Wisetrips Travel Blog

Thursday, March 19, 2026 At 09:30, after checking out of Hotel Mioni Pezzato in Abano Terme, we began our drive to Venice's Marco Polo Airport to drop off our Opel Corsa at the Hertz Car Rental return center. The drive to Venice was fairly smooth. When I reached the airport, I stopped to refill the Opel Corsa' s gas tank (it was close to 1/4 full). I filled it with E10 gasoline for 66.00 euros (at 2.00 euros/…

When I think of Padua , I recall the famous line from Shakespeare's  Taming of the Shrew (as spoken by Petruchio): “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; If wealthily, then happily in Padua.” At around 09:40, we started our 32-minute drive from Abano Terme to Padua.  I had booked an 11:30 English-speaking tour for the University of Padua, and a 17:00 showing of the  Giotto  frescoes in the  Cappella degli Sc…