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Venice 2912:8341 Why: I live in nearby and beautiful Padova (30km)	Rural Couchsurfing ITALY 98:55
Padova 1330:6208	Veneto 9398:3446
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Couch Information

 Wheelchair Accessible:

Check the Couch&House section below

COUCH AVAILABILITY

Sometimes on weekends and in August I'm not in Padova but you can visit me in the mountains in Primiero Valley, in a small traditional mountain cottage into the wild! Ask me for more infos!

LOCATION

I live alone in a 80 sqm apartment located in the west part of Padova, pretty close to the city center.
My area is quite well served by transportation system: one bus line stopping at 30mt from the house, and other two lines located at 5-10 mins by foot, connect it to the railway station in about 20 mins, and the center itself is easily reacheable by foot in about 15 mins and 5 by bike.

COUCH & HOUSE

- In the living room there are two bed-couches for a person each
- I have an air mattress for two people that can be put anywhere (usually in the living room)
- There are now two real matresses in the living room instead of the air matress
- In case of need, more space is available on the floor without any mattresses in the same room and in another room (computer room) for 2-4 additional people
- In exceptional cases, also my room is available, with one matress close to mine and space on the floor.

Despite the availability of sleeping arrangements, I will host only up to 3 people from the same group, and usually 1 or 2.


Depending on the period and my acceptance of requests, you might or you might not be staying with other guests in the same room. Feel free to ask about it if this concerns you!
Please bring blankets/sheets or a sleeping bag, because having many guests all the time I can't provide blankets for everyone (don't have enough), and washing blankets after one guest use is a waste of energy.
I don't have pets and I don't smoke. Please respect my house and smoke outside.

A broadband connection with Wi-Fi Access Point is available. You can use my PC, but don't abuse it!
In the summer the apartment gets quite warm being exposed to the sun all day long. There is a fan available but no air conditioning.
I'm concerned about the environment, so my electricity is provided by a carbon-free renewable energy producer and I ask you to shut off the lights or devices when it's not necessary as this kind of energy is scarce. Moreover, try to keep showers short.
The fridge is usually empty so you can bring your own food (or buy it at the supermarket). Nevertheless I like cooking and sharing knowledge about it :)
Also, there are 3 bicycles available for you to tour the city easily! :)


Wheelchair accessibility: doors are 1,20 meters wide, although my apartment is located at the 2nd floor, and without lift. Please contact me for more details.

Neighbour warning: living in a block of flats means respecting other neighbours too, so I have to kindly ask you to keep noises at the minimum after 23:00 and before 07:00 or I'll have to kick your ass :D:D:D

COUCHSURFING WITH ME

First of all, please don't ask for a couch with more than 1 month advance time. Why? Because my plans are quite uncertain and I can give certain answers not more than 2 weeks before.
If you want to couchsurf with me, I will consider each request on a 'first come, first served' basis and a confirmation of your stay is needed, otherwise I'll feel free to give the couch to other people. I repeat: You are kindly asked to confirm if I say YES.
Usually I send you my contact information and detailed directions, so please take them with you to avoid any problems! By the way, my number is visible on the profile. If anything changes, please keep me updated through CS message or phone. The communication is up to the guest!

People who don't show up as agreed and without an earlier notice will get a neutral reference.

I prefer hosting guests that are able to stay minimum two nights - in order to spend more time toghether and get to know better. If you can only stay one night, no problem, but two and more nights guests will have priority. Latecomers and earlyleavers are not my favourite kind of guests, please specify your arrival&departure times in your request. I enjoy more hosting guests that can spend at least an evening with me to have dinner/talks/drinks/etc.. together.

During the week I am usually busy during the day due to my job or studying for a State exam. If I'm not busy (during weekends, usually), I will be glad to show you around the city for a bit, have a pizza or a spritz. My time schedule is always changing according to my activities, so we will see day-by-day.
The best time for me is weekends, usually I'm less busy during weekends, but also during the week I'll do my best to help you! Three times a week (Tuesday-Friday-Saturday) I go swimming in the evening (9-11pm and 5-6.30pm on Saturday) so I cannot guarantee my presence.
I'm often away during summer, but I should be able to help you on most times of the year. All what I wrote is subject to changes so please ask anyway :)

The two golden rules, simple advices to keep in mind when staying at my place so we can avoid any misunderstanding:

- Leave everything as you found it
- If you are in doubt, just ask me for anything and don't be shy!

An obvious thing is that if you don't agree with what I wrote here or you think that we might be uncompatible, just don't ask me for the couch!

Note to freeloaders: Just don't expect me to be a full hotel service with free tour, meals and so on included - because I am not. If you stay with me consider yourself lucky :) and be prepared to have other guests around and don't complain, cause I love hosting people :)

WEATHER

WHAT TO SEE AND VISIT

Venice is located at 30 min by train (just 2,90€) from Padova station during all the day from 5 till 24, many times per hour.

If you are coming to Padova, more than just visiting the nearby Venice, spend some time to visit also the historical Old Town city center and the main squares.


A CS wiki page about Padova with many useful tips and some of the places you can visit is here.
A website of the Tourist Information Office is also available: Turismo Padova (including GPS itineraries and audio guides!)

