North Italy holiday:visiting Padova - 7 June

Capella degli Scrovegni with frescos by Giotto in Padova

Tuesday, 7 June

The sun was shining and it promised to be a very warm day. 

After breakfast in the garden of Villa Zane in Treviso, and packing the car (including all the boxes of wine, which we placed in a garage on the premises the other day), we went to Padova. We had reserved tickets onlne for a slot at 16.00 hrs at the Capella degli Scrovegni a while ago. Nowadays you have no choice but to buy way upfront. 

breakfast in the beautiful garden. A good start of the day. 

:-)

After fetching our tickets for the Capella we wanted to see a bit more of Padova and started with a visit to the church of the Eremitani, which belongs to the complex where the Capella is part of too. Beautiful fresco's, phew amazing.

the fresco on the right clearly shows the damage done during world war II

church of the Eremitani

drinks at the posh cafe Pedrocchi (classic temple). Aperol and chips is becoming sort of a standard 'lunch' for P.

yummie ham and cheese

aww, soo many different kinds of fresh mozzarella de buffalo

palazzo del Capitano at the piazza del Signori.

At 4 o'clock sharp we, and the other 23 persons that had a ticket for that time slot, were allowed inside the building in front of the capella.
A video was shown (English and German subtitles) about the Capella in an airconditioned room.
After 15 minutes we were allowed inside the capella where we had 15 minutes to admire the famous Giotto fresco's and make pictures.
It was impressive.

After all this culture we left Padova and went to our home for 2 nites in Vicenza, the Relais Santa Corona. 
A lovely palazzo in a quiet street in the middle of Vicenza. We hope the receptionist gave the local police our license plate number coz the area was restricted to residents only and video monitored. We'll see when we get home.

our room is the one with the balcony :-)

We had made a reservation for a parking place at the hotel. Parking the car was rather complicated. We didn't use the car elevator shown in the picture above after all and parked the car in the small garage next door.

We strolled through the centre and had a drink at the piazza dei Signori. This evening was still warm and dry, tomorrow it will rain. An ideal evening to hang around.

to be continued