Padua

Tailored group pilgrimages to Padua

Travel and Dates:

Air

Travel with your group from around the UK to Venice and then onwards by private transfer to your chosen hotel. Dates can be suited to your requirements.

Information:

Tangney Tours is happy to provide you with a tailored quote for your group to travel to and from Padua using some of our excellent hotels and English speaking guides.

We work closely with the pilgrimage organisers in order to provide the best possible packages for all pilgrims to travel to and from Padua.

Our package prices include the return airfare, accommodation, transfers to and from the airport to the hotels, all known government taxes and the full backup and support of our excellent Tangney Tours team.

We are happy to include free places and provide you with personalised booking forms, posters and any other promotional material that you may require.

Programme:

Once you have settled in you will have a full day guided visit of Padua, to include visits to:

St Anthony’s Basilica – International Shrine dedicated to St Anthony of Padua. More than 5 million Pilgrims visit each year. The Basilica is known locally as “Il Santo”.

The Abbey & Basilica of St Giustina – houses art dedicated to the Saint Giustina. This Basilica houses the tombs of several Saints.

Carmine Basilica – dates back to the 16th Century – houses the statue of the Madonna del Carmine which is taken traditionally in procession through the streets of Padua every year on July 16th.

The Scrovegni Chapel – completed about 1305, it contains a fresco cycle by Giotto that is one of the most important masterpieces of Western art. It is also known as the Arena Chapel as it was built on land next to the site of a Roman area.

Why not have an optional day excursion to Lake Garda including guiding and a boat trip across the Lake and lunch in local area.