Ideal for practicing your Italian after lessons
Compared to a lot of tourist destinations in Italy, a small proportion of the inhabitants of Padova speak foreign languages. This means that you get plenty of opportunities to practice your Italian – in shops, restaurants, bars and when taking public transport.

Situated close to Venice
It is a beautiful city located close to Venice in the Northeast of Italy.

World renowned
Mainly because the cathedral dedicated to St. Anthony, which attracts many pilgrims annually from every corner of the world especially on 13th June, which is the Patron’s Day. The city is also famous for Giotto’s frescos, housed in the Scrovegni Chapel (Cappella degli Scrovegni). Giotto was one of Italy’s earliest and most influential painters.

Rich in history, art and architecture
Padova itself was founded by the Romans and developed in the Middle Ages to a commercial walled town. The second university of Europe was founded here in 1219 with the University in nearby Bologna being the first. In the XVII century Galileo taught in the University of Padua in the famous wooden Anatomic Theatre (which can still be seen in its original conditions) together with Erasmus from Rotterdam and other personalities of the century, who are all remembered in the decoration of the ancient buildings of the University.

Plenty of night life
Thanks to its population of 60,000 university students, it has a lot of night life to offer. There is a wide variety of restaurants, bars, clubs and “open air” entertainment in the summer months. In addition to this, people also like to meet in the piazzas or in Prato della Valle, a huge open space in the heart of the city, for ice creams and chats. In the early evening the bars are buzzing with people enjoying a “spritz”, a popular aperitif drank by almost everyone. The large student population helps to keep the prices of food and drink down.