Transfer for Delegates in Padua

🚍 Event Shuttle (Pick-up points ⇄ Venue) — Complimentary

This service is complimentary. A dedicated shuttle will operate between the pick-up points and the venue and back. 

Pick-up Point 1

📍 Piazza Garibaldi

Pick-up Point 2

📍 Savhotel Mantegna

Pick-up Point 3

📍 Best Western Galileo

Final Destination

🏨 Crowne Plaza Hotel (Conference Venue)

⏱️ Average travel time: ~30 minutes from the main pick-up point (Piazza Garibaldi) to the venue.

📍 For a clearer overview, please refer to the map below:

Shuttle Service Information

A complimentary shuttle service will be available to transport attendees between the main pick-up point (Piazza Garibaldi) and the conference venue. 

Please find the schedule below:

📅 11 September
Departures from Piazza Garibaldi to the venue:

  • 7:15 am
  • 7:30 am
  • 11:00 am
  • 11:30 am

Return service:

  • At the end of the networking reception (approx. 9:00/9:30 pm), from the venue to all pick-up points.

📅 12 September
Departures from Piazza Garibaldi to the venue:

  • 7:15 am
  • 7:30 am
  • 7:45 am

Return service:

  • At the end of the scientific sessions (approx. 6:30 pm), from the venue to all pick-up points.

📅 13 September
Departures from Piazza Garibaldi to the venue:

  • 7:15 am
  • 8:00 am
  • 8:15 am

Return service:

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Upon check-out from your hotel, you are kindly requested to bring your luggage with you on the shuttle bus to the conference venue. A designated luggage storage area will be available at the venue for your convenience.


✈️ Airport Shuttle (Venice Airport → Hotel→ Venice Airport)

This service is at your own expense. Guests are responsible for arranging and covering the cost of their transfer between Venice Airport and their hotel 

Transfer Booking Information

Each Delegate is responsible for booking and paying for their transfer service independently using the code GAFA2025. A fiscal receipt will be issued to each guest upon payment.

GAFA2025: a code linked to the event to be entered at the time of booking, in order to identify congress attendees.

Booking Instructions

Transfer services can be booked directly through the website www.airservicepadova.it or via the following links, with a minimum of 48 hours’ notice:

ITAhttps://airservice.ncconline.it/catalogo_noleggio/dashboard.aspx?tID=LOGIN&lang=ITA

ENGhttps://airservice.ncconline.it/catalogo_noleggio/dashboard.aspx?tID=LOGIN&lang=ENG

The link provides direct access to the online booking of the shuttle service to and from Venice airport, both in Italian and English versions. Users must register and create a personal account.

Reservations are accepted at least 48 hours in advance of the flight time and require the passenger’s full name, a contact phone number, the destination or departure address from Padua, flight number, and flight time.

Arrival Procedures at Venice Airport

For arrivals at Venice Marco Polo Airport, the driver will wait inside the arrival’s hall, exiting from the Customs area, immediately to the right (near the lost luggage area) with a sign that reads “ANACARE GAFA“.
All payments must be made online in advance with a credit card.

https://www.fsbusitalia.it/content/fsbusitalia/it/turismo/servizi-speciali/collegamento-aeroporto-di-venezia.html

Please be informed that since June 9, 2024, there is a 45-minute direct bus service between Venice Marco Polo Airport and Padua.
The service runs every forty minutes from 6:30 am to 11:50 pm.

Busitalia Veneto offers a connection service between Marco Polo Airport of Venezia and Padova and Venezia city centres

https://www.fsbusitalia.it/eng/tourism/airport-connection-services/link-to-venice-airport.html

TIMETABLE VALID FROM JANUARY 1st TO DECEMBER 31st , 2025

For detailed info please click here.