Top Padua Private Sightseeing Tours

Padua is a quintessential Italian university town with a few notable features: a basilica with Byzantine-style domes, medieval markets, and an old town full of stylish cafes.  See the main highlights and more on this private guided walking of the Padua old town. Your guide takes you to the famous piazzas and basilicas, but also hidden cafes and alleyways where locals like to hang out.

The ideal introduction for first-time visitors to Padua, this private half-day tour covers the northern Italian city’s top attractions in just a few hours. Listen to in-depth context and commentary from your own personal tour guide. Highlights include the bustling downtown square, Piazza delle Erbe, the Basilica of St. Anthony, and a look at Giotto’s masterworks in the Scrovegni Chapel, with admission tickets included.

Learn about Padua’s history and top sights, but explore the city at your chosen pace—without having to rush to keep up with a group—by choosing this self-guided audio tour. Along the way, the route showcases key landmarks—such as the Torre dell'Orologio clock tower—with audio commentary at exactly the right time, depending on your geolocation.

If you don’t have the patience for a long historical walking tour, then take control of your Padua sightseeing with this outdoor escape game. You don’t need to pick up any kit, as the game is accessed using your smartphone. Then, simply follow instructions in an app to solve clues, progress around the city, and earn points, in this perfect mix of an outdoor escape game, treasure hunt, and tour.

Visit the city of Padua... with Audiogiro audio guides! Choose this tour (in Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German) to discover the city of the saint with the voice of an advanced digital guide. All audio guides have first been checked by a historian to verify their reliability. With less than 10 euros, you have more than 1 hour of listening valid for the whole city! You will always know where you are, thanks to the geolocation of our navigation map. Start the tour from wherever you want! If you prefer offline listening, remember to download the audio tracks first. Within 24 hours you will receive from us a link to redeem the audio-guided tour minutes. After that, all you have to do is start exploring the map. No need to download external apps! PAID ENTRANCE FEES TO ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE ROUTE ARE NOT INCLUDED. The price is indicated in the "exclusions".

Maximize your time in Padua, and explore with a local guide who’s passionate about the city’s history and culture. You’ll learn about the Paduan people—the free thinkers and rule breakers—and how they inspired change in approaches to both religion and science through the ages. A mix of landmarks and little-known treasures make up the itinerary’s sights.

Take a break from the crowds and hustle of Venice for the day and explore a landscape of vineyards, villages, and medieval castles on a private cultural food tour. Visit a dairy farm and vineyard in the morning, then, in the afternoon, visit an olive oil mill and ham and sausage factory.

Put away your map and guidebook, and explore the beauty of Padua with ease by opting for a private guided tour. Save time traveling to a meeting point—thanks to a hotel pickup. Then, head out with a driver to see the city’s best bits—including The Basilica of St. Anthony, Prato della Valle, the Walls of Padua, and Caffè Pedrocchi.

Get more out of limited time in Padua by choosing to explore the city with a private guide. As well as having someone to navigate, you can also benefit from informative commentary to help you learn about the city’s history—including tales of its University (which is Italy’s second-oldest), as well as St. Anthony, Galileo, and Giotto. Along the way, tick off multiple architectural highlights, including the magnificent Basilica of St. Anthony.

This experience accompanies the customer within the production process of our wines, from the second fermentation of the wine to its bottling. Subsequently, the history of the cellar will be narrated from its origins to today, tasting 3 glasses of D.o.c.g accompanied by a platter of typical products of the area.

On this tour I will take you to see the mussel farms and explain what are the steps that local fishermen follow to get a great product! We will discover together how crabs are collected and how expert eyes can divide the "boni" (good) from the "mati" (bad) and then get the "moeche" the soft crabs at the change of the moult that are considered the nuggets of Venice! Another delight of the Venetian Lagoon are the Oysters bred at Ca' Roman, you will have the opportunity to understand how they grow and if you want have a taste accompanied by an excellent glass of white wine all immersed in the beauty of the Lagoon of Chioggia!

The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designed villas that shape luxury architecture even now and his work around Venice and Vicenza holds UNESCO World Heritage status. This private tour lets you visit three of the finest—La Malcontenta, Villa Emo, and Villa Barbaro—and look at privately-owned Villa Cornaro from outside. Your chauffeur will provide general information as you travel, but visits to the mansions are self-guided.

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.

