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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Experiences
Bergamo Cult City
- Art & Culture
Bergamo: shopping and flavours
- Lifestyle
Castles Bergamo
- Art & Culture
Theaters Bergamo
- Art & Culture
Delicious Bergamo!
- Food & Wine
Bergamo Photo Gallery
- Art & Culture
Bergamo, hunting for flavors
- Food & Wine
Taleggio
- Food & Wine
Bergamo, Crespi d'Adda
- Art & Culture
Snowshoe trekking
- Mountains
5 lakes to be explored
- Lakes
Places
Duomo of Bergamo
- Religious Tourism
Donizetti Theater
- Art & Culture
Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica
- Religious Tourism
Galleria dell’Accademia di belle arti Tadini
- Art & Culture
Chiostro di Sant'Agostino
- Art & Culture
Carrara Academy
- Art & Culture
Clusone
- Art & Culture
Baia del Bogn
- Active & Green
Pagazzano Castle
- Art & Culture
GAMeC
- Art & Culture
Castel Trebecco
- Art & Culture
Events
Photographic Bergamo Festival
Città Alta Monastero del Carmine; Ex Ateneo, Bergamo
- Art & Culture
Internazionali di Tennis Bergamo
ChorusLife Arena
Via Carlo Serassi, 26, Bergamo
- Sport
Bergamo Furniture Fair 2025
Fiera di Bergamo
Via Lunga, Bergamo
- Art & Culture
Festival of Forests
Bergamo
- Active & Green
Activities
MTB Freeride – 2 days in the Orobie Alps, Bergamo
- Cycle Tourism
Upper Bergamo in eMTB
- Cycle Tourism
de bello. notes on war and peace
- Art & Culture
Full day trekking – high mountains
- Active & Green
Eat like a local not like a tourist
- Food & Wine
Bergamo, a hidden treasure
- Unesco Sites
Where to sleep
SETTECENTO HOTEL
Presezzo
HOTEL MARCELLINO
Selvino
HOTEL SAN ROCCO
Scanzorosciate
VILLA PRIULA
Sorisole
T'AMI HOTEL & RESORT SPA
Selvino
B&B HOTEL BERGAMO
Bergamo
CONTINENTAL
Lovere
MILANO
Bossico
FATUR
Cisano Bergamasco
HOTEL LA CONCHIGLIA
Romano di Lombardia
VIOLA MHOTEL
Grumello del Monte
POSTA
Rota d'Imagna
HOTEL AMBRA
Clusone
MODERNO (Fuipiano Valle Imagna)
Fuipiano Valle Imagna
LA BETTOLA
Urgnano
QUADRIFOGLIO
Urgnano
HOTEL MIGLIORATI
Castione della Presolana
MOTEL SIRIO
Medolago
HOTEL EXCELSIOR SAN MARCO
Bergamo
HOTEL LA QUERCIA
Mozzo
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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
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

