PADOVA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

• Support and assistance with national and international bids also through access to the conference incentive programme with economic and service benefits
• Suggesting and checking availability of conference spaces, hotels, event locations, agencies, technical services and more
• Contacts and collaboration with local institutions for the destination’s involvement and greater use of its services
• Organisation and on-site visits and site inspections taking charge of the costs
• Support in the identification of pre- and post congress and mobility-related services
• Seeking sponsorship, partnerships, institutions patronage, local authorities, local companies
• Support for event communication through the press office
• Providing of destination information and promotional material such as presentations, images, digital and printed brochures, city maps, conference kits
• Organisation of familiarization trips to discover the territory, together with promotional events

Padua is the city of frescoes, Giotto and Galileo Galilei and is home to Italy's second oldest university. The city was recently awarded the second UNESCO World Heritage seal for "Padova Urbs picta. Giotto, the Scrovegni Chapel and the 14th-century painting cycles”.

Padua's squares are the beating heart of the city: Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza della Frutta and Piazza dei Signori, whose centre is Palazzo della Ragione. Called "Il Salone," it is one of the largest covered halls in Italy and hosts art exhibitions and events, while the ground floor is still used, as in ancient times, as a food market. All this against a backdrop of historic stores of all kinds under the arcades and in the two corridors of Sotto il Salone, the oldest covered market in Europe.

Padua is a green city: green like the Botanical Garden, a UNESCO site, with its Biodiversity Garden; green like the Prato della Valle, the largest green square in Europe. 

Padua can also claim the title of "city of water". There are many not-to-be-missed routes: one that runs through the city, one that follows the course of the Riviera del Brenta, and another that runs along the Euganean Riviera: itineraries that allow you to enjoy the best the city and its wonderful surroundings.