Villa Pisani is a monumental, late-Baroque rural palace located along the Brenta Canal in Stra, and is one of the largest examples of Villa Veneta located in the Riviera del Brenta, the canal linking Venice to Padua.

The Roman Arena of Padua was an amphitheatre used for gladiator games in the ancient Patavium. The Arena ruins are now part of the Giardini dell'Arena park.

The Scrovegni Chapel houses one of the most outstanding masterpieces of figurative art of all time, the complete fresco cycle created by Giotto

The most important Paduan complex of museums features the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in a charming former convent.