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Palazzo Palazzo history. Bergamo’s revive can you Here century building that hosts hosts that building century th FUNICULAR VENETIAN WALLS VENETIAN ACCADEMIA CARRARA ACCADEMIA PIAZZA VECCHIA VECCHIA PIAZZA GB Upper Bergamo and the centre of Lower Bergamo are limited traffi c areas. On Sundays Stockholm / 2,30 h and public holidays car traffi c is prohibited between 10am-12pm and 2pm-7pm. With daylight savings time, access is also banned Berlin / 1,40 h Moscow /3,30 h London / 2 h Friday and Saturday from 9pm-1am. www.comune.bergamo.it Paris / 1,35 h Book a taxi via tel. +39 035 4519090 and visit the website for information on rates CITY MAP Bergamo and taxi ranks. Athens / 2,30 h Enjoy and Share! Enjoy Madrid / 2,30 h INFO POINT Palermo / 1,45 h Bergamo – Orio al Serio Airport The offi ce is in the Arrivals Area Tel. +39 035 320402 - [email protected] Bergamo Lower Town - Piazzale Marconi at the exit of the Train Station from September 2017 HOW TO REACH US Tel. +39 035 210204 - [email protected] Bergamo-Orio al Serio International Bergamo Upper Town at the Teatro Sociale Airport is connected to over 100 destinations Via Colleoni from September 2017 and is Italy’s third busiest airport for passenger Tel. +39 035 242226 - [email protected] numbers. It is located just 5 km from the city centre, so you can be in Bergamo in a matter of Before, during and after your stay, always stay minutes. www.orioaeroporto.it connected to Bergamo! Visit our website www.visitbergamo.net and discover There are frequent train connections with our best tourist tips. Milan and Brescia. The train station is located in the city centre. www.trenitalia.com [email protected] www.visitbergamo.net Take the exit for Bergamo from the A4 Torino-Venezia highway. LUGGAGE STORAGE If you’re stopping in Bergamo for just a few hours, #visitbergamo Città dei Mille Camper Stop Area here’s where you can leave your bags. Via Corridoni, 123 – Bergamo www.areacamperbergamo.it Airport, managed by Autostradale GETTING AROUND and located by the Terminal carpark cashier. www.orioaeroporto.it Bergamo’s funicular railways are a fast and easy way to get from one of the city’s major Bergamo Lower Town, attractions to another. From the Lower Town you Inside the bus terminal. Piazza Marconi, 1. can reach the Upper Town, and then, further up Tel: +39 3387624402 to San Vigilio Hill. www.atb.bergamo.it SOS: EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER 112 Bus number 1 and 1A take you to the Upper Town. From Bergamo airport you can reach the city with the Airport Bus. Take advantage of Bergamo high speed wifi Bergamo high speed wifi visitbergamo.net the tourist transport ticket for unlimited travel [email protected] during your stay. www.atb.bergamo.it MUST SEE SIGHTS Piazza Vecchia 1. A. Mai Library 2. Palazzo della Ragione Lazzaretto 3. Cathedral BERGAMO IS THE 4. Cathedral Museum and Treasury ONLY CITY IMMERSED IN 4700 HECTARES OF 5. S. M. Maggiore Basilica Azzurri d’Italia PA R K L A N D Football Stadium 6. Colleoni Chapel MORLA 7. Baptistry GREENWAY Venetian Wall Scaletta dello Scorlazzone 8. San Giacomo Gate 9. Sant’Agostino Gate Largo Colle Aperto 10. Sant’Alessandro Gate Archeology Museum 11. San Lorenzo Gate (or Garibaldi) 12. S. Giovanni Casemate Natural Science 13. S. Michele Casemate Museum S. Agostino Park and History Complex 14. Lantro Fountain Scaletta Museum Fontanabrolo USE THE STAIRS Bergamo Art Salita dello AND DISCOVER 1800s History Scorlazzino Museum PIAZZALE 15. Accademia Carrara BERGAMO IN TOTAL Via della OBERDAN Noca FREEDOM 16. GAMeC 17. Adriano Bernareggi Museum Scaletta delle More Funicular Via del Paradiso 18. City Funicular 19. San Vigilio Funicular Palazzo Palazzetto Agliardi dello Sport Church Bergamo from up high of San Via Santa Bernardino Lucia Vecchia Matris Domini 20. San Vigilio Castle Monastery 17 Museum Via Salita 21. Fortress of Bergamo di Scaletta 22. Venetian Walls 23. Civic Tower J UST A FEW MORE 24. Gombito Tower STEPS AND YOU’LL FIND THE 25. Torre dei Caduti (Memorial Tower) BIODIVERSITY VALLEY Church of S. Spirito AND THE FORMER Green Bergamo ASTINO MONASTERY, 26. Parco dei Colli BOTH DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT. PIAZZA 27. Ex Astino Monastery DELLA 1 LIBERTÀ Church 28. L. Rota Botanical Garden Bergamo of San Province Bartolomeo and Prefecture of Bergamo 29. Biodiversity Valley Santa Marta Music in Bergamo Cloister 30. Sociale Theatre (Info Point) 31.