Venue
The Mobile Mapping School, the day before the conference, will be in the Botanical Garden [Map].
The MMT conference will be held in the heart of the city of Padua, at S. Gaetano Cultural Center [Map].
The city of Padua is well connected by taxi, bus and train to the Venice airport (35 km), providing efficient access to most important air traffic nodes in Italy (Rome, Milan) and Europe (Paris, Berlin, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, etc.).
The venue offers convenient access to the main artistic and historical seightseeings of Padua, like the world famous St. Anthony Basilica (13th –14th century), the Scrovegni Chapel (early 14th century), hosting precious frescoes by Giotto, Palazzo della Ragione (13th -15th century), the Anatomic Theatre (fully on wood, built in 1594) and the oldest Botanic Garden in Europe (1545). Hotels are also located within walking distance from conference site.
Tours to artistically interesting landmarks: Palazzo del Bo’ (e.g. Anatomic Theatre, Aula Magna and Galileo’s chair), Verona, Venice and the Venetian Villas, along the Brenta river, can be organized, on request, through a local tourist agency.
The University of Padua, host of the Symposium, was founded in 1222. It is the 2nd oldest University in Europe, one of the most ancient in the world, ranking with Paris, Oxford and Cambridge. The University is world famous for its schools of Medicine (anatomy), Law, Mathematics and Physics. Nicolaus Copernicus was among the scholars of the University and Galileo Galilei taught here from 1592 to 1610. The University of Padua boasts even the first graduated woman in the world, who achieved her degree in philosophy in 1678 (Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia).
San Gaetano Cultural Center
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Visiting Padua
Examples of guides with suggestions on touristic attractions: guide 1, guide 2, guide 3, guide 4.
Museums of the University of Padova (please also check the info here):
- Botanical garden museum
- Giovanni Poleni Museum - history of physics: free access on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, but quite limited opening hours
- Geography Museum
- Museum of Nature and Humankind
Please, carefully check the opening hours before going to the museums.
Grand tour of the sciences website
Accommodation suggestions
The Symposium venue is in the Padua city center, where you can find charming accommodations and restaurants. There are numerous hotels and B&B solutions, some suggestions can be found below. The conference attendees can book at a reduced fee on certain of the hotels using the conference name in the booking procedure (please, check below). The reduced fee is applied up to a certain number of rooms per hotel.
Hotels
Hotel Majestic Toscanelli (4*)
Methis Hotel & SPA (4*) book at a reduced fee using the code "MMT2023" in the online booking procedure
Best Western Plus Hotel Galileo (4*)
Hotel Grand'Italia "Residenza d'Epoca" (4*)
Hotel Milano (4*) book at a reduced fee using the code "MMT 2023". The code should be sent via email or communicated via phone call. It cannot be used in the online booking procedure.
Best Western Hotel Biri (4*) book at a reduced fee using the code "MMT 2023". Free cancellation until May 19.
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Travel information
The closest airports to Padua are:
- Venice Airport Marco Polo (VCE)
- Treviso Airport A.Canova (TSF)
- Verona Airport Valerio Catullo (VRN)
Among them, the Venice Airport can probably be considered the most convenient choice because of the different options to reach Padua. Please, check here. Additional alternatives to reach Padua from VCE can also be found, for instance by bus.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN PADUA
Bus and tram services are provided by FS Busitalia in Padua. Timetables and tickets are available for instance on the following apps for Android and iOS.
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