The Padovani Nocturnes - between Art, Waterways, and Flavors 2026 are a large summer event, the result of the collaboration initiated between the Municipality of Padua, the Padua Tourism Promotion Consortium, the product clubs GuidePadova, the Battellieri Consortium, Travel Exploring, and numerous other Padua associations.
A very diverse summer program that has the ambitious task of illustrating to the residents of Padua and tourists the vast cultural tourist heritage, as well as the environmental and gastronomic resources that the territory possesses, an ever-renewed offering of cultural entertainment proposals as well as innovative events and experiences of taste and leisure.
From June to October, guided tours are planned, many of which are at a symbolic cost, to the main city monuments, including the Scrovegni Chapel, the Palazzo della Ragione, the Pedrocchi, several Oratories, the Basilica of Santo, and the Monastery of Santa Giustina, the Cathedral Baptistery, the Botanical Garden, the MUSME, and then extraordinary visits to the University Museums, including the recent Museum of Nature and Man.
Furthermore, excursions and guided tours in the provincial territory with tastings, boat trips along the Padua river ring, and visits to ancient villas including Villa Grimani Vendramin Calergi Valmarana in Noventa Padovana.
