The best walks and hikes around Selvazzano Dentro

You can find it on the E2 trail of the hills

Turning point for those who want to go to the pitch

Located at the foot of the Euganean Hills, the Abbey of Praglia is a jewel of spirituality and Renaissance art, founded in the 11th century and still inhabited by a community of Benedictine monks. The complex impresses with the harmony of its four cloisters, among which the hanging cloister stands out, dominating the surrounding landscape with timeless grace. Inside the Basilica and the Monumental Refectory, valuable pictorial cycles can be admired, but it is the famous Monumental Library, with its precious volumes, that represents the intellectual heart of the monastery. The abbey is also known for its book restoration laboratory, one of the most important worldwide, where monks patiently preserve ancient manuscripts. Visiting Praglia means immersing yourself in an atmosphere of industrious silence, amidst the scent of apiary products and the elegance of architectures that celebrate the balance between man, faith, and nature.

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)

Excellent place for a meditative rest.

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/

Done dozens of times because it's close to home. With a loop around Boscalbo and Lonzina, convenient outdoor parking, sometimes free. PS: The shop staff are not up to par, rushed, and not at all welcoming. Replace them with kind and thorough ladies. The friars want to be friars, and rightly so.