Scrovegni Chapel Questions
May 21st, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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Scrovegni Chapel Questions
Can anyone who has visited the chapel possibly answer these questions. 1) Is a visit worthwhile even with the 15 minute limitation? 2) Is there often a long wait to enter despite the prebooked reservation? 3) Can you walk from the train station to the chapel? Thanks for any information.
May 21st, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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1) Yes. Absolutely. Note that if you plan on visiting in the evening, you can visit for <b>two</b> back-to-back sessions for the price of one.
2) One is required to pick up the pre-booked tickets <b>one hour</b> before your reservation time. There is not a long wait. One needs to be outside the Chapel 5 minutes before the scheduled time. You'll enter to a "decontamination room" and watch a 15-min movie, then you'll enter the actual Chapel.
3) Yes. It is about a 5-7 minute walk.
I wrote about it on my trip report:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34700605
Here's the part I wrote about Scrovegni Chapel:
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Padova
Our 8:02am Regional train got us into Padova at 8:34am (tickets € 2,50pp). It was an easy walk from the train station to Scrovegni Chapel. Our reservation is for 10am, but one has to arrive 1 hour early to pick up the tickets.
We got to the ticket office just before 9am (I was warned it can be difficult to find, and yes, it was difficult). We picked up our tickets and our Padova card. With an hour to spare, we decided to tour the Eremitani Museum. Before we went in, we were told that there is a multi-media room and movie on Scrovegni Chapel down the hall.
I had actually confused that multi-media room and movie with the 15-minute movie one is shown at the Scrovegni Chapel. I thought they were the same thing, but turned out not. We did see the movie in the multi-media room, but we didn't have enough time to check out the rest of the exhibits.
The Eremitani Museum most famous piece is Giotto's Crucifixion - which was orginally hung inside the Chapel.
As we were the only visitors at the museum, one of the guards (maybe a guide also?) pointed out the Carrara family chapel - which was reconstruted with beautiful frescoes of angels and such.
We arrived at the Scrovegni Chapel just before 10am. (BTW, it was not easy to find the entrance. Signs were not available.) The Chapel limits each visit to 25 visitors, and only 15 minutes at a time. Our group had only 10 people.
We sat in the "decontamination room" for 15 minutes while watching the movie, then we were led into the Chapel. Even though we had already seen a lot of the footage of the frescoes in the movies, it was still quite an experience. The blue sky of the chapel ceiling was just so beautiful. I really wish I had brought my binoculars along for closer looks.
Before long, 15 minutes went by and we were asked to leave.
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Hope this helps.
2) One is required to pick up the pre-booked tickets <b>one hour</b> before your reservation time. There is not a long wait. One needs to be outside the Chapel 5 minutes before the scheduled time. You'll enter to a "decontamination room" and watch a 15-min movie, then you'll enter the actual Chapel.
3) Yes. It is about a 5-7 minute walk.
I wrote about it on my trip report:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34700605
Here's the part I wrote about Scrovegni Chapel:
-----------------------
Padova
Our 8:02am Regional train got us into Padova at 8:34am (tickets € 2,50pp). It was an easy walk from the train station to Scrovegni Chapel. Our reservation is for 10am, but one has to arrive 1 hour early to pick up the tickets.
We got to the ticket office just before 9am (I was warned it can be difficult to find, and yes, it was difficult). We picked up our tickets and our Padova card. With an hour to spare, we decided to tour the Eremitani Museum. Before we went in, we were told that there is a multi-media room and movie on Scrovegni Chapel down the hall.
I had actually confused that multi-media room and movie with the 15-minute movie one is shown at the Scrovegni Chapel. I thought they were the same thing, but turned out not. We did see the movie in the multi-media room, but we didn't have enough time to check out the rest of the exhibits.
The Eremitani Museum most famous piece is Giotto's Crucifixion - which was orginally hung inside the Chapel.
As we were the only visitors at the museum, one of the guards (maybe a guide also?) pointed out the Carrara family chapel - which was reconstruted with beautiful frescoes of angels and such.
We arrived at the Scrovegni Chapel just before 10am. (BTW, it was not easy to find the entrance. Signs were not available.) The Chapel limits each visit to 25 visitors, and only 15 minutes at a time. Our group had only 10 people.
We sat in the "decontamination room" for 15 minutes while watching the movie, then we were led into the Chapel. Even though we had already seen a lot of the footage of the frescoes in the movies, it was still quite an experience. The blue sky of the chapel ceiling was just so beautiful. I really wish I had brought my binoculars along for closer looks.
Before long, 15 minutes went by and we were asked to leave.
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Hope this helps.
May 21st, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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We got to the chapel about 20 minutes before our reserved time, and they let us in early since the time before us apparently wasn't fully booked. That didn't mean we could stay in longer than 15 minutes, but at least we didn't have to wait.
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