Italy Fermata 02: Padua

there is absolutely no need to visit Padua

If you want to get away from Italy, go to Padua.

If you want to get a feel for Italy, go to Padua.

Actually, don’t come to Padua.

There is nothing of interest here. Yes there is a Basilica, a huge one, and a giant spacious square in front of it. But the streets are very quiet and tranquil. A river runs along many of them, as they wind their way from the squares of the center to the flats of the residents. Come in July and in the evenings you will find students wearing laurel wreaths on their heads, celebrating their university graduation with their family in restaurants. Stay out and you will see them later with their friends in the many open bars. You can breathe easily in Padua. There is space. Somewhere among the streets, you will find an observatory, 250 years old, still looking up at the night sky.

So let Padua be and leave me at @caffepedrocchi1831, drinking coffee with their famous mint cream.