Venues (Note: 2 Locations)
17th Conference of the International Society for Tryptophan Research (ISTRY)
Venue for day 1 (10 June 2026)
Conference venue address: Palazzo Bo, University of Padua, Via VIII Febbraio, 2, 35122 Padova PD, Italy
Palazzo Bo lies in a limited traffic area (ZTL) where cars are not allowed without a special permission. The nearest parking lots can be found in Prato della Valle area at the Park Rabin (15 minutes, on foot), piazza Insurrezione (often crowded) and at Padova Centro Park, near the Scrovegni Chapel.
Venue for days 2 & 3 (11 – 12 June 2026)
Conference venue address: Centro Culturale Altinate/San Gaetano, Via Altinate, 71, 35121 Padova PD, Italy
Travel by tram from the train station
Take the streetcar to the Stazione stop, direction Guizza – Capolinea Sud. On leaving the Station, you will find stops on both sides of the overpass: the direction is to get off the overpass towards the city center. Get off at the PONTI ROMANI stop. Go up Rivera toward the station. Turn right onto Via Altinate (near Porta Altinate: it is on the left). Walk down Via Altinate until you find house number 71, on the left.
Travel by bus from the train station
You can take buses 3 and 12. Get off at the second stop, near Porta Altinate. Turn left onto via Altinate. Walk along Via Altinate until you find house number 71, on the left. Tickets are purchased at the station and are the same for buses and streetcars.
Travel by car from Strada del Santo
Take exit 18 bis. Go along Via San Marco, toward the center, which then becomes Via Venezia. At the Stanga traffic light, continue along via Venezia – Fiera – Stazione. After passing the Fiera and a traffic light (intersection with via Gozzi), turn left at the traffic circle onto via Valeri.
At the end of this street turn left onto via Trieste. After two traffic lights, past the intersection with via Gozzi, you will find the entrance to the Autosilo (paid parking lot) on the right. From the parking lot, walk down Via Morgagni, then turn right onto Via Alessio.
Past a few steps, you will find the entrance to the Cultural Center on the left.
Other useful information
The nearest airport to Padua is the Marco Polo International Airport (about 30 Km) Connections are provided by a bus service (Busitalia), running every half an hour to the Padua train Station (Trenitalia; Italo), which is close to the city centre. From there you can reach Palazzo Bo on foot in about 15 minutes. There is also a tram service – Sir 1 line – running every 10 minutes from the station to the vicinity of Palazzo Bo (Ponti Romani tram stop).