Padua: Private City Walking Tour & Scrovegni's Chapel Visit

Our guide, Cristina, was great. We had a personal tour (2 of us) so we learnt so much about the city & its rich history. Cristina also recommended other sights & places to visit once our tour was over which was very helpful in planning the rest of our stay in the city.

Our guide, Caterina, brought her knowledge and love of her native Padua to life for us on this private tour of the city center. We appreciated her expertise and for going the extra mile to meet us. This tour included timed tickets to the Scrovegni Chapel, which we visited after our tour entered. In it, Giotto’s masterpiece murals are a must-see! Do this tour!

Cinzia is the perfect guide for Padova’s three major attractions. I refer to the interior of the Scrovegni Chapel with Giotto fresco cycle completed in 1305; the courtyards of the University’s headquarters, the Palazzo Bo (started in 1494) and the New Court 1938-42; and the unique Café Pedrocchi dating to the 1830s, which is quite unlike any other café I have ever visited in scale, vision and hospitality. Cinzia’s ability to guide visitors is grounded in her studies in the University of Padua in modern languages and history; her personal experience as a student at the University, so that Cinzia can answer almost any random question regarding the University experience; combined with a natural skill at putting visitors at ease, and steering the group. In the University of Cambridge, of similar foundation age to Padova, the highest undergraduate academic distinction is called a “starred first”. Cinzia’s guiding through Padova merits a “starred first”.