WHERE TO FIND THE BEST PADUA CAR RENTAL DEALS?

Venice Airport or Treviso Airport are the closest to Padua, in the arrivals terminal you can have a rental car to get around or use public transport.

You can also get to Padua from Bologna Airport, upon arrival you can take a taxi or bus to Bologna station and from there you can transfer to the Padua train station, the trip takes approximately 1 hour and a half.

PADUA TRAIN STATION

For information on how to get to Padua by train, you should visit the Trenitalia or Italo websites, if you arrive in Padua via Rome/Florence/Bologna. In front of the train station in Padua there are taxis and a bus stop.

Tickets are available through online sales at the train station ticket office or from vending machines. Tickets can be purchased on board only on local trains at a surcharge, so we strongly advise you to avoid this.

Mainly there are three types of trains:

Eurostar, Frecciargento and Frecciabianca: they are high speed, more expensive but cheaper if booked in advance

Intercity: very fast connections (prices are often comparable with Eurostar).

Regional: Cheap, but slow and not always comfortable.

Go to our office at the train station in Padua so you can hire a cheap rental car: Europcar – Piazzale della Stazione, 6, 35131 Padova. To pick up the car you will need a driver’s license and a credit card to deposit the deposit for the duration of the rental.

PADUA, COME AND DISCOVER THE VENETO REGION

Padua or Pádova, is located in the Veneto region in northern Italy, it is well known in Italy and throughout Europe for its prestigious University founded in the 11th century. Padua or Pádova as the Italians know it, is a destination close to the city of Venice. If you have rented a car in Padua you will be able to travel quickly throughout the region

Padua maintains an enormous link with the Brenta and Bacchiglione rivers that since its long history have served the city as a means of communication through its various fluvial channels.

In Padova you can enjoy a very rich heritage, which treasures a long history, places like Piazza dei Signori prove it, it is located in the center of the city, from there you can visit the church of San Clemente and the Palazzo del Capitanio, with a tower crowned by its famous clock. In Piazza del Duomo, you can approach the Cathedral, once you finish your visit to the cathedral we recommend that you visit Palazzo Vescovile.

TRAVELING BY ROAD WITH A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM PADUA

Padua is only 40 kilometers from the city of Venice, if you decide to travel from Venice by car it will only take 50 minutes (40.7 kilometres) on the A57 and A4/E70. If you come from Treviso, you have two alternatives: a journey of 59 minutes (57.8 kilometres) on the A4/E70 motorway or the other that takes just over 1 hour (62.9 kilometres) on the A57.

Milan–Venice motorway (A4): from Venice: Padua Est exit, from Milan: Padua Oeste tollbooth exit.

Bologna-Padua motorway (A13), from Bologna: Padua Sud exit.