Padova is also an ideal location from which
to visit other places in the Veneto region.
Easily accessible by bus or train are:
- Venice,
just 30 minutes away by train
- Verona, with
its famous "Arena" where operas are performed
- Vicenza
- Bologna
- Arquà Petrarca, the village
where the famous poet was born in the XIII
century
- Asolo, famous for its beautiful antiques
shops and markets
- Montagnana, Este, Monselice and Marostica, beautiful walled towns where
you can walk around thinking that you are
still living in the middle ages
- Beach resorts, such as Lido de Jesolo on
the Venetian Riviera
