Bergamo Photo: leoks/Shutterstock.com In the Alpine foothills, just 50 km from Milan, Bergamo is the most striking city in Lombardy. Structured in two levels, the lower city is more modern and dynamic, whilst the famous ‘upper city’ boasts a stunning historic centre full of monuments and works of art. In the area around the city the Iseo Lake is well worth a visit, as is the sanctuary at Caravaggio and Crespi d’Adda – the most important company town in Italy, listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock.com Top 5 Piazza Vecchia Piazza Vecchia represents the core of Città Alta: it has been the heart of p... The Venetian Walls Bergamo wouldn’t be the same without its impressive Venetian Walls. This spe... City Centre - Lower Town michelangeloop/Shutterstock.com Leave time for a walk in the modern centre – the large area around piazza Vi... Basilica of Santa Maria Ma... The Basilica (built in 1137) is the most remarkable religious building in th... Accademia Carrara This gallery hosts one of the richest collections in Italy with around 2,000...
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Updated 21 March 2019 Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
THE CITY DO & SEE
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Bergamo is one of the richest and most elegant Bergamo is the perfect city to enjoy a nice cities in Italy. The splendour of the city is in weekend or a longer stay. Just walking around large part thanks to the domination of Venice, the city center and nding a nice café to enjoy a who ruled the city from the beginning of the 15th good cup of coee is relaxing itself. If you century until the end of the 18th century. The however are interested in one of the many Venetians also constructed the city walls around galleries, then Galleria d´Arte Moderna e the centre. Contemporanea and Accademia Carrara is worth paying a visit to. If you love culture, you have The upper city is easy to reach with the funicolar come to the right city! railway – and its main square – the Piazza Vecchia – hosts the most important religious and Piazza Vecchia civic buildings as well as forming the focus for Piazza Vecchia represents most of the main commercial and historic the core of Città Alta: it streets. Another funicolar railway – built in the has been the heart of beginning of the 20th century – leads up to the political power for San Vigilio hill, from which you can enjoy a centuries and it keeps marvellous view of the city and the Lombard being one of the most plain. The heart of the city lies in the less tourist popular places for Bergamo’s citizens to spend lower town, where 18th- and 19th-century some time with friends. buildings are grouped in a semi-circle around the city’s hill. Beauty is all around you if you have a seat at one of the square’s restaurants or cafes, having a drink, breakfast or even a romantic dinner. You can admire the building called “Palazzo della Ragione”, the oldest municipal seat in Lombardy, as well as the Torre Civica, a bell tower also called “Campanone”.
In the middle of the square is located the Contarini Fountain, which was donated to the Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
city by the chief magistrate Alvise Contarini in structures featuring sallies, passages and 1780, while on the opposite side of Piazza tunnels: don’t miss the chance to walk inside the Vecchia you can see the Palazzo Nuovo (“New Walls and to visit the casemates of San Michele Palace”), which served as Bergamo’s Town Hall and San Giovanni! until 1873 and is today the seat of the Angelo Mai Library. Photo: Matteo Ceruti/Shutterstock.com Address: Viale delle Mura, Bergamo
The geometrical layout of the buildings around City Centre - Lower Town the square is so harmonic that when Le Leave time for a walk in Corbusier visited Bergamo he said “you can’t the modern centre – the move a single stone, it would be a crime” large area around piazza Vittorio Veneto – which Photo: Bestravelvideo/Shutterstock.com was planned during the The Venetian Walls early 20th century, by the Bergamo wouldn’t be the architect Marcello Piacentini, and is a very same without its interesting example of town planning. impressive Venetian Photo: Matteo Ceruti/Shutterstock.com Walls. This spectacular circuit is over six km Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and Colleoni