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Padua experience like a local
Padua experience like a local
Padua experience like a local
Padua experience like a local
Padua experience like a local

Live Padua as a local

By Lovivo Tour Experience
3.9 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is €70 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This tour will take us, together with a local guide, to discover the real Padua. We will take a walk around the city to discover the most important views and monuments. We will see Prato della Valle, the Basilica of Sant'Antonio or “Il Santo”, destination of millions of pilgrims every year and a romantic mix of styles and cultures from all corners of the world. Along the cobbled streets and medieval porticoes we will reach the beating heart of the historic centre. We will see the ancient Ghetto of the city which, with its narrow streets and clubs, has become a meeting place for young students. Then the squares, Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza della Frutta with views of the Palazzo della Ragione and often enlivened by the market stalls and the swarming of people under the “Hall”. We will reach Piazza dei Signori, a meeting place for Paduans for an aperitif and once the home of the city's lords. Palazzo Bo, seat of the University of Padua. We will conclude the tour with a “Padua-style” tasting.

Activity location

  • Piazza della Frutta
    • Piazza dei Frutti
    • 35100, Padua, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Isola Memmia
    • 35123, Padua, Veneto, Italy

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Transfer not included
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Meet in Padua: Transfer not included. Meeting in Padua, at the fountain in the centre of Prato della Valle

Price details
€70.00 x 1 Adult€70.00
Total
Price is €70.00
Until Thu, 2 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedInsurance and technical organisation of a certified travel agency
  • What's includedWhat's includedWalking tour of Padua
  • What's includedWhat's includedTypical Paduan tasting (at Caffè Pedrocchi or at the Historical Market)
  • What's includedWhat's includedAccompaniment of the Agency Local Tour Leader
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn transport to the place of departure, in the options you select
  • What's includedWhat's includedTraditional Italian life with your local guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEveryting not indicated

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Piazza della Frutta
  • 10m
Piazza della Frutta once also called Piazza del Peronio is one of the numerous squares that characterise the historic centre of Padua. It was for centuries, with Piazza delle Erbe, the commercial centre of the city. One of the largest markets in Italy takes place in the two squares. The square is dominated by the massive Palazzo della Ragione, part of the large Palazzo Comunale and the Torre degli Anziani.
Piazza delle Erbe
  • 10m
Piazza delle Erbe once also called piazza delle Biade or piazza del Vino but also piazza della Giustizia is one of the numerous squares that characterise the historic centre of Padua. For centuries, with Piazza della Frutta, it was the commercial centre of the city. One of the largest markets in Italy takes place in the two squares. Unlike Piazza dei Signori, the theatre of civic celebrations, Piazza delle Erbe was the site of popular celebrations. The square is dominated by the massive Palazzo della Ragione, part of the large Palazzo Comunale.
Piazza dei Signori
  • 10m
Piazza dei Signori is one of the numerous squares that characterise the historic centre of the city of Padua. For centuries it was the scene of civic celebrations, tournaments and a representative space of the city compared to the largest squares of the Herbs and Fruit that had greater commercial aim. The square is dominated by the famous Clock Tower.
Pedrocchi Café
  • 15m
Also known as the café without doors because it remained open day and night from its inauguration in 1831 until 1916. Here it is possible to taste CAFFÈ PEDROCCHI, the most famous mint coffee in the world, which comes from the perfect combination of 100% Arabica espresso, emulsion of fresh cream and mint in syrup and a sprinkling of bitter cocoa.
Palazzo della Ragione
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Palazzo della Ragione was built in 1218. The upper floor, called Il Salone, is a large frescoed hall, one of the largest medieval halls in the world. The palace separates two squares: Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Frutti, home to the daily fruit and vegetable market.
Sotto il Salone
  • 15m
The Market is located in the centre of the city, in a large building called Palazzo della Ragione. In the so-called Covered Market “Sotto il Salone”, there are various gastronomic speciality shops where you can find all sorts of Paduan specialities and excellences. Here you will find butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers and many other shops selling oil, meat, cheeses and much more.
Quartiere dell'Antico Ghetto Ebraico di Padova
  • 10m
To the south of the Piazza delle Erbe, a labyrinth of narrow streets winds up forming the Jewish Ghetto, operating since 1603 and abolished in 1797, the year in which, under the pressure of the French Revolution, Jews were declared free and equal.
Palazzo Bo
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Palazzo Bo seat of the University of Padua, founded in 1222, is the historic seat of the University of Padua. It still houses the Rectorate and the School of Law. It is also the seat of the oldest Anatomical Theatre in the world.
Prato della Valle
  • 15m
Prato della Valle, the largest square in the city of Padua and one of the largest in Europe, which with its 78 statues is like an album of the important figures of Padua.
Basilica of St. Anthony
  • 20m
The Basilica of Sant’Antonio or "Il Santo" is the destination of millions of pilgrims every year, a romantic mix of styles and cultures from all corners of the world.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPiazza della Frutta
    • Piazza dei Frutti
    • 35100, Padua, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEIsola Memmia
    • 35123, Padua, Veneto, Italy

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