Padua Tours

Immerse yourself in Italian culture with an intimate cooking class in the heart of Padua. In addition to hands-on practice in the art of preparing fresh pasta and regional dessert, your chef guide ensures you leave with recipes and techniques to impress your friends back home. You're not done yet: After class, sit down to dig in to the fruits of the day’s labor.

Explore the Riviera del Brenta on two wheels during this leisurely paced bike tour. Select either a morning tour from Vigonovo or an afternoon tour from Dolo, and follow a guide ride around the Brenta River region. Stop in small towns, admire villas and soak up the Italian countryside scenery.

Travel from Venice to Padua, a neighboring city in the Veneto region. With a local guide, explore the highlights of this charming city, which is filled with piazzas, monuments, gardens, and students. Learn about its past and rich cultural heritage as a hotspot for European artists and writers. You’ll also visit the Pedrocchi Café, which was a hub for the Italian literary crowd.

We rent  normal bikes for your bike tours and holidays in Veneto Region, the inland of Venice.  We offer assistance and bike taxi with our bike trailer and minibus between the main airports and railway stations. For example Venice, Treviso, Bologna, Padua, Verona, Vicenza, Bolzano, Belluno and so on. Please feel free to contact us for information and quotes.

Venice is famous for its canals, but the surrounding Euganean Hills are also home to a historic waterway network. Explore the canals of the Veneto region with this tour that sets off from the inland port of Battaglia Terme via traditional wooden “caorlina” boat. Take in the elegant palazzi lining the canals as you are rowed by four gondoliers and end with a guided tour of the Renaissance-era Catajo Castle.

This 4-hour private tour together with an expert local guide allows you to discover this wonderful historical city in the best way possible. Meet your local guide in Prato della Valle, one of the biggest Squares of the City and immerse yourself in the art and culture of the City of the Saint. You will have the privilege to admire the famous Sant Antonio Basilica, a religious symbol of the city where are the remains of the Saint that welcomes tourists every year on pilgrimage, especially on June 13, the day dedicated to the Saint and you can choose to visit from inside the incomparable Scrovegni Chapel which contains masterpieces by Giotto. In the historical center you will cross important commercial squares such as Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza della Frutta where you will admire Palazzo della Ragione, ancient seat of the city's courts. Then on, one of the oldest Italian universities which hosts a famous Botanical Garden up to the very famous and ancient Caffe Pedrocchi.

Top-of-the-range bicycles, latest models always with repair kits, water bottles. Helmet included in the price The bikes are always overhauled and the parts / tires changed in case of wear.

Take in the historic beauty of the Veneto region during this 6-hour excursion from Padua. See imposing Medieval city walls, regal Palladian villas, and ancient Roman roads. Visit a cheese factory to learn how 'Grana Padano' cheese is made.

Explore Padua on a bike with a local expert guide. Taste local food paired with fine wine and discover the main attractions of this beautiful city Though under an hour from Venice, Padua seems a world away with its medieval marketplaces, Fascist-era facades, and hip student population. As a medieval city-state and home to Italy’s second-oldest university, Padua challenged both Venice and Verona for regional hegemony. A series of extraordinary fresco cycles recalls this golden age – including in Giotto’s blockbuster Cappella Degli Scrovegni, Menabuoi’s heavenly gathering in the baptistry and Titian’s St Anthony in the Scaletta del Santo. Experience the best of Padua on a spectacular guided bike tour. From one ride to another you will taste the best finger food and wine of the region. This tour will give you a real feel of the city as you cycle through scenic-historical bike paths with your local guide. Your guide will show you, Padua, as you’ve never seen it before… As a local!

Experience the ideal overview of Padua on this hop-on hop-off bus ticket, valid for 24 hours. Enjoy the ease of stopping near the city's main attractions so you can explore further on foot. Get back on the next bus when you want to continue the route. Listen to the available audio commentary to learn about the sights you're passing along the way.

Explore Padua without the hassle of planning on a tour of the city’s highlights, from Piazza dei Frutti to Giotto’s frescoes. In addition to navigating, your guide offers little-known facts and anecdotes about the area’s history and culture. All entrance fees are included and a range of departure times is available for your convenience.

Spend the day exploring the Brenta Riviera onboard the Burchiello on this cruise that travels from Padua to Venice. Along the way, stop for guided tours of the Villa Pisani, Villa Widmann or Villa Barchessa Valmarana, and Villa Foscari. Make a lunch stop at the famous Il Burchiello restaurant in Oriago. Listen to a guide's enlightening commentary in four languages as you travel.

One of the hallmarks of Italy’s cuisine is the use of seasonal, local ingredients. Learn how to create dishes like an Italian with the guidance of a “Cesarina”, or home cook. Choose a few basic ingredients together at the Padua market and then create two Italian dishes using your selections during a hands-on cooking class at your host’s home. End with sampling what you’ve prepared, along with local red and white wines.

