A Detour towards Prato della Valle

A Detour towards Prato della Valle

extra stop that you cannot miss in Isola Memmia

Other than making you feel at home here in Serafino Hotel, one of our hearts desire is to help you to have an unforgettable experience. To welcome you is not just about giving you the room keys, it also means opening the door of our city to you.

Just a few steps away from Serafino Hotel you can reach Prato della Valle, one of the biggest squares in Europe. The square hides a secret that you can only find every Saturday that not every visitor knows.

Every Saturday, the square transforms and hosts a vivacious traditional flea market made of many private stands where local people sell their goods. It’s a genuine experience that most of the visitors miss just because they were unfamiliar with the area and no one told them about this. But for our guests this would be a wonderful stop to add for the weekend on your itinerary.

The entire Isola Memmia is composed of more than 160 stalls, making this historic flea market one of the most vibrant in the region. It showcases a path of curiosities that can only be satisfied if you visit and stop by it.

A help for those who are curious, we’ll list a few items below that you can see and buy when visiting it:

• Fashion items such as bags, footwear and hand-made accessories. There some thrifting stands where you can even find designer items 

• Local food cooked and produced by citizens of Padova, products native to the region are well prepared and seasoned, like cheese, hams, fruit and vegetables of the season that grow in our province.

• Hand-made and home goods, you can also buy things to bring back for your house like towels, pillow case, table cloth and utensils, ideal for those who want useful souvenirs and want a piece of Padova after returning home.

To amplify the knowledge about Prato della Valle we will reveal an additional secret. Every third Sunday of the month, these stalls transform and turn into an Antique Market, a paradise for collectors and vintage lovers.

You have the chance to take home antique pieces, furniture, vinyls, second-hand books, old cameras and even collectible items for those who search for pieces to add to their collections.

We hope that this information is useful for our guests to explore and learn about Padova and to live a day as a local to our humble town. We would always prioritise the satisfaction of the guests in Serafino Hotel by suggesting and telling stories about where they are staying so they can make their stay worth it.

Your ideal vacation starts here in Serafino Hotel.