long: it’s the perfect Chapel place to take a romantic walk and enjoy The Basilica (built in wonderful sunsets, and it has been enclosing the 1137) is the most beauties of the Upper Town for more than four remarkable religious centuries. building in the city. It also hosts the Donizetti’s The Walls’ priceless artistic and cultural value is grave. The Colleoni also conrmed by their candidacy to become a Chapel is a masterpiece of the Lombard Unesco World Heritage, a path taken in 2007 Renaissance. that has nally got to its nal stage. Photo: jackbolla/Shutterstock.com They were built starting from 1561 by the Address: Piazza Duomo, Bergamo Internet: www.fondazionemia.it Republic of Venice in order to face enemies attacks, but History was kind with them: maybe Accademia Carrara due to their stunning beauty, they never This gallery hosts one of underwent any siege. That is why they remained the richest collections in almost intact to the present day. Italy with around 2,000
paintings from the 15th The Walls consist of 14 bastions, 2 platforms, to the 18th century. The 100 embrasures for cannons, 2 armouries, four Accademia Carrara will gates, not to mention the underground remain closed for renovation work until the Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
2015, but a selection of the works are on display Photo: Matteo Ceruti/Shutterstock.com in the Palazzo della Ragione building in Upper Address: Piazza Vecchia, 8A, Bergamo Phone: +39 035 247116 town. Internet: www.museodellestorie.bergamo.it
Photo: Syda Productions/Shutterstock.com Duomo Address: Piazza Giacomo Carrara, 82, Bergamo Opening hours: Wed-Mon 09.30-17.30 The Cathedral (started in Phone: +39 035 234396 1459) is dedicated to Internet: www.accademiacarrara.bergamo.it Saint Alessandro, the Patron of the city. In the Cittadella Bergamo Cathedral, the This is also a fortied chapel to the right of the building which hosts the high altar is dedicated to the memory of Saint Natural Sciences John XXIII. See also the nearby Baptistery. Museum and the
Archeological Museum. Photo: elRoce/Shutterstock.com Each museum oers Address: Piazza Duomo, Bergamo guided tours and educational activities. Phone: +39 035 210223 Internet: www.cattedraledibergamo.it
+39 035 286 011 (Natural Sciences) GAMeC - Modern and Contemporary Art Tel: +39 035 242 839 (Archeological) Gallery GAMeC – Modern and Photo: Iakov Filimonov/Shutterstock.com Contemporary Art Gallery Address: Piazza Cittadella, 10, Bergamo Internet: www.museoscienzebergamo.it / of Bergamo (Galleria di www.museoarcheologicobergamo.it Arte Moderna e Contemporanea) was Civic Tower (Campanone - Big Bell) and founded in 1991. The Palazzo del Podestà building it is housed in was formerly a convent A symbol of the medieval built in the fteenth century that has been city, the 52-metre high completely renovated. The purpose underlying Civic Tower oers the creation of GAMeC, which is partnered by splendid views over the Accademia Carrara and the Accademia Upper and Lower Carrara di Belle Arti, was to form a pole in the Bergamo. The Civic city dedicated to art. Tower bell sounds over 100 times at 10 pm every
evening to signal the old curfew when the gates Photo: Nataliya Sdobnikova/Shutterstock.com of the city were closed. Address: Via San Tomaso, 53, Bergamo Originally the residence of the Suardi-Colleoni Opening hours: Wed-Mon 10.00-18.00 Phone: +39 035 270272 families, the Palazzo del Podestà was the seat of Internet: www.gamec.it the Podestà (Chief magistrate or Governor) from Email: [email protected] the 12th to the 15th century. Today it hosts the History Museum of Veneto Age. Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Rocca Teatro Sociale Fortied building which After exemplary hosts the Museum of restoration work was History IX century. You carried out, the Teatro can buy a museum card Sociale reopened to the which includes the visit at public in the spring of Museo Donizettiano, 2009 – two century after Museum of history XVII century (Rocca), its inauguration in 1808 – with a rich calendar of Historical Museum (former S. Francesco shows. cloister), Campanone and Museum of the Veneto Age (Palazzo del Podestà). Photo: Matusciac Alexandru/Shutterstock.com Address: Via Bartolomeo Colleoni, 4, Bergamo Photo: Matteo Ceruti/Shutterstock.com Phone: +39 035 416 0601 Address: Via Alla Rocca, Bergamo Internet: Phone: +39 035 242226 www.teatrodonizetti.it/en/the-history-of-social-theatre
