hotels in Bergamo

Museums in Bergamo

• Museo de Scienze Naturali E. Caffi. Fondazione Adriano Bernareggi. RIVA dal 1928 Gioielli Argenti Antichi. Museo Del Presepio. Museo D´Arte Sacra San Martino

Exhibitions / Art galeries Bergamo

• Accademia Carrara, Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC)

Cultural activities in Bergamo

• Piazza Vecchia: In the heart of the old town, Piazza Vecchia displays a mix of medieval and Renaissance architecture
• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore: Built in 1137 on the site of a previous religious edifice of the 7th century, construction continued until the 15th century and of this first building the external Romanesque structure and the Greek cross plan remain, but the interior was extensively modified in the 16th and 17th centuries
• Cappella Colleoni: Annexed to Santa Maria Maggiore, is a masterwork of Renaissance architecture and decorative art and contains the tomb of the condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni

Historic monuments in Bergamo

• Piazza Vecchia, Santa Maria Maggiore, Colleoni Chapel, Cittadella, Palazzo della Ragione, Palazzo Nuovo, The Battistero, Duomo or Cathedral of Bergamo, San Michele al Pozzo Bianco,

Shopping in Bergamo

• 1) Centro commerciale Curno: just about anything you want at this shopping mall. Super Market, Media World, and clothes, shoes and watches.### 2) Trussardi Factory Outlet: it has all kinds of goods: leather goods, men´s and women´s suits and clothes all from the world famous designer. If you go on Saturday, and better yet, on Sunday the prices are even lower! So you can get top quality designer clothes for good prices. There are even sales on top of all these discount prices### 3) Orio Center Centro Commerciale: The biggest shopping center in Italy, Orio Center Shopping Mall is right across the autostrada from the Bergamo - Orio al Serio Airport. It has 200 shops, restaurants, bars, a supermarket, a nursery where children can play, cash dispensers, an underground parking lot, restrooms and a fantastic view of Citta Alta and the Orio al Serio Airport from the upstairs cafe and restaurants. Take a bus there or follow the directions to the airport and turn off the motorway after the airport turnoff.

Day trip

• 1) lake Como Tours: The Lake of Como has half day or full day tours
• 2) Lake Iseo: Lake Iseo has many hidden cities all along its banks and the biggest southernmost one is Sarnico: Here the lake is also called Lake of Sarnico. There are boat trips, restaurants, camp grounds, boating, windsurfing and beaches with parks.
• 3) Gardaland: People come from all over Europe to go to Gardaland which is a great place for kids and their parents, and it´s by the Lake of Garda: It´s a small version of Disneyland. Near this theme park is Caneva Sport which is a huge water slide park including an ice rink with shows and a high diving performance - including some clowns! Mini Italia is a reproduction of Italy. Prehistory Park has great dinosaurs. You can imagine what Fantasy World is. You can get more information from the Bergamo Tourist Office.
• 4) Medieval Village of Oneta & Cornello dei Tasso: the house of Harlequin is in the Medieval village of Oneta, which consisted of a population comprised of mostly of farmers with their houses, barns sheds, and animal pens clustered around the center of the village, which was surrounded by plowed fields and pastures

Group activities

• 1) Walking Tour of Citta Alta: On Sundays there is a walking tour of the old town in English: Meet at the top of the funicular in Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe at 15:00.
• 2) under the ground of the Citta Alta: Take a tour under the ground of Citt? Alta and see aquaducts, water cisterns, fountains, wells and bomb shelters: There is a huge water cistern under Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe. There are huge underground galleries for the canons of old. There is the Fountain of Lantro situated under the Church of San Lorenzo at the beginning of Via Boccola and built way before the year 928. Tours by reservation and depending on the weather.
• 3) Palaces of Bergamo Tour: The palaces are open for tours from April 23 to June 4 every Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 19:00: Tickets are sold inside the entrance of each Palace and group tours can be reserved from Monday through Saturday. Tickets are sold for visiting just one palace, three palaces or all five palaces. Reduced tickets for ages 6 to 14.