BERGAMO
The perfect piazza, the heart of Bergamo Alta, and walls protected by UNESCO. At the foothills of the Orobie Alps, there’s more than meets the eye in this historic haven
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Perched on the hillside and held up by the great walls, four gates open to city beyond. Città Alta welcomes visitors with artisan ateliers, hidden courtyards, arcades, and long shadows.
Tourism Bergamo. Through the narrow medieval alleys and up to the ancient Torre Civica, whose 100 tolls have signalled 10PM for more than 360 years over Piazza Vecchia, Palazzo della Ragione, and Palazzo Nuovo. Meanwhile, Marcello Piacentini’s 1920’s architecture shines in Città Bassa and the Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, GAMeC, boasts pieces from the Spagani, Manzù, and Stucchi collections.
Across the street, Botticelli, Raffaello, and Tiziano adorn the walls at the Accademia Carrara within a stunning Neoclassical building. On a warm summer evening in June, mixing both past and present, the Donizetti Night brings music to the streets among the alleys, cloisters, and monuments. Celebrate the composer born in 1797 and don’t forget to pass by his birth home located outside the walls of Città Alta, which has been transformed into a house museum.
While the arts flourish, so do the sciences, with Bergamo Scienza. The first weeks of October welcome the autumn foliage under the great walls, transforming urban spaces into an open-air scientific laboratory. A sparkling city with two souls.
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- BERGAMO
Experiences
Delicious Bergamo!
- Food & Wine
Castles Bergamo
- Art & Culture
Theaters Bergamo
- Art & Culture
Bergamo: shopping and flavours
- Lifestyle
Bergamo Cult City
- Art & Culture
Bergamo, hunting for flavors
- Food & Wine
Taleggio
- Food & Wine
Bergamo, Crespi d'Adda
- Art & Culture
What to Do in Lombardy Mountains
- Mountains
What to see in Lombardy mountains
- Mountains
Snowshoe trekking
- Mountains
Bergamo Photo Gallery
- Art & Culture
Lodges in Lombardy
- Parks
Places
Clusone
- Art & Culture
Pagazzano Castle
- Art & Culture
Donizetti Theater
- Art & Culture
Carrara Academy
- Art & Culture
Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica
- Religious Tourism
Duomo of Bergamo
- Religious Tourism
GAMeC
- Art & Culture
Castel Trebecco
- Art & Culture
Galleria dell’Accademia di belle arti Tadini
- Art & Culture
Activities
Eat like a local not like a tourist
- Lifestyle
Full day trekking – high mountains
- Active & Green
MTB Freeride – 2 days in the Orobie Alps, Bergamo
- Active & Green
Bergamo, a hidden treasure
- Art & Culture
Upper Bergamo in eMTB
- Cycle Tourism
Where to sleep
B&B HOTEL BERGAMO
Bergamo
VILLA PRIULA
Sorisole
SETTECENTO HOTEL
Presezzo
T'AMI HOTEL & RESORT SPA
Selvino
HOTEL SAN ROCCO
Scanzorosciate
HOTEL MARCELLINO
Selvino
AMERICANA
Serina
MODERNO (Fuipiano Valle Imagna)
Fuipiano Valle Imagna
HOTEL RIPOSO
San Pellegrino Terme
HOTEL MAZZOLENI
Roncola
HOTEL AMBRA
Clusone
PALAZZO DOLCI - MERCURE
Bergamo
VILLA DELLE ORTENSIE
Sant'Omobono Terme
CONTINENTAL
Lovere
HOTEL EDEN
Osio Sotto
AZZURRA
Spinone al Lago
GRAND HOTEL PRESOLANA
Castione della Presolana
BEST WESTERN SOLAF BUSINESS HOTEL
Medolago
HOTEL BIGIO
San Pellegrino Terme
HOTEL LOVERE RESORT & SPA
Lovere
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How to arrive
BY PLANE
Orio al Serio 6 km, Linate 50 km, Milano Malpensa 90 km
BY TRAIN
trenord.it
BY CAR
Autostrada A4
How to move
Information
INFOPOINT BERGAMO CITTÀ ALTA
Via Gombito, 13C
T. +39 035 242226
INFOPOINT BERGAMO CITTÀ BASSA
Piazzale Marconi
T. +39 035 210204
WIFI
BergamoWiFi
FIND OUT MORE
visitbergamo.net
Useful numbers
EMERGENCY
112
HOSPITAL
Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII
Piazza OMS, 1, Bergamo
T. +39 035 267111
POLICE
Via Ermete Novelli, 5
T. +39 035 233416