Padua Botanical Garden offers free guided tours during the holiday season (8th December-7th January). A journey through the Renaissance hortus cinctus and the Botanical Museum, held by expert guides, discovering the history of the Botanical Garden, the connection between botany and medicine and the incredible variety and adaptability of plants.

The guided tours, lasting 90 minutes, are held from Tuesday to Friday at 3pm, and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 11am and 3pm (only at 11am on 24th and 31st December). Friday tours are also available in English.

If you wish to join a guided tour (included in the admission ticket) please contact prenotazioni@ortobotanicopd.it or +39 0498273939 (daily from 9am to 5pm).

Until 7th January you can also visit the exhibition Alberi!30+1 fragments of Italian history, with illustrations by Guido Scarabottolo and some narratives of Annalisa Metta, Giovanni Morelli and Daniele Zoviduring daily opening hours. The exhibition is included in the admission ticket.

Please note some slight variations in our opening hours befor the usual annual closure (in 2024, from 8th January to 8th February):

• 8 December: 10am-5pm (last admission at 4.15pm)
• 24 December: 10am-2pm (last admission at 1.15pm)
• 25 December: closed
• 26-30 December: 10am-5pm (last admission at 4.15pm)
• 31 December: 10am-2pm (last admission at 1.15pm)
• 1 January: closed
• 2-7 January: 10am-5pm (last admission at 4.15pm)