Historical Museum and Ex S. Francesco Gaetano Donizetti’s Birthplace Cloister The famous composer Bergamo Historical Donizetti was born in Museum is settled in the Bergamo, and lived there fascinating ex San from 1806 to 1815. An Francesco cloister. The opera festival is exhibition includes dedicated to him and it reconstructions of takes place at the Donizetti Theater in Bergamo settings, multimedia stations and movable every year from September to December. explanatory sheets. Photo: Vitaly Batanov/Shutterstock.com Photo: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com Address: Via Borgo Canale, 14, Bergamo Address: Piazza Mercato del Fieno, 6/A, Bergamo Opening hours: Sat-Sun 10.00-13.00; 15.00-18.00 Phone: +39 035 247116 Phone: +39 035 244483 Internet: www.museodellestorie.bergamo.it Internet: www.donizetti.org
San Vigilio Donizetti’s Museum The castle of San Vigilio, This is a museum set up once part of the ancient in honour of opera fortication, oers one of composer Gaetano the most suggestive views Donizetti. The archive at of the old town. Take the the museum stores, funicular to get to the among many things, Castle and enjoy the striking panorama. original printed editions of books, valuable iconographic collection and various relics. Photo: Walencienne/Shutterstock.com
Address: Colle San Vigilio, Via al Castello, 14, Bergamo Photo: Iakov Filimonov/Shutterstock.com Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Address: Via Arena, 9, Bergamo San Pellegrino Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10.00-13.00; Sat-Sun 10.00-13.00; One of the most famous 15.00-18.00 thermal resort in the Phone: +39 035 247116 world, here springs the Internet: www.museodellestorie.bergamo.it well-known San Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII Pellegrino Water. The The Pope John XXIII, Village is just 18 km far proclaimed Saint on April from Bergamo and it is a small jewel with its 27th, 2014 came from well-conserved Art Noveau buildings. Sotto il Monte, a town 18 Photo: goodluz/Shutterstock.com km far from Bergamo. The beloved places of the Orobie Prealps Pope are within a short distance: his birth-house, It’s just 45 km to reach the Church of Santa Maria in Brusicco, where the Bergamo ski resorts he was baptized, his summer-residence Cà with 300 km of ski slopes. Maitino, now transformed into a museum, the The main Valleys parish church, the Garden of Peace and the Brembana and Seriana parish crypt. oer relaxation and sport activities both for winter and summer. Photo: KYNA STUDIO/Shutterstock.com Internet: www.jxxiii.it Photo: ErreCh/Shutterstock.com Internet: www.turismo.bergamo.it "Lorenzo Rota" Botanic Garden The Museum is named Iseo and Endine Lakes after Lorenzo Rota Two quite unknown lakes (1855-1918), the rst where nature and history man to describe the ora have created an amazing of Bergamo province. variety of natural Alpine Calcole and beauties. They oer acuidole species are devoted such a degree of plenty of chances for fan attention that for many years the Botanic Garden of water sports. There are also interesting has been considered an Alpine botanic garden. villages that are worth a visit like Lovere or
Sarnico. In close proximity, you’ll nd the Val Closed from November to February. Calepio where is produced the ValCalepio wine. Approximately 30 km from Bergamo. Photo: Pierluigi.Palazzi/Shutterstock.com Address: Scaletta di Colle Aperto, Bergamo Phone: +39 035 212034 Photo: Swen Stroop/Shutterstock.com Internet: www.ortobotanicodibergamo.it Internet: www.turismo.bergamo.it Email: [email protected] Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Crespi d'Adda Ristorante Colleoni dell'Angelo Crespi d'Adda is a unique A historic restaurant example of industrial which overlooks the architecture that has enchanting piazza been classied as a Vecchia in the upper city. UNESCO World Heritage Its spacious vaulted Site. The village consisted rooms once charmed the of a factory (a cotton mill), the castle of the great architect Le Corbusier. It has been a owner, worker's houses, a cemetery, a wash meeting point for intellectuals, painters and house and a church: it is a XIX century village, poets ever since. built by the Crespi family of industrialists. Fish and meat-based menu.
