Discover what to do in Ponte San Nicolò in the province of Padua: Parco Vita, Estate a Ponte, the Bacchiglione River, the feast of San Leopoldo. Want to know more? First of all…
Where is Ponte San Nicolò?
The municipality of Ponte San Nicolò borders to the north with Padua, to the southeast with Polverara, to the southwest with Casalserugo, to the east with Legnaro and Polverara, to the west with Padua, Albignasego and Casalserugo.
Parco Vita
To access the park you can leave your car in the parking lot on Via Volturno at the pastry shop “La Specola”. Bordered to the north by the grassy embankment of the Bacchiglione, Parco Vita is a pleasant urban green lung dotted with cedars, poplars, maples, oaks, willows, lindens and mulberry trees.
Crossed by white and winding roads, the public garden has a colorful playground with swings, slides, climbing nets and walls, and spring horses.
The city park also features equipment for pull-ups and abdominal exercises, two beach volleyball courts, and paths to test your balance on logs and wooden planks.
Estate a Ponte
The splendid natural setting provides the ideal environment for hosting yoga lessons, meditation practices that include the use of the gong to facilitate achieving a state of deep concentration, sports competitions, outdoor gymnastics, and also popular festivals such as Estate a Ponte, a lively event featuring comedies, livestock exhibitions, theatrical performances, and folk, rock and roll, and disco music.
If you are wondering what to do in Ponte San Nicolò and are looking for a peaceful oasis set in the urban heart of the municipality, Parco Vita is an ideal place for quiet walks, taking photos of the winding course of the Bacchiglione, and refreshing yourself at Bar Parco Vita surrounded by lush woodland vegetation.
For more information about events in the large green area, you can check the Facebook page Bar Parco Vita and the website comune.pontesannicolo.pd.it.
The Bacchiglione River
To reach the bank of the Bacchiglione you can park at the Campetto Chiuse Voltabarozzo Playground on Via A. Pacinotti. The peaceful path winds along the banks of the river born from the clear springs of the Dueville woods.
Pleasant and easy, the route offers fascinating views of the river, urban and rural scenery of San Nicolò, especially evocative in spring and summer.
During quiet walks and bike rides along Via Piave, Via Pietro Mascagni and Guido Marchioro, it is easy to be captivated by the endless golden cornfields, lush hedges of walnut, acacia, plane trees, silver willows, mulberry bushes full of blackberries, and majestic elms, by the flourishing cornfields and long ditches dotted with poppies, from which thick groves of wild bamboo and tufts of common reeds with long pointed leaves gleaming in the sun emerge.
If you decide to head west, cross the Voltabarozzo bridge (just after the hydroelectric plant) and continue along the white tree-lined road of Condotto Maronese and Lungoargine Scaricatore to get closer to the historic center of Padua.
The feast of San Leopoldo
According to the liturgical calendar, the day dedicated to San Leopoldo Mandić is May 12, and the celebration in his honor also takes place on the days before and after this date. The 2023 edition of the event took place from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May at the parish of San Leopoldo in Via A. Moro, 25.
On the occasion of the traditional recurrence, spacious catering areas will be set up where you can taste mouth-watering specialties, from classic and tasty bigoli with ragù to succulent grilled chops, sausages and ribs served with french fries and slices of grilled polenta, to be enjoyed with cold and refreshing pints of beer.
To stay updated on the next appointments of the event, you can check the Facebook page Parrocchia di San Leopoldo.
