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Padua

Padua is a city in north eastern Italy, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is located centrally in the Veneto region, between Venice on one side and Vicenza and Verona on the other. Wikivoyage

Population 206,496 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Italy

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Italy

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Sherwood Festival

    June – July

    Sherwood Festival is in June / July in the outside garden of the main soccer stadium of Padua. It hosts Italian and international bands every weekend. It is easy to reach from the city center by bike in 20 minutes

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Padua); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Piazza dei Signori

    1. Monday: 08:00–14:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–14:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–14:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–14:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–14:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–20:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–14:00
    Tuesday
    08:00–14:00
    Wednesday
    08:00–14:00
    Thursday
    08:00–14:00
    Friday
    08:00–14:00
    Saturday
    08:00–20:00
    1.1 km from the centre

  • Piazza delle Erbe

    1. Monday: 07:30–13:30
    2. Tuesday: 07:30–13:30
    3. Wednesday: 07:30–13:30
    4. Thursday: 07:30–13:30
    5. Friday: 07:30–13:30
    6. Saturday: 07:30–20:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    07:30–13:30
    Tuesday
    07:30–13:30
    Wednesday
    07:30–13:30
    Thursday
    07:30–13:30
    Friday
    07:30–13:30
    Saturday
    07:30–20:00
    1.3 km from the centre

  • Padova KmZero Il Mercato Coperto

    No hours mapped

    790 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 5 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Padova 1.1 km, Vigodarzere 4.5 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.