Photo: Valentidaze/Shutterstock.com Photo: Liashenko Olga/Shutterstock.com Internet: www.villaggiocrespi.it Address: Piazza Vecchia, 7, Bergamo Opening hours: Tue-Sat 12.00-14.30; 19.30-22.30; Sun DINING 12.00-14.30; 19.30-22.00 Phone: +39 035 232596 Internet: www.colleonidellangelo.com Email: [email protected]
Lio Pellegrini This is an elegant restaurant which is located in a 16th-century sacristy, close to the
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Accademia Carrara in the lower city, it has a lovely Bergamo cuisine is extremely rich and with a garden for summer dining. Rened Tuscan high caloric value. Many dishes are meat based cuisine. and you should at the very least try the “Casoncelli alla bergamasca” (homemade pasta Photo: Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com parcels lled with beef meat, salami, amaretto Address: Via San Tomaso, 47, Bergamo Opening hours: Tue 08.00-22.30; Wed-Sun 12.30-14.00; biscuits and pears in a butter sauce) and polenta 20.00-22.30 e brasato (braised beef with herbs). Typical cake Phone: +39 035 247813 - polenta e osei - is based on maize our as well. Internet: www.liopellegrini.it The local Wine is the ValCalepio (DOC) produced Email: [email protected] in the surroundings of the Iseo Lake. Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Roof Garden Internet: www.giopimargi.eu Roof Garden restaurant is Email: [email protected] an elegant restaurant San Vigilio Ristorante Pizzeria with a breathtaking panoramic view of The pizza here is very Bergamo Alta and good and the view is Venetian Walls. It is wonderful. The restaurant is to be found located on the 8th oor in Hotel San marco. on the hill bearing the
Photo: Andrey Bayda/Shutterstock.com same name in Bergamo Address: Piazzale della Repubblica, 6, Bergamo Alta, a short distance from the funicular stop. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 12.30-14.00; 19.45-22.00 Phone: +39 035 366159 Photo: massimofusaro/Shutterstock.com Internet: www.roofgardenrestaurant.it Address: Via San Vigilio, 34, Bergamo Email: [email protected] Opening hours: Mon-Sat 12.00-14.30; 19.00-22.30; Sun 12.00-15.00; 19.00-22.30 Da Mimmo Phone: +39 035 253188 Historical restaurant Internet: www.ristorantepizzeriasanvigilio.it which oers Italian Email: [email protected] cuisine as well as typical Taverna del Gallo dishes. The owners often The restaurant-pizzeria is organize interesting a characteristic place culinary events mixing decoreted with wooden food with art. beams, stones and
Photo: massimofusaro/Shutterstock.com frescos. The cuisine is a Address: Via Bartolomeo Colleoni, 17, Bergamo mix of modern and Phone: +39 035 218535 traditional Mediterranean avors. Internet: www.ristorantemimmo.com Email: [email protected] Photo: Nitikorn Poonsiri/Shutterstock.com Address: Via San Bernardino, 23/A, Bergamo Ol Giopì e la Margì Phone: +39 035 220344 This is a country style Internet: www.ristorantetavernadelgallo.it restaurant in the lower Email: [email protected] city which is well known for its regional dishes.
