3-Hour Tour to the Famous Landmarks of Padua City
Highlights
Padua
art, cultural, historical
Group Tour
3 Hours
Medium
English, Italian, Japanese
Description
Visit the Scrovegni's Chapel, Church of the Eremitani, Palace of Reason & Basilica of St. Anthony on this 3-hour tour of Padua, one of the largest and most beautiful cities of northern Italy. The picturesque city is full of public piazze, old bridges and rivers; it is the capital of the 14th-century painting 'On the Venetian Mainland and is a center of art today.
Itinerary
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Tour Padova
- Start with a walk through the picturesque streets, arriving at the Scrovegni's Chapel, containing Giotto's masterpiece. The lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary are told through Giotto's newly created style of painting, based on narration and emotion, one of the first attempts to describe feelings, nature, and people in a fresco.
- Travel to the Church of the Eremitani to admire one of the first works of the young Andrea Mantegna. Annexed from the church is an ancient monastery that today holds the municipal art gallery.
- Continue with your Italian guide to wander through the historic area of the city and visit the 13th-century Palace of Reason located between Erbe and Frutta Squares, the Signori Square, and the University of Padua, where Galileo taught for almost 20 years.
- Visit the extraordinary Basilica of St. Anthony, which is just a few minutes from the Squares. St. Anthony, a Portuguese priest and Franciscan friar, asked to be buried in the original small church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Thousands of visitors travel to Padua each year to honour his tomb and admire the masterpieces of Donatello and Giotto.
- Travel back to your hotel after the tour.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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This is a group tour |
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