Terme.

Opening times of monuments and ticket prices are taken from Padovatoday and may vary. 

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Palladio's Villas

An itinerary to admire and get to know in detail the most important buildings of the famous architect from Padua Andrea di  Pietro della Gondola known as Palladio. You can visit Villa Cornaro  in Piombino Dese, Villa Almerico Capra called la Rotonda in Vicenza, Villa Emo in Fanzolo di Vedelago, Villa Barbaro in Maser and Villa Badoer in Fratta Polesine, only to mention some examples.

 

Opening times of monuments and ticket prices are taken from Padovatoday and may vary. 

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Scientific route

The University, The Liviano, The Botanical Garden.

This itinerary starts from the founding of the University, studium, to give further space to the discovery of the experimental scientific method.

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The Bishop's Palace and the Cathedral

 

A special itinerary thought for people who want to look into relationship between art and religion. We suggest to visit the Cathedral, the Baptistery, and the sacred art Museum in the Bishop’s Palace.

Opening times of monuments and ticket prices are taken from Padovatoday and may vary. 

During this period the interior of the Baptistery is under an important work of restoration and the ceiling is covered by scaffoldings!

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Tiepolo itinerary

An itinerary to admire the fresco cycles painted by Giambattista Tiepolo between the Paduan and Vicenza provinces: Villa Pisani in Stra, Villa Valmarana ai Nani in Vicenza, Villa Cordellina in Montecchio Maggiore, Villa Loschi Zileri in Monteviale.

 

Opening times of monuments and ticket prices are taken from Padovatoday and may vary. 

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