Photo: Oprea George/Shutterstock.com Address: Via Borgo Palazzo, 27, Bergamo Opening hours: Tue-Sat 12.30-14.00; 19.30-21.30; Sun 12.30-14.00 Phone: +39 035 242366 Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
CAFES Phone: +39 035 237966 Email: [email protected]
Pasticceria Caffetteria Cavour This is another beautiful cafè-patisserie of the old part of the city. It's one of the Historical Rooms in Italy, every day it oers brioches, biscuits and Song_about_summer/Shutterstock.com viennoisery and every weekend you can try the special Sunday brunch. If you are in the mood for coee or something
sweet you will nd plenty of cafes to choose Photo: MaraZe/Shutterstock.com from. Address: Via Gombito, 7/A, Bergamo Opening hours: Thu-Tue 07.30-20.30 Balzer Phone: +39 035 243418 Internet: www.davittorio.com/cae.html This is a historic café which overlooks the Chocolat Sentierone, Bergamo’s In the mood for main promenade and is something sweet? This is considered the “lounge of the kingdom of chocolate! the city.” In the summer People queue to get hot you can sit ouside. chocolate here, to try Italian specialties and to Photo: kuvona/Shutterstock.com Address: Via Portici Sentierone, 41, Bergamo sit for a break in this cozy place. Opening hours: Sun-Thu 07.00-21.00; Fri-Sat 07.00-23.00 Phone: +39 035 234083 Photo: Kati Finell/Shutterstock.com Internet: www.balzer.it Address: Via Sant’Alessandro, 13, Bergamo Email: [email protected] Phone: +39 035 210336 Internet: www.chocolatbergamo.it Caffè Del Tasso 1476 Another historic café in ART Daily Specialty Coffee Bergamo Alta, dates back Here you can taste many to 1476. A posh place in kinds of coe and tea. one of the most beautiful And if you have a sweet squares in Europe, where tooth, you will nd you could taste the real something here too. Italian coee. There is a lunch menu full of homemade specialties and three types of Photo: AnastasiaNess/Shutterstock.com breakfast menu, so there's whatever you need Address: Piazza Vecchia, 3, Bergamo for a relaxing break! Opening hours: Mon-Sun 08.30-00.30 Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Photo: Irina Suglobova/Shutterstock.com Baretto Di San Vigilio Address: Piazza Pontida, 35, Bergamo Aperitivo bar and Opening hours: Tue-Sun 07.00-20.00 restaurant with an Phone: +39 393 0483992 Internet: artspecialtycoee.business.site outdoor front terrace with a spectacular view of BARS & NIGHTLIFE the city. Considered one of the most romantic restaurants in town.
Photo: Chodyra Mike/Shutterstock.com Address: Via al Castello, 1, Bergamo Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11.00-01.00; Sat 11.00-01.30; Sun 09.00-01.00 Phone: +39 035 253191 Internet: www.barettosanvigilio.it Email: [email protected] Yulia Grigoryeva/Shutterstock.com
Capogiro Joy Club All kinds of people generally go to cafés or bars The closest discoteque to for a tea or chocolate and cake around 4 pm-5 Bergamo – just 15 pm. The apéritivo is common as well in the late minutes from the centre. afternoon (after 6 pm). At night, Bergamo oers Dominant color: black a wide range of nice cafè-bars where you can Music: house/fashion listen to live music or just chill out and chat. In Target: 25-35-years-old the summer months it’s fun to just stroll up and down the streets either in the Città Bassa or the Photo: Syda Productions/Shutterstock.com Città Alta. If you’re looking for discos you need Address: Via Trento, 14, Curno to go out of the city. Opening hours: Fri-Sat 21.00-04.00 Phone: +39 348 441 1604 Vineria Cozzi Internet: www.capogiro.it Email: [email protected] This place is a must, a historical wine bar, with Setai its charming antique Setai is a fashionable interiors. Come here to disco where people enjoy and relax with a having fun on their delicious glass of wine. Saturday night. Saturday music: house, Photo: l i g h t p o e t/Shutterstock.com Address: Via Bartolomeo Colleoni, 22, Bergamo underground & cutting Opening hours: Mon-Sun 10.30-15.00; 18.30-00.00 edge dance music. Phone: +39 035 238836