The Euganean Hills just outside of Padua are known for their boutique wineries and artisan food producers, but exploring this rural area on your own can be a challenge. With this food and wine tour, discover small, family-run cellars and olive oil mills far from the tourist track. Enjoy tours and tastings as you connect with the producers and learn about their history, then end with a relaxing soak at an area hot springs.

Live the experience of a bike ride in the Euganean Hills. Riding our bikes you will reach with an easy ride Villa dei Vescovi, a sixteenth-century Villa Veneta, which stands on Colle Solone and which was a holiday destination for the Paduan high priests. Upon your arrival you can be enchanted by the harmony with which the Villa is linked to the surrounding bucolic landscape.

Suitable for all those people who want to know the world of Valdobbiadene D.o.c.g., the beauty of its hills and the passion of the local people. You will be accompanied through a guided tour of a historic vineyard in Guia di Valdobbiadene, which boasts over a hundred-year-old vines. Once you reach the highest point of the hill, a glass of Valdobbiadene D.o.c.g. awaits you. Madre Paola, produced directly from the grapes of the vineyard that you will follow on the walk, accompanied by a selection of local products. Once back at the company, there will be a tasting of 2 Valdobbiadene DOCG glasses exclusively chosen from the "GEMIN Selections" category, the highest quality of our products. Don't miss the opportunity to live this experience in contact with nature. Where man and territory blend in perfect harmony that gives us unique products and natural scenery.

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.

See the sights of Padua in style with this private tour in a comfortable sedan. Admire the huge monumental square of Prato della Valle, historic university, St Antony Basilica and Medieval city walls. Visit the world-famous frescoes of the Scrovegni Chapel.

Explore the Italian countryside on this Euganean Hills day trip from Padua. You’ll drive past castles, villas, vineyards and historical walled cities like Montagnana, and visit a local ham farm to learn about the production of one of Italy’s essential food items. You’ll also stop at a local winery for wine tasting and the opportunity to purchase any bottles you like.

The key word is "Relax", let the Gemin team expert lead you to discover our reality. You will be taken with the company vehicle to the underground cellar where the grapes are received where you will be able to observe the first part of the production process, then after a short walk in the adjacent vineyard, you will be able to taste a glass of D.o.c.g. immersed in the rows. Subsequently, upon returning to the main office, you will be taken to the sparkling wine and bottling department, to see the final part of the production process. The experience ends with the tasting of 4 glasses of Valdobbiadene D.o.c.g., accompanied by a platter of typical local products.

It starts from the cellar with a member of the family, aboard a 4×4 off-road vehicle, in the direction of a very particular vineyard, located on one of the most beautiful and luxuriant banks of Valdobbiadene: the bank of Santo Stefano. Along the way, we will stop at a small wine producer and supplier, to get to know and taste Prosecco col Fondo, so called for its natural deposit of yeasts. Still by car, you will climb up to the top of the bank. Here you will be able to learn the secrets of the terroir and of the cultivation of the vine on these steep slopes, exposed to the sun for most of the day, which generate a unique product which is the Pioneer. It can be tasted among the rows to fully understand the deep bond between territory and wine. Dulcis in fundo a tasting, always accompanied by a family member, of the 3 main wines produced by the company, accompanied by a platter of cold cuts and typical products.

Escape the crowds in Venice and discover one of Italy’s great hidden gems on our tour of historic Padua. Home to one of the world’s oldest universities, the spectacular pilgrimage Basilica of Saint Anthony and a landmark of Renaissance art in Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel, Padua is a treasure trove of art, history and culture that you can’t afford to miss. In the company of an expert local guide, you’ll wander through an atmospheric tangle of medieval streets, explore an incredible 800-year old covered market, discover a glittering array of sculptures, frescoes, architecture and much more. Just half an hour from Venice, Padua makes for a perfect day trip from the Serenissima - discover it with us!

Don't look for other tours as this is the TOUR!!! Our incredible Italian guide who has extensively travelled the world will take you around the Veneto region looking after you, describing history and customs of this magic land. In this full-day tour you will experience the real Italian Dolce Vita sipping a glass of wine under the "portico" surrounded by "affresco", relaxing in the middle of nature, eating genuine Italian products, admiring beautiful landscapes out of the bustle of the cities, chilling on thermal pools and forgetting what stress is. In fact we called this tour Dolce Vita (sweet life) as you will be totally disconnected from the chaos of the city and you will regenerate your soul. Get out of the overcrowded touristic destinations and avoid the watch-and-go tours where they treat you as a dummy, join this tour and live a genuine and authentic Italian experience where you will enjoy every single second as we really care about you and your opinion.