Discover the Villas, Castles and most beautiful corners of the Euganean Hills. An easy bike ride to discover the most important monuments of the Euganean Hills: Castle Catajo, the town of Battaglia Terme, Villa Selvatico, Villa Emo, the Castle of Lispida and the Garden of Valsanzibio. During our tour we'll even see Lake Coast, one of the most important naturalistic archaeological sites of the Euganean Hills. The first thermal lake. During the tour we will have to stop in the winery Lispida, inside the Castle of Lispida for some photos and a wine glass or a coffee (not included). For the naturist lovers: we can lengthen the tour to the lake Lispida, another thermal lake. Itinerary: completely flat. Length: 35 km in 4 hours. Difficulty: easy. Departure / return: Abano Terme.

With this tour to Arquà Petrarca we'll discover the second most beautiful medieval villages in the venetian region. Francesco Petrarca, one of the most famous Italian poets, made Arquà Petrarca his home. In this marvelous medieval village, we'll visit Petrarch's house and we'll be amazed by the beauty and sinuosity of the Euganean Hills. We can say his house by this pretty medieval village, where the time seems to have stopped. Olive oil mill, where the oil producer will explain his oil day. In the end, we'll finish with a guided tasting of olive oil from the Euganean Hills. We continue our experience with the pleasure of a Venetian cuisine: here we'll have a tasting of liqueurs, marmalades and Brodo di Giuggiole, accompanied by the wise of the owner and producer.

We are in the inland of Venice, in the middle of the natural Park of Colli Euganei and we propose you to visit one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. Arquà Petrarca is the most interesting Euganean hilly center from the architectural and urban point of view. One of the best preserved medieval villages, it is considered the second most lovely village in Italy. The great Italian poet Francesco Petrarca lived here during the 14th century. Accompanied by our guide, you can visit the medieval village and taste the “Brodo di giuggiole”, the famous local liquor. To reach our agency you can take the train from the following cities in Veneto. Get off at the train stop Terme Euganee Abano Montegrotto which is located in Montegrotto Terme. The station is 5 minutes walking from our agency. -Train from Padua (10min.) -Train from Venice (40min.) -Train from Bologna (1h20min.) -Train from Treviso (55min.) -Train from Vicenza (1h.) -Train from Verona (1h55min.) -Train from Ferrara (50min.)

Valpolicella is one of the most important wine regions of Italy. This is a tour with a professional English speaking driver to visit 2 wineries (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) and to taste some important Italian red wines like the Amarone.

Your day in Padua is just winding down, the sun's about to set... It's time for an Aperitivo. This glamorous Italian tradition is loved all over the world, and this is your chance to learn how to prepare it for yourself, the perfect souvenir.  Preparing the perfect aperitivo is an art; you will learn how to prepare a selection of five elegant nibbles to pair with with a refreshing glass of fizz, ideal for sharing with friends in the early evening. Your aperitivo will be a bite-size representation of its local culture, using typical regional ingredients and local wines, such as a sparkling prosecco or a light red. This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Experience the historic grandeur of Padua on this 1-day guided walking tour. See the world-famous frescoes by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel. Walk through one of Europe's largest public squares, Prato della Valle. See the Basilica of St Anthony. Enjoy coffee at the historic Caffé Pedrocchi (own expense) and lunch in a typical local restaurant (included).

The Brenta Riviera, a well-known waterway between Padua and Venice, is a panoramic area of the historical, artistic and cultural point of view. It is a natural extension of the Grand Canal and is punctuated, along the banks of the Naviglio (the artificial canal which crosses it), by picturesque Venetian villages and surrounded by an agricultural landscape. The Brenta Riviera has fascinated many important personalities through the times: Casanova, Galileo Galilei, Byron, Montesquieu, and D'Annunzio visited, Canaletto, Cimaroli and Tiepolo painted, and it was praised in Goldoni's and Goethe's masterpieces. The French and Russian royal families, the Hapsburg and the Savoys and even Napoleon stayed here and the Venetian nobility chose it as the scenery for their Venetian Villas. They built here magnificent residences, enclosed by monumental gardens, frescoed and designed by Palladio, Tiziano and Tintoretto.

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Wine tasting in a local cellar of the Euganean hills of volcanic origin, in the southern part of Padua, in the inland of Venice. The experience includes the private transfer by minivan from Montegrotto Terme to the cellar in the hills and the tasting of 3 wines (white, red and spumante). The wine producer will explain you the history of his winery on the panoramic terrace and will accompany you to visit his cellar.

Take a day trip to historic Bassano, known for its World War I history and traditional alcoholic beverage called grappa. Your guide eliminates the hassle of navigating on your own and points out easy-to-miss landmarks along the way. Cap off the day with a complimentary grappa tasting, and then relax on the way back to the doorstep of your accommodations.

Explore the beautiful northern Italian countryside on a half-day private tour to the Berici Hills. Discover the beautiful natural landscapes as you walk along the path of the 12 medieval water mills. Then head to the small village of Costozza to visit a local farm and vineyard for a wine tasting and traditional Venetian lunch made from local products.