WHERE AND HOW

Where, when, and how

11 May -  University of Padua

12 May -  Ca' Foscari University of Venice

University of Padua: Complesso Beato Pellegrino (sala meeting  Biblioteca Beato Pellegrino) 

From Padua railway station to Beato Pellegrino 

Ca' Foscari University of Venice: Aula Magna Silvio Trentin - Ca' Dolfin

From the railway station - Venezia Santa Lucia to Ca' Dolfin

N. B. Venice is a nice place where you have to walk (along with many, many tourists).  There are three bridges along the way from the train station to Ca' Dolfin. One large and two medium-small. 

If you are going to carry your luggage with you, make sure you have an ample amount of time to get from the train station to Ca' Dolfin, the conference venue on Friday.

Public transport in Venice is by water (by vaporetto), the vaporetto one-way ticket costs 9 euros. The closest stop is San Tomà. Lines 1 or 2 from Ferrovia (train station) direction San Marco - the landing stage is located immediately outside the train station Venezia Santa Lucia.

Here the map from San Tomà to Ca' Dolfin: https://www.unive.it/pag/fileadmin/user_upload/ateneo/disabilita-DSA/territorio/11_CaDolfin_mappa.pdf

From Padua to Venice Santa Lucia (and viceversa)

Time of travel from Padua to Venice will differ depending on which type of train you choose, ranging from 30 to 50 minutes.

Operated by Trenitalia, the Padova to Venice train service departs from Padova and arrives in Venezia S. Lucia. The cost is around  4,70 euro - TRENO REGIONALE VELOCE (RV) 30 min.  

With  REGIONALE (R) the time journey is around 50 minutes, but the price is the same. 

You can buy the ticket at the train stations or online.

Info about the trains: https://www.italiarail.com/trains/regional-trains

N.B. Wearing a face mask in public and on public transportation is no longer obligatory in Italy.

From the AIRPORT to 

From Venice Marco Polo airport (Tessera) to Padua 

https://www.veneziaairport.it/en/transport/padua.html

https://www.fsbusitalia.it/content/fsbusitalia/eng/tourism/airport-connection-services/link-to-venice-airport.html

The only way to buy the ticket online is with the app “Busitalia Veneto”

Timetable bus Padova - Aeroporto Tessera 

NOTA BENE!! the connection is called Padova-aeroporto di TESSERA

From Venice Treviso to Padua

https://www.trevisoairport.it/en/transport/bus.html

Timetable bus 101 from Treviso airport to Padua 

The only way to buy the ticket online is with the app MOMUP

From Venice Marco Polo to Venice

https://www.veneziaairport.it/en/transport/venice.html

From Venice Treviso to Venice

https://www.trevisoairport.it/en/transport/bus.html

Milano Malpensa Airport

Milano Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy. 

It is possible to reach Padua and Venice from Milan Malpensa. You have to travel to Milano Centrale (Central station) and from there you can reach Padua and Venice by train. 

From Milano Malpensa to Milano Centrale 

 https://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/en/from-to/getting-to-leaving-from-malpensa

You can search for the trains from Milano Centrale to Padua or Venice, and buy the tickets  here https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html  - or here https://www.italotreno.it/en

select From Milano Centrale to Padova or Venezia

About the types of trains in Italy 

https://www.italiarail.com/types-trains#2471