I'm John Bachelor, joined by Lorenzo Fii, my companion and colleague of many years learning about

Italy. Lorenzo is in Padua. That itself is in education. Lorenzo, a very good day to you. We've

been recommending for some time places for Americans and Europeans to go in Italy that are not

overcrowded and overrun by tourists, what the Italian

government calls over-tourism. This week you recommend Padua. Why? What's there? Good evening to you.

Good evening to all the radio listeners. Let me tell you that Padua is strategic. Why is strategic

for tourism simply because it's not so crowded,

but it's strategic because in 20 minutes by train, you can go to Venice. In 20 minutes,

you can go to Treviso. And even Treviso is a small, beautiful town that you can enjoy walking

with a lot of small canal. The old town is fantastic.

In 20 minutes by train, you can go to Vicenza,

where there are even there nice things to see.

And in Padua, you have a lot of things to do.

First of all, you can go to see the famous Scrovenne Chappelle, fresco by Jotto. It's marvelous.

The blue of the color that Jost or choose is something that it remains in your mind forever.

Then you can go and visit the university and the Botanic Garden that are also fantastic.

There is a nice river that cross Padua,

but then you can take a boat,

and with the boat you can sail the river

and see a masterpiece of villa made by a neoclassical architect Palladio.

Then there is the Palazzo della Régone.

It is a mansion in the center of Padua.

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