Editing Padova (section)

== Places (eat, drink, etc...) ==

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=== Free Internet ===

Padova City Council has activated an experimental wireless network in two hotspots in the city centre located:
* at ''''Informagiovani'''', [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Vicolo+Ponte+Molino,+7,+Padova&sll=45.406603,11.857782&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.412385,11.87386&spn=0.006718,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr vicolo Ponte Molino, 7, Padova] whose SSID is PROGETTOGIOVANI.
* in [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Piazza+dei+Signori,+Padova&sll=45.407941,11.873903&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.408137,11.873882&spn=0.006719,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr Piazza dei Signori], whose SSID is COMUNEPDGRANGUARDIA.
 
To use them you need to register at:
* Informagiovani, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Vicolo+Ponte+Molino,+7,+Padova&sll=45.406603,11.857782&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.412385,11.87386&spn=0.006718,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr vicolo Ponte Molino, 7, Padova], phone: +39 049 654328
* Urp (Public Relations Office of the City Council of Padova) - Palazzo Moroni, inside the City Hall: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Via+del+Municipio,+1,+Padova&sll=45.406902,11.876843&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.407203,11.876843&spn=0.006719,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr via del Municipio, 1, Padova] or (other entrance): [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Via+Oberdan,+1,+Padova&sll=45.40773,11.876693&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.40773,11.876628&spn=0.006719,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr Via Oberdan, 1, Padova], phone: +39 049 8205572.

Just address to the desk and show a valid ID/passport. You will get an id and a password to connect to the wireless hotspots in the City of Padova. Apparently with the same account it is possible to access for free also the [http://www.padovawifi.it/index.php?cont=hot.php wifi hotspots] located at the stops along the tramway line (that are usually accessible only with a pay-for-use contract), but this info has to be verified.

The Tourist Information Council of Padova located in Galleria Pedrocchi offers free internet access for 15 minutes sessions.

The Padova City Council offers also some fixed Internet kiosks to surf for free that are located in:

* Informagiovani, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Vicolo+Ponte+Molino,+7,+Padova&sll=45.406603,11.857782&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.412385,11.87386&spn=0.006718,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr vicolo Ponte Molino, 7, Padova], phone: +39 049 654328. Opening times - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 10:00-13:00; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 15:00-18:00.
* Urp (Public Relations Office of the City Council of Padova) - Palazzo Moroni, inside the City Hall: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Via+del+Municipio,+1,+Padova&sll=45.406902,11.876843&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.407203,11.876843&spn=0.006719,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr via del Municipio, 1, Padova] or (other entrance): [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Via+Oberdan,+1,+Padova&sll=45.40773,11.876693&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.40773,11.876628&spn=0.006719,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr Via Oberdan, 1, Padova], phone: +39 049 8205572. Opening times: Monday-Saturday 8:45-13:00, Tuesday also 15:00-17:00, Thursday only 10:00-15:00.
* Mediateca Arcella, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Via+Curzola,+15,+Padova&sll=45.425188,11.876714&sspn=0.006717,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.425188,11.876714&spn=0.006717,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=cent via Curzola, 15, Padova], phone: +39 049 616501. Opening times: Monday-Saturday 9:00-13:00; Monday-Thursday 15:30-18:30.
* Emeroteca, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=via+D'Acquapendente,+50%2Fa,+Padova&sll=45.425188,11.876714&sspn=0.006717,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.38959,11.880126&spn=0.006721,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr via D'Acquapendente, 50/a, Padova], phone: +39 049 680366. Opening times: Monday-Saturday 9:00-13:00 15:30-19:30; Tuesday-Friday 21:00-23:30; Sunday 9:00-13:00.
* Punto Giovani Toselli, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=Piazza+Pietro+Toselli,+Padova&sll=45.408649,11.856673&sspn=0.006719,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=45.408423,11.856673&spn=0.006719,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr Piazza Pietro Toselli / Caduti della Resistenza, 7, Padova], phone: +39 049 8722657. Opening times: Monday-Friday 17:00-19:15; Monday, Wednesday 21:00-23:15; Tuesday 11:00-13:15.

The kiosks can be usually booked by phone or on place for limited amounts of time. More infos [http://www.padovanet.it/dettaglio.jsp?tassid=1252&id=2814 here].

You can also use the computers located in some of the [http://www.padovanet.it/lista.jsp?tasstipo=C&tassidpadre=85&tassid=95 City Libraries], but in this case, you will probably be asked to register to the library (for free).

=== Eat ===

Padova and its province are filled with many restaurants, trattorie, osterie which serve delicious traditional Italian and local dishes. 

If you are willing to eat fish, you can try these affordable restaurants:

* [http://www.google.it/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.it%2Fmaps%3Fie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Ait%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26um%3D1%26q%3DTrattoria%2Bda%2BChecchi%2BPadova%26fb%3D1%26view%3Dtext%26latlng%3D6790294590882208073&ei=XX7HSN3sGI7omgPA86W_AQ&usg=AFQjCNFj8Yf8aMF3xGScT2qWgLwRtvgsMQ&sig2=Sjsdf-ns4GzB33wHbe1xLA Trattoria da Checchi] - Via Bosco Rignano 8, Padova - tel. +39 049 750553‎ - bus n° 16 or 19 direction Ponte San Nicolò/Roncaglia, stop Voltabarozzo, after the bridge on the canale Scaricatore
* [http://www.trattoriadaprimo.com/ Trattoria da Primo] - Via Regia 43, Vigonza (PD) - tel. +39 049 8936255‎ - bus n° 18 direction Ponte di Brenta, get off at the terminus before the bridge and after walk onto the bridge and at the traffic lights turn right following signs to Venezia and Riviera del Brenta, after a few hundred meters, you will see the Trattoria on the left side of the street.

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