Location

WHERE WE ARE

THE ROLLING PIN COOKING SCHOOL is located in the heart of Padua (in Italian Padova) in Veneto region – Italy.

From Padua Railway Station (30 minute walk or 15 minutes via public bus or 5-10 minutes by taxi).

HOW TO GET HERE

By plane:

• The nearest airport is the “Marco Polo” International Airport in Venice,  27 miles east of Padova. 
• ANOTHER AIRPORT is Antonio Canova International Airport (Treviso – TSF) about 41 miles from Padua;
• Valerio Catullo International Airport (Villafranca, Verona – VRN) about 55 miles from Padua;
• Milano Malpensa Airport, about 175 miles from Padova. The Malpensa airport is linked to the Milano train station by the Malpensa Shuttle (every 20 minutes).

The best way to go to Padova from Venezia Venice airport is by bus.

You have to take a bus (the name is FSBUSITALIA). Tickets can be purchased in the Arrivals HALL and it costs 8.50 euros.  
You must get off at the bus station in Padova STAZIONE AUTOBUS. The trip lasts one hour.  From Venice Marco Polo Airport you can also reach Padova by a TAXI service. That is more expensive, but will leave you exactly at our cooking school. 

ABOUT PADOVA

Padua is the oldest city important town in northern Italy, founded in 1183 B.C.

Discovering Padua and its monuments and museums!

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• Cappella degli Scrovegni – a masterpiece in the history of painting in Europe and Italy in the 14th century – the best preserved frescoes painting by Giotto (1305),
• Basilica di Sant’Antonio, which hosts important frescoes by Giotto, Giusto de’ Menabuoi, Altichiero and Jacopo Avanzi,
• Duomo and Battistero, a Romanesque gem by Giusto de’ Menabuoi,
• Palazzo della Ragione, the largest pensile salon in Europe, famous for its roofing – a reversed ship hull –  a significant proofs of the fourteenth-century art.
• le “Piazze” and the markets: Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza dei Frutti, Piazza dei Signori,
• the largest public piazza in Europe: Prato della Valle,
• Bo University, Italy’s second-oldest university,
• Musei Civici,
• Caffè Pedrocchi – one of the icons of Padua,
• Giardini dell’Arena,
• Canals, rivers, smaller waterways and artificial canals,
• Palazzo Zuckermann,
• Orto Botanico (1545), a Unesco World Heritage Site,
• Torre Astronomica.