Internet: www.vineriacozzi.it/home-2 Photo: Nykonchuk Oleksii/Shutterstock.com Email: [email protected] Address: Località Portico, 21, Orio al Serio Opening hours: Fri-Sat 23.59-04.30 Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Phone: +39 338 595 4867 Milan is a shopping paradise and is only about an Internet: www.setaiclub.it/v3 hour away by bus, train, or car. Aside from Email: [email protected] clothing, you will nd many boutiques and great pastry and food shops throughout the city. Bar Le Iris Bergamo is particularly known for its sweet Known as a fashionable cakes and delicacies in the pastry stores. Try, for wine bar with over 300 instance, the Panicio Tre soldi and Mimì, la dierent Italian and casa dei sapori, the rst in Lower Town and the foreign wines, also oers other in via Colleoni - Upper Town. simple Italian dishes. Kitchen open until Petronio midnight. Located in the city
Photo: Joshua Resnick/Shutterstock.com centre, the elegant Address: Viale Vittorio Emanuele II, 12, Bergamo boutique stocks ne Opening hours: Mon-Sat 12.00-15.00; 19.00-02.00 clothing for both men and Phone: +39 035 217037 women, as well as further upscale fashion articles. SHOPPING
Photo: Creative Lab/Shutterstock.com Address: Via Antonio Locatelli, 2, Bergamo Opening hours: Mon 15.00-19.30; Tue-Sat 10.00-19.30 Phone: +39 035 249622 Internet: www.petronio.ws/en
Via XX Settembre Via XX Settembre is the shopping street par Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock.com excellence in Bergamo. In this street you can nd If you love fashion, Bergamo is the place to go. high street fashion Look at the people – they are so chic! In fact, in brands like Zara, this city you’ll nd boutiques and shops of all Benetton, Max and Co., Geox, Furla and Tod’s. If kinds. the weather is sunny and warm, it's a nice place
to take a walk and enjoy the architecture while The main shopping streets are in the Lower on a shopping trip. Town: between via Sant’Alessandro, via Borfuro,
via Sant’Orsola and via XX Settembre there’s Photo: connel/Shutterstock.com what can be dened as “Bergamo’s quadrilateral Address: Via XX Settembre, Bergamo for shopping”. In the Upper Town there are some nice shops in via Colleoni.
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Coin varieties of mozzarella (including the stunning di Coin is a major buala or exotic smoked aumicata), and even department store in rarities like the layered Bergamo, where you can gorgonzola-and-mascrapone. Prices are highly nd clothing, accessories, reasonable. shoes, or anything else that you may need. Other Photo: Mordasova Elena/Shutterstock.com Address: Via San Tomaso, 100, Bergamo facilities of the store include a women's tness Opening hours: Tue-Sat 9.00-13.00 & 16.00-19.00 club area, tailoring, home delivery and coee Phone: +39 035 239237 shops. Internet: www.olformager.it
Photo: bbernard/Shutterstock.com TOURIST INFORMATION Address: Via Zambonate, 11, Bergamo Opening hours: Mon-Fri 09.30-19.30; Sat 09.30-20.00; Sun 10.00-13.00; 15.00-19.30 Phone: +39 035 232682 Internet: www.coin.it/stores/bergamo-via-zambonate-11
Oriocenter Just outside of the city lies Italy’s largest shopping center. The Orio Vitaly Batanov/Shutterstock.com Commercial Center - opposite the airport - has
more than 200 stores to choose from among restaurants, bars, a grocery Il Caravaggio International Airport store and great views. Oriocenter is open every Orio al Serio day. International Airport, well known as "Il Caravaggio", Photo: Syda Productions/Shutterstock.com is located only 5 km away Address: Via Portico, 71, Orio al Serio Opening hours: Mon-Sun 09.00-22.00 from Bergamo, and 45 km Phone: +39 035 459 6201 from Milan. An Airport Internet: www.oriocenter.it Bus/Shuttle goes to the city centre every day from 6 am to midnight and departures every 20 Ol Formager minutes. The spectacular selection
