Where to Stay in Bergamo Where you sleep in Bergamo shapes the whole trip, because the city is really two towns stacked on a hill, and each offers a different kind of stay. My short answer is to sleep inside…
Bergamo
Victoria’s Complete Guide to Bergamo
Victoria’s Complete Guide to Bergamo Most people meet Bergamo by accident. They fly into a low-cost airport that calls itself Milan, climb straight onto a bus toward the city an hour away, and never once turn to look at the…
The Best Things to Do in Bergamo
The Best Things to Do in Bergamo Bergamo rewards the traveller who slows down. The upper town is small enough to cross in fifteen minutes, which fools people into thinking they have seen it, when in fact the whole pleasure…
Where to Eat in Bergamo: Food and Wine
Where to Eat in Bergamo: Food and Wine Bergamo is a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, and the local cooking is exactly what you want from a place with the Alps at its back: buttery, generous, built on cheese and polenta…
How to Get to Bergamo
A tourist exiting a train in Bergamo. How to Get to Bergamo Getting to Bergamo is refreshingly simple, and it is one of the reasons the city makes such a good base for northern Italy. You can fly almost to…
The Perfect Bergamo Itinerary: One to Two Days
The Perfect Bergamo Itinerary: One to Two Days Bergamo is small, which makes it perfect for a short, unhurried visit. Here is how I would spend a day, and how I would stretch it to two if I had them,…
The Best Time to Visit Bergamo
The Best Time to Visit Bergamo Bergamo is a city for all seasons, sheltered a little from the extremes by its position between the Lombard plain and the Alpine foothills. But some months are lovelier than others, and the right…
The Best Photo Spots in Bergamo
The Best Photo Spots in Bergamo Bergamo is one of those cities that seems designed to be photographed: a walled town on a hill, honey-coloured stone, long views over the plain, and a great square that has been admired for…
The Best Day Trips from Bergamo
The Best Day Trips from Bergamo One of Bergamo’s quiet advantages is everything within easy reach of it. Sit in the middle of Lombardy with good trains and roads running in every direction, and the lakes, the vineyards and two…