A video with shots from Padova

Guide to traveling by train within Italy

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Michela & Lucia D'Angelo 25, Several people Padova, Veneto Italy Friends since April 1987 "my bro" Friendship Type: Best Friend    30+   30+   30+	Tiziana Degli Esposti 35, Female Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Italy Friends since December 2007 "Met him at APE MILANO....So fashion!!!!!!/Venice/NYE Party (Milan)/Padua" Friendship Type: Good Friend    2
Ania Bak 28, Female Padova, Veneto Italy Friends since February 2011 "met in Petrarca House ;)" Friendship Type: Close Friend    6   13   30+	TeoEasyBoy Belli 27, Several people Milano, Lombardia Italy Friends since April 2007 "after some mouths of virtual chatting we met in Milan" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Tiziano D'Angelo    1   1
Roberto Barbagallo 33, Male Catania, Sicily Italy Friends since 2005 "HC-CS micro meeting"	Flapic 40, Male Rome, Lazio Italy Friends since August 2005 "We finally met at the Rome Summer Camp and I look forward to further meetings with him." Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Tiziano D'Angelo    1   7
Simone Gentile 28, Male Padova, Veneto Italy Friends since 1998 "university(classmate)"	AGAGAJOWNIK 25, Female London, London England Friends since December 2006 "Met in Warsaw in 2006 after in Padova during CS lunch..." Friendship Type: Friend I vouched for Tiziano D'Angelo
GIUSEPPE1970 103, Male Padova, Veneto Italy Friends since April 2006 "We first met when he helped me with my first guests. Now we meet often with other CS/HC friends." Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Tiziano D'Angelo    1	Baiba Ziemele 25, Female Jelgava, Jelgava Latvia Friends since July 2007 "He was my host in Padova" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Tiziano D'Angelo    1
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From Ksenjka Khomei
 Kyiv, Ukraine
 ^{Apr 8}   

Positive

I met Tiziano in Moscow. He is a person eager to open up the beauty of the world:_)

From Mante ILgaite
 Mainz, Germany
 ^{Feb 29}    

Positive

This person made my first super CS experiences ! I loved everything! he was really friendly and helpful with the maps and information. And he cares about World Warming !!!! I was just impressed with his Lithuanian knowledge :D
I wish u all the best and hope to see u soon !
ciao !!

From Yoshe Watson
 Aberdeen, Scotland
 ^{Feb 6}    

Positive

Tiziano is a really lovely and helpful guy! I enjoyed the movie-watching and walking in hills in Padova, and he helped me a lot with planning my first hitchhiking trip, as he is an expert at it!

From Aysenur Sencar
 Alghero, Italy
 ^{Jan 4}    

Positive

He is very polite, helpfull person and funny. He showed me the city by the night :) He hosted me for two night in padova.We went to Milan together to celebrate the new year in his friends house.I enjoyed my trip thanks to him :)

From kelli Valentine
 Portland, United States
 ^{Dec 29, 2011}    

Positive

Tiziana is a wonderfully helpful human! My friend, Kate, and I stayed with him for two nights and he gave us maps and all the information we would ever need to get around Padova, Venice as well as helping us plan our next moves for our trip. He was the perfect host. I am happy to have met him and excited to stay in touch!

From CamieLand
 San Francisco, United States
 ^{Dec 21, 2011}     

Positive

Wonderful friend. Incredible host. a great member of couch surfing community and we are still in touch now 6 years after meeting! not only did Tiziano take me in but his family did as well. Tiziano takes the cake on being an excellant Couchsurfing ambassador! Love him! Thank you Tiziano! :)

From Dominika Groth
 Bari, Italy
 ^{Dec 14, 2011}     

Positive

He is really contact, friendly and cheerful person. We have fun together and i'm glad that i met him! See you somewhere around:)

From Marco Imparato
 Lecce, Italy
 ^{Dec 3, 2011}     

Positive

E' stato un piacere conoscere Tiziano!!! Un ospite con cui puoi parlare di tutto, che si adatta a ogni situazione e molto socievole e simpatico!!! Un vero couchSurfer!!!
Grazie della compagnia e del dolce veneto! Troppo buono!!!!!!
Se torno a Ferrara ci sentiamo per qualche meeting al nord! :-)
CIAO DA LECCE!

From Elena Timofeeva
 Trabzon, Turkey
 ^{Nov 3, 2011}     

Positive

It was really fun meeting and hosting Tiziano. He was passing through Trabzon on his way to his friend's wedding in Abkhazia. So after the wedding he had loads of entertaining stories to tell. I couldn't show him much of Trabzon cause he was always here at night. But you got to know the Efes pub though)) Hope to meet up in future, Padova sounds good))

From Zoe Hunter
 Chicago, United States
 ^{Sep 30, 2011}    

Positive

Tiziano was so nice and accommodating! I only wish I had more time- like many, I stayed in Padova and went into Venice for the day. At night, he made time to take me to one of his favorite restaurants, and a walking tour around his town. Full of information and good wine & food :) Worth the walk, even in heels!

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