Travel and Hotels

Travel and Hotels

Onset and offset

[Tentative plan, dates and times to be confirmed later] SIPS 2023 kicks off (tentatively) at 1:00pm on Thursday, June 22 (social, informal kick off, the day before at 7:00pm, in Piazza dei Signori, see “Social Events”) and will end Saturday, June 24 at 5:00pm.

Meeting Location

Like many old universities, the University of Padova doesn’t have a main campus. The university’s sites are spread around Padova and even the cities close by. SIPS 2023 will be hosted by the School of Psychology, located in Via Venezia, 8. The venue is 1.8 km east of the city center (15 min walk) and 1.4 km east of the Padova train and bus station (10 min walk). There is no free parking available and public parking is limited. The nearest parking garage is Mantegna Car Park (behind the NH Hotel, see Accommodations). We suggest to walk to the venue or arrive by bus. There is a bus stop in front of the School of Psychology and two hotels are also close, both at walking distance (see Accommodations).

The main buildings of the School of Psychology

Accessibility

All area and buildings of the School of Psychology are accessible to persons with impaired motor abilities.

Where to stay in Padova?

Padova is a fairly popular tourist spot. Therefore, we recommend to book your accommodation as early as possible. We also recommend to stay close to the venue for several reasons: 

  1. You will be close to SIPS 🙂 
  2. The old town is only a 15 min walk away
  3. In the summer, the area around the venue is alive & kicking. There are several bars around and one public park with a permanent music festival (“Parco della musica”) .
  4. If you arrive in Venice or Treviso airport and you get the bus to arrive to Padova (see Travel to Padova), the bus stops right in front of the School of Psychology.

Accommodations 

There are two hotels within walking distance from the venue. Also within walking distance, there is a guesthouse, owned by the university, that offers studios and small apartments.

Hotels

  • Hotel NH 4* is 350 m from the School and has 190 double rooms. Prices are likely to be about 104 € per person/night (single room).
  • Hotel Galileo 4* is 350 m from the School and has 113 rooms of various sizes. Prices are likely to be about 80 € per person/night (single room).

Guesthouse

The guesthouse “La nave” is owned by the university and has a few studios with a kitchen corner. It can be used for short term stay. “La nave” can host up to 25 persons, it has 17 single studios (with kitchen corner), 2 double studios (with kitchen corner) and prices starts from 48 euro/day. Prices are cheaper for longer periods and for double studios.

More info here (in Italian only), or contact the guesthouse directly: gini@unipd.it

Other accommodations

Of course, you are free to look for other accommodations (e.g., Airbnb, bed and breakfasts) close to the School or downtown. If you book an accommodation in the very center of Padova, you are likely to walk about 20 minutes to reach the School. For those looking for further places close to the School of Psychology we do not recommend the “Hotel Biri”. Although this hotel is close to the School of Psychology, we do not recommend to stay there because the area is not nice during evening/night and during the day the hotel looks over one of the biggest intersection of Padova, with usually a lot of traffic.

Travel to Padova

By train

We encourage people to consider traveling by train (rather than plane) to the conference. The Padova train station is only a 10 min walk from the venue. To get to the venue, when you leave the station, point East (i.e., left) and keep walking for 100/150 meters. You will pass by the bus station (on your left) then you will find Via Niccolo Tommaseo. Keep going East along Via Niccolo Tommaseo. After 1 km, via Niccolo Tommaseo changes name and becomes Via Venezia. When it does, you are at the School of Psychology. Alternatively, you can get bus 7 or 10 (ask the driver to drop you at the “EX FIAT”, this is the name of the stop). You can buy tickets in any tobacconist. 

By plane

The two closest airports to Padova are Venezia (VCE) and Treviso (TSF; mainly used by low-cost airlines). From both airports, the easiest way to Padova is by bus (BusItalia Veneto). This will take you about 65/70 minutes, cost about 10 €, and busses go every 30 minutes. You can buy the ticket at the airport.

If you are staying close to the venue, take the bus to Padova from the airport (“il bus per Padova per favore”). When on the bus, ask at the bus driver to alert you when the bus stops at the “EX FIAT” (this is the name of the bus stop). It is about a one hour drive, so sit back and relax. They will leave you in a quite busy street, Via Venezia. In front of you, on the other side of the street, the buildings of the School of Psychology. You’ll recognize the buildings because one of them is decorated with a huge flower murales. At walking distance the NH Hotel (do not cross and walk right) and the Galileo hotel (cross and walk left). If you opted for “La Nave”, cross the street and keep right, walk straight for 150 meter, cross the bridge and keep walking straight for 150 m. “La Nave” is on your right.

You could also take a taxi from the airport to the city of Padova. Shuttle service is provided by Air Service, costs about 35 €, and should be reserved online before your arrival or departure.