The best cycling routes around Rubano

The Benito Daga Bridge is a cycle-pedestrian bridge located in Padua, in a strategic river area near the headquarters of Canottieri Padova (south-west area of the city). ​The structure is named after Benito Daga (who passed away in 1991), a respected figure in Paduan and national sports, known for being an instructor and coach for the Italian national swimming team at the Paralympics. ​From a logistical point of view, the bridge represents a fundamental hub for the city's sustainable mobility: it connects the riverbanks of Brusegana and Bassanello, serving as a mandatory passage for runners, walkers, and cycle tourists. It is a key point for those who travel the famous river loops of Padua or join the cycle paths leading towards the Euganean Hills and along the Brentella Canal.

Turning point for those who want to go to the pitch

Caffè Pedrocchi, Italy's most famous coffee house (historically, architecturally, and socially of greatest importance. Used to be open day and night, hence "caffè senza porte = without doors"). See description on my Padua visit (Komoot March 25, 2026).

Ferrara Piazza del Mercato (Pizza delle erbe)

The Ponte del Bassanello in Padua is a strategic infrastructure on the Adriatic highway, crossing the Bacchiglione river, characterized by an air draft of 3.8 meters. The area is an important road and cycle-pedestrian junction, recently enhanced with a new walkway on via Goito and nature trails along the banks.

Suggestive atmosphere, cicchetti 🔝 and you can park your bike inside

Piazza dei Signori, Padua For the people of Padua, a stroll to the squares of the historic center, such as Piazza della Frutta, Piazza delle Erbe, and Piazza dei Signori, means immersing oneself in the markets that traditionally enliven the city every morning. Shopping is simultaneously a pleasure, a social occasion, a kind of daily ritual. But it's also worthwhile to look up and admire the architecture of the houses, balconies, and historic buildings that frame them. Piazza dei Signori is surrounded on its two main sides by two wings with colonnades, elegantly enhanced by terraces with antique wrought-iron balconies. The two shorter sides are bordered by the Church of San Clemente and the Palazzo del Capitanio with its clock tower, whose colonnade leads to the Corte Capitaniato and the nearby square of the same name. Here once stood the Castello dei Carraresi, which today houses the University of Padua with its Faculty of Literature and Philosophy and the rooms painted by Altichiero. On the south side of the square stands the elegant Loggia del Consiglio, or Gran Guardia, the 16th-century building where the city's Maggior Consiglio (Great Council) used to meet. The wide staircase leading to the loggia and the council chamber on the main floor are particularly worth seeing. Text / Source: Turismo Padova https://www.turismopadova.it/de/orte/piazza-dei-signori/

Palazzo della Ragione, Padua The Salòn, or Palazzo della Ragione, the former seat of Padua's municipal courts, is one of the largest column-free halls in Europe. Considered one of the most famous civic monuments in Europe from the time of the Communes, the building was begun in 1218. Between 1306 and 1308, Fra Giovanni degli Eremitani transformed the three large rooms into a single hall and designed a roof in the shape of an inverted ship's hull. Giotto and his workshop were commissioned to paint the walls with frescoes; however, the cycle was destroyed by fire in 1420. The frescoes were restored by the Paduan Nicolo’ Miretto in collaboration with Stefano da Ferrara and other painters, based on the studies of Pietro d’Abano, a wealthy scholar of his time. The fresco cycle is one of the very few medieval astrological cycles to have survived to this day. The connection between the paintings and the function of the place explains the presence of animal figures representing the insignia of the courts, whose function is also linked to the allegories of Justice, Law, the Community in Rule, and the frescoes depicting the Judgment of Solomon and the court scene. In the great hall is the "Pietra del Vituperio," or Stone of Shame, upon which insolvent debtors, clad only in a shirt, had to sit three times (the custom is the origin of the expression "to stay in one's shirt"), while repeating the Latin phrase "cedo bonis" (roughly translated as "I will pay the bill"). Also located there is the large wooden horse, crafted by Annibale Capodilista for a tournament and donated to the city by the family. Today, the great hall serves as a venue for exhibitions and cultural events. Not to mention that "Sotto il salone" is the oldest cooperative in the world, dating back 700 years. Text / Source: Turismo Padova https://www.turismopadova.it/en/the-palazzo-della-ragione/