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Arrival and information
Trains arrive in the north of the town, just a few minutes’ achievement up Corso del Popolo from the old city walls. The main bus station is at Piazzale Boschetti, immediately north of the walls to the easterly of the Corso; however, you’ll find local buses for the city and for all the nearby towns described in this section also stop at the train station. The main tourist office , at the train station (summer Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am- 12.30pm; winter Mon-Sat 9.20am-5.45pm, Sun 9am-noon; tel 049.875.2077, www.padova.it/apt ), stocks free maps and lists of accommodation, and there is a booth at Piazza del Santo (Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9.30am-12.30pm; tel 049.875.3087) which is only open in summer. Another all-year office in Piazzetta Pedrocchi is planned to open soon. Internet points can be found at the unmistakeably decorated American Dream Pub , just easterly of Piazza dell’ Erbe, and at the large Ludoteca on Piazza Petrarca, just behind the Basilica del Carmine, in the north of town. Both keep café hours (don’t expect them to be open in the late afternoon) and close late.
The comprehensive ticket called Padova Arte costs L15,000/7.75 and allows one visit to the Musei Civici (including the Cappella Scrovegni), the Palazzo della Ragione, Baptistry, Scuola del Santo, Museo Antoniano and the Orto Botanico within one year of purchase. It is acquirable at the tourist office and the above museums and monuments. If you’re heading south of Padua it might also be worth getting the Padova Itinerante card, which costs L15,000/7.75 and gives access to various sites around Padua, including the castle at Monsélice and the Petrarch’s housr .
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