Private Tour of Padua: Scrovegni Chapel and Palazzo Bo

Start with the city's most famous masterpiece: a private tour of Padua with Scrovegni Chapel entry, led by a licensed local guide for your group alone. The meeting point is in front of the Eremitani Civic Museums, and the walk lasts about two hours.

Inside the Scrovegni Chapel, admission is included. You look at Giotto's fresco cycle, a work that moved painting toward a more human, intense and modern style.

From there the guide leads you into the old town:

• Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza della Frutta, the market squares with shops and views
• the outside of Palazzo della Ragione, once the centre of civil and judicial life, known for its frescoed hall
• Caffè Pedrocchi, passed along the way, one of Italy's best known cafés, tied to Padua's Risorgimento history
• a stop at Palazzo Bo, home of the University of Padua

It is a compact route for anyone who wants Padua's history and identity in one outing.