Padua: Attractions and Things to do  

122 m long and 82 m wide, Santa Giustina’s Abbey is one of largest and most important Benedictine abbeys in the world. The Abbey overlooks the enormous square named Prato ...read more

This is a popular educational institute built in the sixteenth century. The university lies on the east of Via III Febbraio, opposite the Town Hall in Padova. There are a ...read more

This is a former Augustinian church built in the thirteenth century. It is situated to the north east of Piazza Garibaldi in Padova and is open on a daily basis ...read more

Colli Euganei (Euganei hills) are located in the southern side of Padua: they’re 600 metres tall, but they represent an important exception in the Po Valley (Pianura Padana). They’re volcanic ...read more

Prato della Valle is one of the largest squares in Europe. In the middle of the square there’s the elliptical Isola Memmia,  surrounded by a double ring of statues.   ...read more

The Palazzo della Ragione, set between Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza della Frutta, was the ancient court seat. Its building started in 1218. In 1306 Giovanni degli Eremitani made the ...read more

The Cappella degli Scrovegni, dedicated to Saint Mary of Charity, was built between 1303 and 1305 by Enrico Scrovegni, a very rich banker who lived in Padua. Its walls are ...read more