Duration: 2 hours
Transport: on foot
Suggested time: all-year
Terrain: completely flat

Padua is one of the cities with the most records in the world: Prato della Valle, one of the largest squares in the world (90,000 sq. m.), S. Giustina, one of the largest basilicas (length: 120 m) and oldest (fourth century AD). Here the relics of St. Luke the Evangelist are preserved; S. Antonio among the most popular and magnificent shrines; the University, one of the oldest and most prestigious (dates back to 1222); the first botanical garden of the West (1545); the Medieval Court, among the largest (81,52 m long; 26,16 m large; 35,38 high) with its 217 metres of frescoes. Cafè Pedrocchi is one of the rare examples of an early nineteenth century monumental coffee bar; Giotto's frescoes in the Cappella degli Scrovegni. And do not forget that Padua is the birthplace of Palladio!