Location
Are you looking for cheap accommodations like a hostel or boarding rooms, that make you feel at home? Don't look any further! Casa a Colori, in the south-east part of the city of Padua, is an excellent solution! From here, the strategic bus nr. 3 will quickly take you downtown or to the train station.
Many recreational and business opportunities are waiting at your door. Padua, with St. Anthony's Basilica, famous pilgrimage site, attracts the dynamically devout and offers splendid tourist sites: don't miss the Scrovegni Chapel frescoed by Giotto, the old university Botanical Garden, the Loggia and the Odeo Cornaro - the maximum expressions of the Padua Renaissance – and Prato della Valle, where you can visit the Santa Giustina Abbey and where the free shuttle departs for the Basilica del Santo.
Padua is a city full of events, the PalaNET hosts sporting events and concerts and the Padua Expo Center hosts interesting trade fairs. The Casa a Colori is near the industrial and shopping districts where you'll find the most famous national and international labels. Lastly, IKEA awaits you at the A4 Padova-Est highway exit. After a day of shopping, we suggest you relax over drinks in Piazza delle Erbe...
For a side trip, relax in Montegrotto and Abano Terme, easily accessible by train or even by bike, on the new lighted route along the Battaglia river, or try a nature-food tour to Asiago or the Euganei Hills, stroll through the Medieval village of Montagnana or find inner peace at the Praglia Abbey in Teolo...
A 20-minute car ride or 35-minute train ride from Padua takes you to the bridges and calli in fascinating Venice, a timeless site that will forever remain in your heart.
How to get there
• From the train station, take bus nr. 3 and ask to get off in Via Bembo in front of the Chiesa del Crocefisso. Via del Commissario is across the street from the stop. Walk 300 m down the street to find the Casa a Colori on your right.
• From the Venice Marco Polo airport take the SITA coach to Padua. By car, take the highway for Padua and get off at the Padova-Est exit. Follow the directions for ZONA INDUSTRIALE/PIOVE DI SACCO. Follow the directions under "By car".
• By car, if you're coming from the North, we suggest you take the Padova-Est exit. Follow the directions for ZONA INDUSTRIALE/PIOVE DI SACCO. Take the ramp that leads to the ring road (Corso Argentina). Get off the ring road at exit 11 SALBORO. At the end of the exit ramp. turn right towards downtown and drive straight to the first traffic light. Turn right on Via del Commissario. 300 m on your right. If you're coming from the South, get off the highway at Padova-Sud. About 1 km from the toll is a ramp marked TANGENZIALE/ZONA INDUSTRIALE/PIOVE DI SACCO. Take the ring road and get off at exit 11 SALBORO. At the end of the exit ramp, take the round about and exit left on Via Brembo. Turn left on Via del Commissario, where we await you at nr. 42. For those coming from downtown, from Prato della Valle take Via Carducci, then Via Marghera and then right on Via D'Acquapendente. At the end of the street, cross the Quattro Martiri bridge, continue straight to the first traffic light on Via Bembo and turn left on Via del Commissario.
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