Your best bet, as usual, is to
head for the centre and follow the
throng. A good place to start is
the unmarked
Bar Nazionale
, at Piazza dell' Erbe 40, on the
northeast corner (closed Sun);
there's the benefit of a gelateria
next door, too. After around
eleven the crowds disperse, mostly
to out-of-town clubs, though the
places listed below tend to stay
pretty lively until at least 2am,
though things are quieter outside
university terms.
Padua's main theatre is the Teatro
Verdi on Corso Milano hosting
opera and big- name dramatists;
details of the season's events can
be obtained from the tourist
office or in the bilingual
information booklet Padova
Today , distributed in some
bars and most hotels. Of the local
newspapers, the most comprehensive
for listings is Il Mattino
, but for more offbeat events
check out the posters up around
the city, particularly in the
university area.
Extra Extra , via
Ciamician, 145. Padova's flashiest
disco. Buzzing after 2am from
Thursday to Saturday, dead the
rest of the time. If you can't get
a taxi, it's an inadvisable
thirty-minute walk back to the
centre by way of via Sório.
Joyce's Irish Pub ,
Riviera S. Benedetto 154. Irish
pubs are all the rage in Italy and
this one is particularly popular;
head west of Piazza Duomo down via
Vescovado and the pub is just
across an attractive part of the
canal. Open until 2am. Closed Sun.
Limbo , via San Fermo,
just south of Piazza Petrarca.
Another popular disco-pub. Open
until 3am. Closed Sun.
Victoria Pub , via
Savonarola, off Piazza Petrarca.
Ghastly underground fake English
pub (to complete the UK
selection), but it really pulls in
the punters, and at least it
doesn't shut at 11pm. Open until
2am. Closed Sun.