of cheeses makes this Photo: Juan Garces location an essential stop Address: Via Orio al Serio, 49/51, Grassobbio for any Bergamo visitor. Phone: +39 035 326323 Internet: www.milanbergamoairport.it/en Ol Formager stocks cheeses that range from real-deal Parmigiano Reggiano to several Destination: Bergamo Publishing date: 2019-03-21
Passport/Visa Public Transport Italy can be visited The best way to get visa-free for up to 90 days around the city is by foot. by citizens of most To reach the upper city European countries, you can catch bus 1 Australia, New Zealand, (which leaves from the Japan, South Korea, railway station) or the Taiwan, Malaysia, Israel, UAE and most funicular. There are special tickets for tourists. countries in America. If you are unsure whether or not you need to apply for a visa, we The Gulliberg tourist train is a special train recommend contacting the embassy or consulate service that operates a return journey service in your country. International (non-Schengen) between 14.00 and 19.00 on Sundays and Bank travelers need a passport that is valid for at least Holidays between the upper funicular station and 3 months after the end of their intended trip in Colle Aperto, along the Viale delle Mura. order to enter the Schengen zone. Citizens of Schengen countries can travel without a City moving is a minibus service making your passport, but must have a valid ID with them travel around Bergamo more comfortable. You during their stay. can visit the city quickly and easily and return to your hotel at the end of the day. More info on: Photo: TukTuk Design www.citymoving.it
Best Time to Visit The tram starts from Bergamo and arrives in The climate in Bergamo is Albino, in the low Seriana Valley. More info on: warm and temperate and www.teb.bergamo.it the very warmest time to
visit it is the summer, the There is also Bergamo card, a tourist pass hottest months are July, comprising a series of services: use of ATB and August and June. If you TEB public transport, free or reduced access to are looking for a special event, there's the museums and monuments, and several Bergamo Film Meeting that takes place every reductions in shops and accommodation facilities year in March: for nine days, with over 160 lms, in Bergamo and its province it's the crossroad of international cinema
peppered with various lm-themed events. Photo: Pierre-Luc Auclair In the summer, there are a lot of events as well, Internet: www.atb.bergamo.it mostly musical events and concerts.
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Taxi Telephone Since 1970 the main taxi Country code: +39 Area company in the city of code: 035 Bergamo is Radiotaxi. The company oers a 24 hours service and it takes customers wherever they want. Photo: Jardson Almeida
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Post Bergamo’s main post oice is Uicio Postale Poste Italiane. Main information below:
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Population 120, 287 (2017) Photo: Andy Fuchs Address: Via Antonio Locatelli, 11, Bergamo Currency Euro, €1 = 100 cents Opening hours: Mon-Fri 08.20-19.05; Sat 08.20-12.35 Phone: +39 035 453 2211 Opening hours Internet: www.poste.it Shops are usually open from 8.30 to 12.30 and from 15.30 to 19.30. Closed on Sunday and Monday mornings. Many shops in the upper town are open on Sundays and during the Pharmacy summer nights. Bergamo’s chemists are Newspapers L’Eco di Bergamo open from Monday to Corriere della Sera Friday from 08.30 to La Repubblica 12.30 and from 15.30 to Emergency numbers Universal Emergency Number: 112 19.30. Addresses of chemists open all day Tourist information IAT Bergamo Bassa long or during weekends are posted on the Address: Urban Center-Viale Papa Giovanni XXIII 57 Tel: +39 035 210204 pharmacies. Opening hours: daily 9.00-12.30 and 14.00-17.30
IAT Bergamo Alta Photo: Gemma Garner Address: Via Gombito 13 Tel: +39 035 242226 Opening hours: daily 9.00-17.30
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