Bergamo

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Bergamo is a scenic town in Italy's Lombardy region, sometimes called "Venice in the mountains".

Table of contents
1 Understand
2 Get in
3 Get around
4 See
5 Do
6 Buy
7 Eat
8 Drink
9 Sleep
10 Get out
11 External links
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Understand

Bergamo is a pretty town of some 120,000 people nestling in the foothills of the Alps. It was originally built as a defensive stronghold, and the sturdy walls still remain to divide the old Città Alta (upper town) and the sprawling, mostly 20th century Città Bassa (lower town).

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Get in

Bergamo is the location of the Orio al Serio International Airport (BGY Tel: 035 326323 [1] (http://www.sacbo.it/)), an airport oriented around budget airlines (http://imakoopedia.org/en/article/Discount_airlines_in_Europe). Buses to the city are Euro 1.50 per trip but are neither punctual nor reliable, so allow an hour extra especially at rush hour.

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Get around

The town is not large, and most of the sights can be seen comfortably on foot. To get from the Città Bassa up to the Città Alta can be quite tiring on foot, though, due to the steep and winding streets, but there is a funicolare (a kind of tram) linking the two parts of the town.

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See

  • The Piazza Vecchia - the heart of the old town, displaying a mix of mediaeval and Renaissance architecture
  • The church of Santa Maria Maggiore
  • The Colleoni Chapel (Cappella Colleoni)
  • The Rocca - a walled stronghold which houses a museum
  • The Archeology Museum (Museo Archeologico)
  • The Science Museum (Museo Civico di Scienze)
  • The Donizetti Museum (Museo Donizettiano), Via Arena 9. Devoted to one of Bergamo's most famous sons, the composer Gaetano Donizetti
  • The Accademia Carrara, Via della Nuca
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Do

  • Ride the funicolare from the Città Bassa up to the Città Alta. Easier than walking, and the views on the way up are spectacular
  • Walk down the quiet narrow streets of the old town
  • Walk along the city walls for views across Lombardy
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Buy

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Eat

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Sleep

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Get out

Other places of interest in the Bergamo area

  • San Vigilio - a small hilltop village offering walks with spectacular views, and a ruined castle (the castello). Accessible via a second funicolare from the Città Alta
  • The Bergamo area is in the foothills of the Alps, and has a large number of ski slopes in the Orobica "pre-Alps"
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